Day three of our holiday in Rhodes

Just relaxing by the pool today.

Played in the pool with the children, walked in the complex with my son (which was when this photo was taken) and had a great dinner by the beach.

Day two of our holiday in Rhodes

We have finally arrived at the hotel. It is fantastic.  We have a pool in front of our room which the children love.  The down side is that we arrived after 1600, having left home at 0900 yesterday.

Our trip here was eventful. We missed one ferry and had to travel to another.  And when we got to Rhodes, it was chaos at the taxi rank, there being a free for all.  But the hotel arranged for a cab for us.  And we are here, relaxing.

Day one of our holiday in Rhodes

We are in Turkey.

Still.

Our plane flew into Turkey, which was fine as when we have travelled before, we have learned that rental cars can be taken across international borders and that you have to pay extra.  We had booked with Expedia and expected to pay extra at the airport for this.  We were not allowed to. And there was no way we were going to be able to get from the airport to the ferry terminal in time to get to Rhodes.

So we are staying  in an airport at the hotel and are due to travel to Rhodes tomorrow. And work out how we are to make the return trip.

It has been a nice weekend.  I was at work for too many hours yesterday, but got home to mow the lawn and go for a nice walk with my son.  Later we all were meant to watch A Simple Favor, but my son decided to call it a night.  But that meant that my wife, daughter and me watched it.  And I have to say, I liked the film.  It was a bit predictable, but it was a story well told, though I think that the end was incongruous compared to the rest of the film.

Today, I have been for a walk with him and have spent a lot of my free time watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer with my daughter.  It has brought back memories of when I watched it before, and it is good to watch the twists and turns of the plot with her.

The difference between now and then was that I always wanted to listen to the music but never got the chance, and now I get to listen to the songs that are played.

Of course we can trust Boris to keep his promises. Ask his two previous wives.

Of course we can trust our new Prime Minister.  

He kept his promises of fidelity to his two previous wives didn’t he?

Okay, that is a bit mean, after all, it is not that he has a history of lying, making up quotes, or stabbing colleagues in he back to take he heat away from him when he has put himself, and more importantly, others in a worse situation.  But to be fair with Priti Patel, he has rewarded her after his Machiavellian display of his survival instincts when he threw her under the bus to get away with yet another one of his gaffes.

In a world where journalists and freedom of the press is under attack in the USA, we obviously would not need to worry about the same here.

But being serious, he has been voted in as a Conservative mayor in London, twice. The first time can be seen as a rejection of Tony Blair, but the second time was when anti-Tory sentiment was higher.  He is very good at soundbites.  And his views on Brexit may result in the Conservatives not being damaged by the Brexit party too much when it comes to the next General Election.  I trust him to deliver on Brexit.  I hope I am wrong, but I think that the Brexit he delivers will be a nightmare.

This house is falling down

My daughter lost her temper on Tuesday. Needless to say, she is very sorry and has to pay for the damage.  An incident with her brother resulted in her throwing a book at the toilet door, but to the surprise of both it went through it.

That is something she is going to pay for.  What I cannot work out is which one of them broke my ironing board.

It is going to be a long six weeks...

The end of an era

That is it.  My kids no longer attend primary school.

My daughter broke up yesterday which meant it was the end of her phone ban.  We had not banned her from her phone, but instead we had placed a ban on her using social media.  Needless to say, she deserved it, though I suspect she disagrees! She got her time back in time for a trip to a friends, near where I used to work in fact!

It was strange being in the playground for the last time, mind you, it must have been even stranger for him.  Most of his friends are going to two other schools, some going to the local Grammar and others going to the main local comprehensive. He has a place in a new school though I am going to have to make sure that he can cycle there and back safely.

But many of us spent a few hours in Abbey Fields, having an after school picnic. The kids relaxed and wound down and soon some will be leaving on holiday. But that is not quite now for us.