Fri 20.Jan.2012
Rhodes, Greece
On a cloudy, not-so-cold night, a pair of good musicians are
making acoustic modern Greek music here in the common room.
In other developments, here are some more pictures from the recent
goregeous-but-COLD spell.
Can cats evolve camoflage coloration in the time the old city has
been here? I doubt it. This guy certainly does blend in though.
Old Walls and Older Still
St. Anthony's Gate, a.k.a. the Cannon Gate, was an outer gate of the
old city, before Grandmaster D'Amboise ordered another
more massive gate built outside it in preparatiom for siege by the Ottoman
Empire in the 1500's.
Between the two gates, this walkway passes beneath the gauntlet of cannon that
you can see poking out of the battlement on the right, under the wall of
the Grandmasters' Palace.
These planks, directly above the Cannon Gate, mark the start of
the walk around the old city wall.
As you can see, the hibisci have been hit by the recent cold weather.
Is this some kind of laurel tree? From a few meters away it looks
like pepper tree, but these leaves dont fit with that. It does not look
like a California bay laurel.
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