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The last 10 days have a been a whirlwind of packing, sorting, throwing away, giving away and selling. I will need time to set up in Spain and we need the borders open to drive the animals through. Though he has attacked a few ankles in recent days and may be the hardest to handle on the trip Impy has been staying close to home, prowling around the pieces stored and generally talking lots. The 2 of us over 50 with 3 cats and 2 dogs on going from Greece to Spain during a pandemic.

Rhodes: responsible tourism and the rise of all-inclusives Visiting Greece is a privilege that so many enjoy today with the rise in all-inclusive resorts on Rhodes can responsible tourism still exist? Without tourism the economy would probably collapse on islands like Rhodes, people were cushioned from worst of the financial crisis because of tourism, though signs of austerity have still been seen and felt by many that live here. I’m sure there will have been financial incentives to open it rather than going for more environmentally sound options of wind, solar or wave power which the island has plenty of Water is a scarce resource at the best of times on the Rhodes, for several years we’ve experienced the water being cut off regularly throughout the hot summer months. If you’ve got a 2-week holiday on the Greek island of Rhodes why not take a couple of nights on one end of your holiday and visit another island.

The cats Alsan, Impi and Chui are enjoying their Greek village life as much as we do and to celebrate JORD watches have sent me the gift of one of their beautiful watches. You can celebrate with use us as JORD are giving all readers of Olive, Feta & Ouzo a chance to win $100 towards a wood watch. It arrived just in time for my summer job as a wedding planner where making sure people are on time is a very important part of my role. The JORD watch came with it’s own little bottle of oil to treat the wood and keep it in good condition.

This isn’t generally celebrated outside the church, the first week of the carnival is a religious week and if you are in Greece during the first week of apokries you won’t see any signs of carnival parades. ” when you’ll find lots of BBQ’s being lit up and cooking lots and lots of meat. Throughout Greece it’s traditional to fly kites on ‘clean Monday’, it’s also a day of eating nothing that has a backbone so the smell of grilling octopus fills the air. In Rhodes, there’s also another carnival that takes place on ‘clean Monday’ in Archangelos, a street party where everyone blacks up, there will be costumes, lots of loud music and you’ll either get blacked or have flour thrown at you.