We can hardly believe we’ve been here nearly 5 weeks.  We leave next Wed.  It’s been a really nice trip over all and we’ve experienced a lot of great things and spent some quality time as a family and with our family.

My Dad arrived on Sunday night after a very long flight (and 8 hour layover in Athens).  It was really nice to see him.  We’ve been hanging out, catching up on work since we have a little extra help again and doing some more sightseeing.

Paw-Paw and Stella

We hiked up the cliffs

Stella in the Kelty Kids Backpack

where the “Guns of Navarone” was filmed using our new baby carrier, “Kelty Kid.”  So far so good, very good hiking backpack.  Would recommend it.

We also checked out Prasonisi at the very southern trip of the island where the Aegean Sea meets the Mediterranean Sea.  A sand barge appears in the summer that you can walk across. Very pretty and tons of windsurfers out and about.

As our time here comes to a close I feel quite sad to be leaving but excited for the other adventures that lie ahead.  We have been hitting all our favorite spots one last time and went to Rhodes Town again for some shopping.

Octopus Drying at Tsambika's Tavern

Rhodes Old Town

The weather here has gotten a lot cooler and it’s very nice except I really like it to be hot when I go swimming!  A bit cold when you get out.

Everyone is getting excited about Oktoberfest next week.  Even Stella is learning to do a bit of the German beer hall dancing in preparation.