ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 21ST OF 2026

 Good morning lovely people tis Friday time for 

Well you may have considered last week's post somewhat vague, but there was a reason for that because we were actually away. 

We had taken a 9 day holiday to Rhodes for some proper time of rest and relaxation and that is exactly what we got.  

We stayed at the same hotel we've been to previously in Ixia.  

We enjoyed a drink in the evening before we headed in for food. 

We had some beautiful days and the clouds on a couple of the days were stunning. 

These two driftwood pieces were in the reception area of the hotel and are new. 

We went into Rhodes Old Town twice during our stay and had a look around one of the Museums. 

We saw some mosaics 

and enjoyed the cool interior as it was mighty hot outside. 

I loved the quirky Greek backstreets

and we enjoyed the harbour and looking at the stunning boats. 

We also spotted the Rhodian crows, someone had unfortunately left food and they were helping themselves, I'm unsure that a chocolate spread covered waffle is a great diet for them. 

Another beautiful sky

We got this photo on the beach

and the sky just got better and better

We giggled at the Greek Loch Ness Monster

Stunning sunset and caught the plane in the shot as well

Our second trip into Rhodes Old Town and we went to the harbour to begin with. 

and had a wander inside the church

then a walk around the Medieval Old Town

I love the hibiscus flowers. 

We stopped for a drink and snack in the back streets.  I had peach tea and went large and it came in a pint pot.  We ordered breads and dips which were delicious.  The dips were houmous, tzatziki and whipped feta and chillis.  

I love this building.

The hotel we were staying had introduced a special Greek meal night that you could enjoy.  This was the menu which we assumed we would choose from, but believe it or not we were served with everything. 

These were the breads

and the Greek village salad

Spinach pie

Fava beans and mushrooms, I wasn't keen on the beans (it was the texture that I had issues with), but I loved the  mushrooms. 

These were lamb and were similarly delicious

Then the main course (we were starting to struggle if truth be known)

and dessert which was incredibly unusual. 

and a photo of yours truly looking a little on the red side if I'm absolutely honest. 

This was our last night and we flew back on Sunday evening and Monday morning I was back in work, to say it was something of a culture shock is an understatement, but I managed to get through my meetings and the work I needed to sort so all was good.  

Our son, daughter-in-law and grandson came for tea on Tuesday night which was lovely as we had a post holiday catch up which was much needed.

I hope you've had a fabulous week. 

Hugs

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 20TH OF 2025

 Morning all it's Friday time to clock the positive moments and silver linings as it is 

So this is a bit of a catch up post, as last week we were away in Rhodes for a 9 day holiday which was lovely.  We returned to the hotel we went to last September as it was lovely and as we know the island quite well there was no need to go racing around trying to see everything before we came home. 

We flew out on the Friday (2nd May) and arrived late evening and checked in without a hassle, the flight over was good.  The weather had looked potentially changeable but other than one cloudy morning the rest of the week was glorious, not too hot around the early to mid-twenties, perfect for me and hubby and with the glorious breeze off the Aegean sea an absolute winner if I'm honest. 

This was the view out of the plane window

This was the second evening but whilst there was evening cloud the day was glorious

A selfie whilst we had a drink before evening meal 

and the sunset the following night was spectacular 

I enjoyed a simple breakfast each morning, 5 small pancakes, fresh oranges that we saw growing on the trees around the island and occasionally the filo custard pastry which was naughty. 

The view from the sunbeds was always beautiful 

We went into Rhodes old town twice.

The first time we spent time walking around the harbour admiring the boats.  

This shows the entrance to the harbour where the Colossus of Rhodes allegedly once stood 

to the windmills which we've never walked to before

They really were stunning

Huge cruise liners visiting the town

The medieval walled town

Inside the gorgeous church in the harbour

Blogger is misbehaving and doing things out of order, hubby enjoyed stone stacking again

The evenings were lovely and as you can see I picked up some colour from the sun

The pirate ship enjoying the sunset

Which I'll be honest I couldn't blame them for (this was our hotel room view)

Beautiful Greek shots as we wandered the old town on the second occasion

The flowers on this plant were huge

I loved the colourful steps

Another selfie

The desserts always get me (sweet tooth) but honestly most of the time I was trying to work out what they were.

I enjoyed mocktails, hubby had asked the the lady behind the bar if she could make them more interesting for me, which was lovely of her. Mine is the sunset cooler on the left, hubby was enjoying an alcoholic mojito. 

We enjoyed reading (the kindles were an amazing addition to the holiday).  We loved chatting and generally just relaxing and I came back feeling so much better in myself (despite the weight gain, but as hubby pointed out I'd put it on quick and it seems to be disappearing as fast which is great). 

Thankfully my colleague at work had suggested I take an extra day of leave on Monday and I'm so glad I did as I was utterly shattered if I'm honest.  It also gave me chance to get top side of the washing, thankfully the weather was lovely when we got home and I was able to get it all done and dry on Monday with one final load on Tuesday which hubby sorted. 

I worked Tuesday and Wednesday which were a little heavy going after the relaxing week away, but I had a lot of work to catch up on. 

We had a thorough clean through on Wednesday night so we could enjoy our time off together.  

Then today I've enjoyed the day catching up with my sister we met in Ikea for a cuppa and then had a wander around, hubby was up to no good - apparently this is a Shakespeare quote

or

'To be or not to be' LOL

My sister was trying out all the baskets that she thought were 'witchy' and had us in hysterics and then we enjoyed a meal which was naughty, but has meant that we didn't need to come home and cook so a win win in my book. 

I hope you've had a lovely week and that you too have had some silver linings and positive moments to enjoy. 

Hugs