Wed 10.Oct.2012
Rhodes, Greece
Yesterday afternoon the breeze cooled sharply. Today the sky is decked grey, with
an off-and-on drizzle. When a decent break comes, I will stroll up to "Umbrella Street"
and get one.
That isn't it's formal name, but a single shopping block in the new town has
six or more umbrella stores. This happens in Greece; For example, I know a
street in Athens that
specializes in shoe stores. The practice has to be useful for comparison shopping.
So... from what turned out to be the last couple of summer days, here we are.
Late sun on a slightly hazy afternoon in the new town.
The New Market as it is called, was built in the 1930's by the Italians
during their occupation of Rhodes. Today it is full of tacky souvenir shops,
fast food shops, bland tourist restaurants along the harborward side,
and a couple of news stands with enough class to carry The
Economist.
I walk up there often.
I explored the inside of this old wreck of a
school building a year or two ago.
I didn't know at the time that it had been a school. I only learned that from the
sign out front now saying that it is being restored.
Dang Greek crisis! They cannot even keep the horizon level on the ocean any more.
A car makes slow tenacious progress along Ippodamou Street, named for
the Athenian architect and urban planner who laid out the original city of Rhodes,
back in the 300's B.C.
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