Got a flight to Rhodes, €69 one way, bit more than a ferry...but they weren't running to Rhodes from Crete today apparently (or were sold out, not clear on the subject) when given the option to ship wine from a wine shop...take said opportunity. A post office is a nightmare wherever you may be. 3 line changes later...the wine went back in the car with us. And barely made it on the plane...we had to ask the pilots permission to bring it on...friggin nuts! I did see a fed ex office here in Rhodes, and apparently they have pre BC wineries on the island...so fingers crossed we'll be shipped by tomorrow!!! Driving was another saga of got close then walked. BTW, the car...we're big time now. Ford festiva baby, pretty sure there's blue tooth, oh yeah! My hamsters have been officially upgraded to something akin to a zoom. (I know this because 60kilometers/hr now lives where 100 lived on the last speed gauge, that and I wasn't singing the little engine that could up the mountain side...) so grateful I learned how to drive on a stick shift!! It's saved some major € renting cars! Got into the airport around 5:30...after numerous failed attempts of finding the hotel on the map(think I've finally got mom convinced to give up map reading, and use it more as a loose reference tool) we were actually able to call the hotel (score!) and were told they were by the water. Parked, gyro, beer...found it! Also went by the aquarium, which is supposedly one of the biggest/best worldwide...unless most of it is underground....uhhh, as long as it's not too much €...I will be checking this apparent optical illusion out. There's a temple for Apollo 3 kilometers from here, on the way to the car, I saw a neon sign through an alley..kinky (no really that's what the sign said) it must be explored....during daylight hours. Our hotel is 3 buildings away from the beach, you can see it from our balcony, schweet. We have a (albeit tiny) tub! I'll be soaking with my knees up to my chest here soon! (I only miss a bath when it's not an option...some sort of Murphy Law, I'm sure...) Internet only works in the main waiting area...bummmer on one hand, but on the other, leads to meeting more interesting people! Headed to bed now, it's 2:30am here.
A few tips I've garnered along the way:
1)You really don't need that much crap, leave that behind, you'll be carrying it the next 2 months, make friends with laundry, wash and dry quickly items. (and if you really need it, buy it cheap
1a) this doesn't apply to your drugs, having claritin in massive quantities, and Naphcon A, has saved my life!! Don't for a second think it will be available or the same version where you're headed, save the heartache, bring it.
2) packing in zip locks = genius idea, no more tearing everything out to find the 1 thing you're looking for, underwear in one bag, shirts in another, beach stuff another- awesome
3) use the old fashioned pinch close zip locks...those stupid zippy thingys, break, friggin annoying!!
4)always always have tissue paper, you never know when it will need to be TP...
5) bringing your old ratty, were about to go to the goodwill clothes, best plan ever. (this only works if you amend the first tip, and actually DO leave stuff as you go) Wear it till it stinks, leave it behind, ahhh bag is now lighter...or you know has room for the stuff you've bought along the way...and the stuff that you were sucking it in to fit into...bring it, by week 3, you'll fit. (walk everywhere if you want this to be true!) I'm sure the locals think I'm nuts, but hell, so does anyone who knows me...so not like that's anything new. I still revel in my crazy, hope you revel in yours too!
Quotes:
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. -Albert Einstein
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?-Albert Einstein
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. - Albert Einstein
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