Soaking Up Sunshine
Butterflies dancing around a haystack in the Pedi valley.
The Dodecanese Seaways catamaran on her maiden voyage to Datca. Old hands will recognise the twin masts of the Poseidon over on the other side of the bay.
The Ultimate Cat - a marble replica of the Lion of Knidos looks on benignly.
I went to Datca on Saturday on the new Dodecanese Seaways catamaran service which is scheduled to run every Saturday during the season. Due to teething problems with the bureaucratic procedure the boat was very late leaving Symi which did not leave much time for shopping and sightseeing in Datca but presumably these problems will be ironed out with practice. The ferry was very full as it had been booked for a group excursion by the Politikos Syllogos Musulmanon Rhodes, in other words, by Rhodes’ not inconsiderable Turkish community. We were greeted with flower sellers, photographers and more bureaucracy at the Datca side and when the time came to depart, there was a small crowd of people waving good bye on the dock. When the group leader announced that there would be a similar excursion from Rhodes to Datca on 11 June a cheer went up.
This grape vine in Chorio is making a break for freedom.
The island is slowly opening up. With every day that passes there are more places open for business and the island is definitely getting busier. Nationalities we ourselves have hosted at Symi Visitor Accommodation recently include South African, British, Australian, Belgian, German, Turkish, French and American. Webcam watchers will have plenty to see as the number of yachts increases and there is more activity in the harbour in the evenings.
Have a good week.
Regards,
Adriana
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