I lived on Rodos for a while in the early eighties... too much ouzo... the music career was not going well... spent time on Kriti too... much to my disgust the museum in Iraklion's dolphin fresco (from Knosos) was under wraps whilst the upper floor was undergoing renovation, so I only got to see where it came from, and not the original article...
I've found that most islanders have a laidback mentality that I can associate with well, especially the Greeks... the Brits are popular in Rodos for reasons noted previously...
One of my favourite views in Greece is from near the church on top of the hill overlooking a horseshoe-shaped harbour on Simi - the harbour kinda smells not so good at sea-level though...