Itisallgreek2me

Friday, 17 June 2022… Arriving on Symi, a small island in the Dodecanese group of twelve islands, leaves you speechless. The colourful neoclassical houses, picturesque harbour, the rows of million dollar luxury yachts… it’s almost too much to comprehend.

A slightly later arrival time of 07.00 hours, I was met at the Port by Chrysánthi’s husband who ferried me and my luggage up to Grandma’s House, before I set off from there to make the short walk back down to the harbour to begin exploring. Later in the day, all the daytrippers from Rhodes would arrive and from my point of view, that’s not so nice.

Spent a couple of hours strolling through alleyways, walking west and walking east around the harbour, admiring the multi coloured real estate and marvelling at how beautiful Symi, once famous for sponge diving and ship building, is. Eventually, when I came upon a bus that was leaving shortly for Pedi beach, I decided to hop on and go see what it was all about.

Pedi beach is more of a harbour than a beach, however, when I got talking to an English couple who have owned for 20 years, the cutest blue and white house with picture book windows, they told me about an easy hike along a trail to Agios Nikolaos beach. Organised with umbrellas and sun loungers, I much prefer to find somewhere under a tree.

Caught the bus back to the Port, also known as Gialos, found a place to sit and drink an ice cold beer and eat a club sandwich while filling in time to check in to my home for the next 3 nights. Named Grandma’s House, Chrysánthi told me her Yiayia (grandmother) raised 14 children here… hence the name of this new, fantastic apartment. Spacious, small kitchen, modern bathroom, strong WiFi and a small balcony with priceless views over the harbour.

Up since 03.30 hours and with the extreme heat of the day, it’s going to be an early night for me. Kalinychta.

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