“Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine” Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
Basking in the Sun
The working day has begun
Must admit it, just no fun
Looking out the window
Seeing cold weather and snow
Just for a moment
My mind wanders
Back to holidays
Back to the time
When I was
Basking in the sun
“Travel the world to the ancient past, to meet up with some interesting characters” Gun Roswell
The Charioteer of Delphi
The boy with a chariot
With a look so serious
Horses as beasts of burden
He may be a rich man’s servant
But driving with fervency
Loving his chariot passionately
“When the working days get to be too much, it is time for some travel, well, at least virtual travel” Gun Roswell
Travel Time (virtually so)
The old snap shots of the days spent in the sun
When time stalled and we all had so much fun
The memories might be bigger and much brighter
Than the actual time spent days poolside none the wiser
Of things yet to follow in our near future
Where not only the body but also the mind, needed a few sutures
Despite the four walls us having confined
Deep down in the minds, travelling far behind this daily grind
Taking the moments to lift the torments
And dwelling in those fun times where all was till fine
Might seem frivolous to some, but pardon the pun
There so much the imagination can do
If you only believe and then choose yourself in the memory to loose
And to set aside all the bad feelings in this times and try to find
That this type of travel the virtual kind, can be almost as much fun
As the real thing, almost, as it is only there, in your own mind
“There really is nothing more fabulous on a Mundane Monday, than a nicely set dinner, with some mood giving candlelight” Gun Roswell
Candlelight and Dinner
Even, if it may not be that special of a day, which comes at the end of the week, a Sunday
Still, dinner, in quite good company, great food and add to that , some candles shining the light
It can be most certainly, the very completely unexpected highlight
Of this odd day, which is, today, a very plain and totally mundane, Monday
“The single most important component
of a camera is the twelve inches behind it.”
Ansel Adams
Rhodes Old Town
Travelling around the island
In the colours of black and white
What could be more inspiring
Or feeling more right
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Greeks that are really drunk aren’t “wasted”…they are “pie” (πἰτα)
The Sunset
Time to calm down and watch the sunset beyond the horizon.
The sun is finally setting
It is the time of forgetting
Settling in for the night
No time for fright or flight
Gently lulling to sleep
Into the thoughts deep
Before waking to a new day
Ready for come what ever may
“And if you make it on a bleak day, a freak day, a week day
While you can be her guest
But never, never on a Sunday, a Sunday
The one day she’s got to get her rest”
Sunday
Never ever on a Sunday
That is my fun day
After all, I am on a holiday
This is my day of rest
Which suits me the best
Don’t know about the rest of you
But I totally feel like a chosen few
Spending my time, pools side
Without a care and worry of the world
Like into another dimension I am hurled
This is the life for me!
A Greek isn’t just “very busy”…she’s “running without arriving” (τρἐχει και δεν φτἀνει)
The Arrival
Airport:
The flight was right on time and we landed on the Diagoras aeroport. The bus whisked us to the terminal, where the bags soon arrived without any hassle. The aeroport itself is very small, but comfortable. Not too much traffic, but just enough. Thinking ahead and wanting the brief vacation to run as smoothly as possible, we had spent the extra cost and reserved a private ride to the hotel.
Hotel:
Since we arrived at the hotel earlier than check out time (2 PM local time by default) we had to wait a few hours before settling in. The hotel itself, Amathus Elite Suites, Rhodes, was the option for us, simply because of the facilities and services offered: private pool and spa and of course the location: the north side of the island due to it’s cooling breeze.
At the hotel, the welcome was excellent and warm. And during our lengthened wait for our room to be ready (some three hours in the end) we were well taken care of: with coffee, fruits, juice and pastries and sweets and most importantly, free WI-FI!
After a quick tour around the complimentary services, we finally arrived in our suite. And of course, the pièce de résistance, the private swimming pool! Awaiting on ice: Sparkly wine and fruits. Now it was time to shed off the travel clothes and dip into the turquoise pool!
Rantings Of A Third Kind 
