Pole to Pole
Day 48: Rhodes

Back in his apartment which is paved with slate slabs from Northern Greece, Vangelis kicks off his shoes and shows me some of the drawings for his history of medieval Rhodes. There is a lot of humour in the work - one knight encased in heavy armour is relieving himself through a large household tap. The apartment has many other delights, including a very old box camera which Vangelis inherited from his uncle's father, who used to say the Lord's Prayer to determine the length of the exposure. For lunch we eat pizza on his balcony which looks out towards a beach solid with holidaymakers. A thousand pink bodies propel a thousand red pedaloes slowly across the bay. Vangelis says many of his old neighbourhood friends have been driven away by the remorselessly increasing crowds of visitors, and he himself is away to Crete tomorrow for two weeks' peace on a sailing boat.
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PALIN'S GUIDES
- Series: Pole to Pole
- Day: 48
- Country/sea: Greece
- Place: Rhodes
- Book page no: 106
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