Catch of the day

[Highlander]

I thought the Turks got there first, then you kicked them out, then we moved in, and then gave it to the Greeks in '47... Rodos, vai...?

[uwe]

I was thinking of Crete!

I always say: We'll let Turkey into the EU if they promise to reinstate benevolent Osman rule and efficiency in that former part of theirs now captioned Greece. But then Kostas, the fruit vendor, starts shouting at me!

[exiledarchangel]

Pah, we got that island first. Only cost us half of our paratrooper force.

Sitting ducks mein Führer, just sitting ducks!

I was thinking of Crete!

I always say: We'll let Turkey into the EU if they promise to reinstate benevolent Osman rule and efficiency in that former part of theirs now captioned Greece. But then Kostas, the fruit vendor, starts shouting at me!

A Greece-Turkey union, if done right, would benefit both countries I think. Then we will not need EU and your imported corruption, we have our own after all!  

[Pilgrim]

I'm contemplating watching my DVD of The Guns of Navarone after this discussion...

[Highlander]

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...