Greece was a big destination spot for us. But with all of the political unrest with the austerity measures, we totally choked about going to Athens. Instead, after some intense searching and countless cross checks on TripAdvisor, we ended up in Rhodes, Greece.
It has been a cold and miserable start to the summer, apparently even by English standards. We have heard many apologies from our English friends about the crap weather. So, I wished for sun and heat and I got exactly what I wished for!
We left a cool and rainy England in the afternoon. I had layered my dress with leggings, a cardigan, and a scarf. The temperature when we left was not even 16cel. We arrived in Rhodes after a 4 hour plane ride. It was dark and the temp was 38 cel! I immediately unthawed and started taking layers off and packing them in my purse.
In the craziness of our arrival, Sean asked me where the camera was, so I pulled it out of my purse. When I went to put it back, I missed my purse and did not notice. I lost my camera on the night that we arrived. Ugh!
We boarded out bus 24:00 and took an hour ride to our resort. We arrived and checked into our hotel. It seemed nice enough, so we settled the kids into their room (2 rooms away) and went to sleep. We were awakened early in the morning by our youngest sons. We got everyone ready and head out to check out the stores and find the beach.
Here are some pictures of the hotel that were taken with my iPhone. Not too bad really!
The bus driver advised us to buy bottled water. We normally do not buy bottled water, but we did take his advice and it was very cheap, about $3 for 6 liters. We grabbed some things for the bakery and store and then headed down to the beach.
Before we went to the beach Sean made a big deal of saying that he was not going to be stuck in the room with anyone that got sunburned (looking directly at me!) We left the beach and everyone but me was crispy (haha!). We had reapplied suncream, but even with our best intentions, we missed spots and everyone but me had some really red spots. I managed to avoid getting burned by using the suncream and staying under the umbrella. Yeah me!
The sun was definitely unrelenting. There was really never a cloud in the sky the whole time we were there. The sky was a beautiful shade of periwinkle. But it was a nice change from all the rain that we had been getting in the UK.
We found out the hard way that walking with shoes on was a necessity. Even though the stone walks were all light colored, they were hot enough to burn your feet. I had made the mistake to walk to the room to get something. As I was trying to unlock the door, I was almost crying because of the burning sensation on my feet. I quickly stepped in a small bit of shade practically in tears and ready to go back and grab my shoes. My oldest son saved me and opened the door while deftly hopping back and forth on his own bare feet. How awesome was that?!?!
We also learned when we were on the beach to walk in the water. The sand was scorching! But the water was beautiful! The temperature of the water was perfect. Between the heat and the sun, I definitely spent time in both the pool and the sea. You know that it is hot when I get in the water!
It has been a cold and miserable start to the summer, apparently even by English standards. We have heard many apologies from our English friends about the crap weather. So, I wished for sun and heat and I got exactly what I wished for!
We left a cool and rainy England in the afternoon. I had layered my dress with leggings, a cardigan, and a scarf. The temperature when we left was not even 16cel. We arrived in Rhodes after a 4 hour plane ride. It was dark and the temp was 38 cel! I immediately unthawed and started taking layers off and packing them in my purse.
In the craziness of our arrival, Sean asked me where the camera was, so I pulled it out of my purse. When I went to put it back, I missed my purse and did not notice. I lost my camera on the night that we arrived. Ugh!
We boarded out bus 24:00 and took an hour ride to our resort. We arrived and checked into our hotel. It seemed nice enough, so we settled the kids into their room (2 rooms away) and went to sleep. We were awakened early in the morning by our youngest sons. We got everyone ready and head out to check out the stores and find the beach.
Here are some pictures of the hotel that were taken with my iPhone. Not too bad really!
Our hotel.
View from our balcony, note the cloudless sky and the rest of the resort.
One of the many rocky hills on Rhodes. This one is also from our balcony.
The bus driver advised us to buy bottled water. We normally do not buy bottled water, but we did take his advice and it was very cheap, about $3 for 6 liters. We grabbed some things for the bakery and store and then headed down to the beach.
Before we went to the beach Sean made a big deal of saying that he was not going to be stuck in the room with anyone that got sunburned (looking directly at me!) We left the beach and everyone but me was crispy (haha!). We had reapplied suncream, but even with our best intentions, we missed spots and everyone but me had some really red spots. I managed to avoid getting burned by using the suncream and staying under the umbrella. Yeah me!
The sun was definitely unrelenting. There was really never a cloud in the sky the whole time we were there. The sky was a beautiful shade of periwinkle. But it was a nice change from all the rain that we had been getting in the UK.
We found out the hard way that walking with shoes on was a necessity. Even though the stone walks were all light colored, they were hot enough to burn your feet. I had made the mistake to walk to the room to get something. As I was trying to unlock the door, I was almost crying because of the burning sensation on my feet. I quickly stepped in a small bit of shade practically in tears and ready to go back and grab my shoes. My oldest son saved me and opened the door while deftly hopping back and forth on his own bare feet. How awesome was that?!?!
We also learned when we were on the beach to walk in the water. The sand was scorching! But the water was beautiful! The temperature of the water was perfect. Between the heat and the sun, I definitely spent time in both the pool and the sea. You know that it is hot when I get in the water!
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