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July 19, 2008
Decided to lounge by the pool today. But first we go shopping to get the ingredients to make our own Greek Salad this lunchtime.After finishing Crash yesterday, ruminating over why I never persevered past the first 30 pages all those years ago and contemplating why there is very little mention of the make and models of cars. Or if Chuck Palahniuk may have been more than a little influenced by the relationship of the main characters, Vaughan and James, when creating The Narrator and Tyler for Fight Club for that matter. I start on Can A Robot Be Human? Subtitled 33 perplexing philosophy puzzles I don't think I'm doing it justice splayed out in the sun with a cold beer!
We are completely roasted by lunchtime and have to have a little siesta after the salad before venturing back out for more sun. I have a minor incident involving a tray a Mythos, a Sprite and a bottle of water during the afternoon. Going down the steps to the pool from the bar my sunglasses slide off my head and in an attempt to halt them I angle my head back and the large paper cup of Sprite [with plenty of ice] falls over and empties itself down my shorts. They soon dry in the sun though and it wasn't as if it was the beer.
There is another beach taverna in Pefkos called Philosophia and we spotted a sign for it yesterday so we follow it to the sea for our dinner this evening. Initially we think it's a bit poncey, trying to do designer Greek food.
We are placed next to a large table consisting of a couple of youngish Italian families, mostly ignoring their small children, smoking at the table, talking on their mobile phones and being short tempered with the Thai nannies they have bought along. At least one can't even be arsed to put a shirt on for dinner. Italian's that is. Not Thai nannies.
The food is excellent though and we realise after a while that what we initially thought was a bit of attitude from the staff is actually just them being completely irritated by the Italians. I'm assuming not all Italians are like this at mealtimes although there are a lot holidaying in Rhodes and they do mostly seem completely unable to make up their minds what they are doing or where they are going to me.
Cheese & aubergine triangles
Cheese Saganaki flambed in Mastika
Chicken souvlaki on rosemary skewers
Mousaka
Baclava & ice cream
Fantastic, apart from those Italians. We walk slowly back up the hill. Practically everywhere is back up the hill to Filimon. Stopping off for 5 star Metaxa's at the only place that isn't, Eleni, next door to our hotel. A quick look at the silvery moon on the sea and bed.
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