Thursday 12 October 2017

"Notes from a Greek island"




                 With what now seems to be an annual visit to the Greek island of Rhodes (Rodos)
                  the familiarity of the town of Pefkos has a comfortable feel to it. Recognising the
                 owners of the many tavernas and people that you see regularly both Greek and ex-pat
                 British and even frequent visitors to the island that you meet on the beach almost exactly
                 a year to the day since we last met is what is unique about this small town.
                
                 Striking up a conversation with a British lady who runs an apartment complex was
                 especially revealing about the way the place has grown since she and her husband
                 built their house here seventeen years ago. Recalling her time of early visits to the island
                 in the nineteen eighties it was suprising to hear that there were no direct flights to the
                 island (only via Athens) and with mainly "tracks" instead of roads, the favourite mode of
                 transport was by donkey!     

                 Even now the winter months are extremely quiet with all the hotels and apartments
                 closed and only a few shops and the bakery open.

                 Once again I've used a small notebook to make some sketches as an aide-memoire
                 for some future paintings accompanied by some photographs these will develop over
                 the coming weeks.


 
                                                                               
                                                                                

                                                                         

                                                                                 

                                                                                   
                                                                               
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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