Financial Crisis Fails to Rock our Rock

Down here in Kalymnos, we've heard a rumour that there is some kind of huge financial crisis engulfing the world and everyone's going to die.

I don't know. A quick check on the Kalymnos money markets reveal that not much has changed:

Perhaps the hysteria is out of proportion?

Rats, rats, lay down flat.

There have been quite a few dead rats lying around recently. We don't know if it's co-incidence or whether there is something about October which leads to more rats getting caught out.

This one was photographed on the back road to Massouri and there have been several more closer to our house.

It looks as if he was hit by a vehicle and the other ones we have seen have been similarly splayed in the centre of roads. Perhaps with less light at this time of year the rats have trouble looking where they are going. Does anyone know the truth?



Look: there's a fair bit of meat on him!

But we're not that poor yet, so we left him where we found him.

The Church of Elvis

There's this church round the corner from the town beach. It's got a blue-domed roof and all the usual palaver, but the thing that makes it stand out is it's electric cross.



If Elvis was alive today, and into preaching, and living in Greece - THIS would be his place.

Elvos, perhaps?

Greek Health & Fitness 101

The other week we walked all the way to Emborio at the top of the island. From Pothia to Emborio is about 24km.

It took five or six hours and at the end we were like "Yeah! Whoo! Pumped!" and promptly headed to the beach for a cooling swim.

Other people were there too.


The walk was beautiful but we're thinking this fella might have got there in the car. Don't you think he looks a bit like William Shatner?

What a lotta yachties we gotta

In Pothia harbour, the yachties are strong in number.



Their pricy boats fill up the harbour and you spend the walks along the front wondering whether or not they are thinking that you're jealous of their boat.

It's like very public caravanning. They sit on the back of their yachts and eat their breakfast, lunch and dinner within three yards of the pavement.

The difference between a yacht and a caravan. as far as I can make out is that a caravan is more spacious and you don't fall in the sea is you step over the edge of a caravan.

Read the label

Vitales supermarket is great for oats and apples but they also carry some right old crap.


"100% cashmere like"... what does that mean?



Ahh, I see. It means 'acrylic'.

Bring on the Fun Girls

So they've got this Beach Volleyball championships going on down at the port just now. On Tuesday they brought in a load of sand and built the stands overnight. Voila: a beach volleyball stadium where there used to be a car park.

It's apparently the Panhellenic Championships or something, but what's really caught the punters' imaginations are the sponsors' scantily-panted dancing troupe - the Lipton Ice Tea Fun Girls!!!

The Lipton Ice Tea Fun Girls get their name from their love of ice tea in cans and from the fun way in which they appear from the wings whenever the crowd show any signs of being bored by the volleyball action. For around one minute, the Lipton Ice Tea Fun Girls rock one of their amazing dance routines from their endless repertoire, and they do it all whilst wearing very small pants indeed. Everyone gets excited again and the sport may continue.

Here they are, in the middle of another dance devastation. See how the Lipton Ice Tea Fun Girls hold their young fans suspended in a trance!