LOVE IN LINDOS

LINDOS, RHODES -- Beautiful Lindos, the tiny village with white-washed homes, an Acropolis, a wonderful beach, turquoise water, and lots of donkey shit for the tourists to slip on. Ride a donkey to the top of the Acropolis and save your feet for shopping in the tiny shops.

I took The Discovery boat from Mandraki Harbour in Rhodes/Rodos, about a two hour trip with 180 other tourists. Once we arrived in Lindos it started to rain. I was going to be on the beach, but instead walked the little streets---very slippery in the rain because of the little stone walkways. Luckily, being a westcoaster used to living in a rainforest (Vancouver, Canada), to me rain is "liquid sunshine."

I enjoyed a fabulous lunch at Stefano's out of the rain and met a Romanian couple who were obviously on their honeymoon. He was a big guy who was very attentive to his young lover. Very nice to converse with a timeline of centuries passing by in moments and glimpses of past lives together.

On the return journey, I sat with three ladies from Poland who were on an aerobics tour. There were about twenty of them who do aerobics together in Poland. How odd that I never thought that aerobics would be anywhere else but North America, but then I never thought about it before. Everything known to us is everywhere. I forget that the only boundaries between us are in our own minds.

Lindos is a special place and definitely worth a visit. For great views of Lindos, watch the older movie entitled "High Season" starring Jacqueline Bisset.

[Photo copyrights by M. J. Milne 2011]