Sideshow Bob and Arsenal

First of all, the kids have been in Scotland with their mother who had taken them to visit David.  They got back, my wife being knackered having driven down from Edinburgh.  Needless to say, I am very happy to see them having missed them these past few days.

On the downside though is the performance of Arsenal.  I should really say it was the defensive performance, though the use of a diamond formation in midfield gave Liverpool space on the pitch to exploit, which they did.  Going forwards, we were dangerous and Pepe has shown himself to be a good signing.  But I have argued that our problem last season was in defence.  We managed to get Sideshow Bob from Chelski, but his two mistakes in the game cost us, one being a penal, they other letting Liverpool to score.

On the bright side, ManUre lost!

Home at last!

Our holiday is over.

And our flight was delayed.  Things could have been worse, but as you can see, the delay to our flight was a lot longer than we expected.

I think that the staff who had to deal with this were great.  We got vouchers for food and drink, but it was exhausting.  My son got the most sleep on the chairs in the airport lounge, my wife coming second.  My daughter and I stayed up until the flight arrived, not a Jet2.com plane, but one from Titan airlines.

But we are at home now.  A lot later than expected, and while the journey was stressful, it was nothing compared to our first day of our holiday.  It was sad that we missed the first and last day of it at our hotel, and it would have been even better with those two extra nights, but that was not meant to be.

Day six in Rhodes

Our final day and I type this in the airport waiting for our delayed Jet2.com flight.

The day has been a nice one otherwise.  We all swam in the pool, I went for two walks and basically it has been a nice and relaxing day.

A shame things are not going well now, but it appears that we will be flying out at 0230 rather than 2300(ish).  So we will be home soon.

Day five in Rhodes

Our last full day here.

We fly tomorrow.  Originally we were meant to leave on Saturday, but due to the issues with getting to the airport using the ferry, it would be impossible to get our flight unless we left today, and stayed overnight in Turkey.

Anyway, we spent it relaxing by and in the pool. Before lunch, some hotel staff came up to say that there was to be some entertainment.  My daughter was not too keen but my son decided to give it a try.

It involved shooting coloured water at one of the entertainment staff after being divided into teams, beach volleyball sung sheets (the team would have to work together to catch the ball using the sheet as well as how it) dancing, and also an obstacle course.  He was great, as was the flashmob dance his team had practiced in the evening.  We went to the disco, and initially I was not allowed to dance by him, which was painful as while I cannot dance, I love to try.  But he relented (after missing some classics) and while on the dance floor his flashmob dance came up.  He was brilliant and I am so proud of him, as is his sister who watched.

Day four in Rhodes

Another relaxing day again.  Today I went for a walk to the nearest village, found the one Pokéstop there and an abandoned concrete castle which looked like it had been built to hold jousts.

The kids and I had fun in the pool and I later tried to sort out what has happened with our holiday.

Basically, between our arrival airport and our hotel is a sea.  To cross it, we need a ferry.  When we landed on Sunday, even if we had headed to one of the ports that send ferries to Rhodes instantly, we would not have got there in time to get the last ferry.  To make things even more fun, on our last day, there is no way to get a ferry to Turkey so that we can make it to the airport to catch our plane.  This would mean either getting another flight, or staying overnight in Turkey on Friday.

We had discussed the issue of car hire with Expedia on Sunday night along with the issue of travel and had been promised a call back after 48 hours.  That deadline passed yesterday.  When I rang today, I was promised that I would be rung in 48 hours.  Needless to say I have little faith in this and my wife has now booked tickets to get home flying from Rhodes.

I know what has happened.  A software glitch has resulted in us having this issue.  I hope for other passengers that this is sorted out.  As well as for us.

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.