Day 17- Faliraki beach to Heraklion
Finally we were outta here, unless you're 20, wanting syphilis, or a divorce, stay away from Faliraki Beach. We had some good experiences there, The Castellan Restaurant, the beach itself (Zorba the Greek with Anthony Quinn was filmed there!...Classic!) but we were glad to leave it behind. Starting at 7am we darted out of the White Palace Studios, boarded a bus and made it back into Rhodes town. We had a decent breakfast and boarded yet another bus to the airport. One thing I will say, the Greek bus system is cheap and very effective! We hit our enjoyable fights to Athens then on to Heraklion. We exited the airport and were directed by locals, which bus to take into town. This place was very chill! The streets were quiet, locals coming to and fro and no drunk Brits!
We found our hotel quite easily and checked in. The Hotel Kronos is just off the main strip, close to ferries and the bus station and a very quaint little place. The staff were uber friendly, it was ideally located, clean and secure. We cleaned the 8 hours of busses, airports and airplanes off our bodies and headed out to dinner.
This is the Greece we were looking for! We found a mom and pop restaurant with a huge square shared by 2 other restaurants. We shared some Greek tapas: greek salad, aubergine salad, snails, calamari, stuffed zucchini, pickled beets, bread and house white wine. We chased it with complimentary desert and Raki! The locals packed the square, musicians entered and the aromas of bread and garlic filled our nostrils. It was picturesque. Most come for crazy dancing and staying out all night, but this is what we were in search of! Everyone told us to avoid Crete, but I guess they never looked for what we found. Seaside eateries, serving fresh authentic cuisine, filled with charm and charisma. You can have Rhodes, I've only been on Crete for 6 hours and I'm in love...
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Day 16 - Faliraki Beach Rhodes
Day 16 - Faliraki Beach Rhodes
After our hellish day of travel from Fethiye to Faliraki, we decided to take it easy. We had a beach day! We staked out our claim at the quiet end of Faliraki, and soaked up the sun. Having acclimatized to the heat of Turkey, the 35 degrees of Rhodes was a nice change. We played in the cool, shallow waters and people watched from our loungers. This was a drastic change from the fully covered, muslim women who, it seemed, swam in vinyl track suits. Topless sunbathing was everywhere, you couldn't turn your head without seeing a young, attractive woman shedding their top.There were some playing paddleball in the water, joining water sports and just strolling. Even Krista joined in the fervor. The ones that went topless, received better service from beach and bar staff.
After 3 hours in the sun with nary a burn, it was Heiny time! We found an inexpensive watering hole and sucked back a few bevies down the beach, closer to town. We returned to the hotel room, where we were told earlier that they had to switch our rooms (still choked about that) and our bags would be transferred. When we arrived to the front desk, there stood our bags! This place had the worst customer service we've experienced on our vacay so far. What do you expect from a cheap Pansiyon? We grumbled a bit, headed to our rooms and proceeded to have a disco nap. When we awoke, we showered and headed out looking for the fabled Desert Rose restaurant. Naturally, the place that was "easy to find" eluded us and we sought out another establishment. We decided on Porto Bello, had calamari, garlic mushrooms, lamb and fillet mingnon. It was delish!
After our late dinner we walked the gauntlet of the Faliraki Beach nightclub scene, it was PUMPIN! A mini Cancun, (the locals call it Little Britain) we powered through and made it back to our room by midnight. I kinda wished we avoided Rhodes, too busy and full of drunk teens, I'm glad we had it as a stop over. Don't get me wrong, what we saw of it was beautiful, it's just that after our laid back week in Calis beach, we didn't want anything to do with a part scene. We had a long day ahead of us the next day starting a 6am, so we conked out! Tomorrow: Heraklion!
After our hellish day of travel from Fethiye to Faliraki, we decided to take it easy. We had a beach day! We staked out our claim at the quiet end of Faliraki, and soaked up the sun. Having acclimatized to the heat of Turkey, the 35 degrees of Rhodes was a nice change. We played in the cool, shallow waters and people watched from our loungers. This was a drastic change from the fully covered, muslim women who, it seemed, swam in vinyl track suits. Topless sunbathing was everywhere, you couldn't turn your head without seeing a young, attractive woman shedding their top.There were some playing paddleball in the water, joining water sports and just strolling. Even Krista joined in the fervor. The ones that went topless, received better service from beach and bar staff.
After 3 hours in the sun with nary a burn, it was Heiny time! We found an inexpensive watering hole and sucked back a few bevies down the beach, closer to town. We returned to the hotel room, where we were told earlier that they had to switch our rooms (still choked about that) and our bags would be transferred. When we arrived to the front desk, there stood our bags! This place had the worst customer service we've experienced on our vacay so far. What do you expect from a cheap Pansiyon? We grumbled a bit, headed to our rooms and proceeded to have a disco nap. When we awoke, we showered and headed out looking for the fabled Desert Rose restaurant. Naturally, the place that was "easy to find" eluded us and we sought out another establishment. We decided on Porto Bello, had calamari, garlic mushrooms, lamb and fillet mingnon. It was delish!
After our late dinner we walked the gauntlet of the Faliraki Beach nightclub scene, it was PUMPIN! A mini Cancun, (the locals call it Little Britain) we powered through and made it back to our room by midnight. I kinda wished we avoided Rhodes, too busy and full of drunk teens, I'm glad we had it as a stop over. Don't get me wrong, what we saw of it was beautiful, it's just that after our laid back week in Calis beach, we didn't want anything to do with a part scene. We had a long day ahead of us the next day starting a 6am, so we conked out! Tomorrow: Heraklion!
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Day 15 - Fethiye to Rhodes
Day 15 - Last day in Calis Beach/off to Rhodes.
This was our last day in Turkey, all we had to do was finish some laundry and make our 4:30 ferry to Rhodes. We stayed up late last night watching Breaking Bad after all the action outside died down and slept in til 10. We woke, had coffee (Krista had tea) and ate a "traditional English breakfast" of beans on toast. We sat on our balcony and took in our last day in Turkey! Calis beach is a beautiful place to have stayed and I was a little sad to leave it behind, BUT Greece was ahead! Having little faith in others, I had to make sure that our transfer was going to come to our apartment. We walked down to Karakay Turizm and spoke to Serkec, the guy who booked our trip to Rhodes. He assured us the transfer would pick us up and get us to the boat on time.
We went back to the apartment, nibbled on some lunch, then decided to nap. We woke, cleaned the house up a bit and checked out. We walked down to the corner where we were told that our transfer would pick us up between 3:30-3:40. We waited and waited until 4pm. Our boat was to leave at 4:30 and it still would take us 15 min to get there!! We had to make the boat! Stupid transfer!! I quickly flagged down a Taksi (Turkish) and we made our boat. We would've lost our hotel in Rhodes, had to make the next ferry in the morning at 9am, needed to book another hotel last minute in Fethiye and a new one in Rhodes. Boooo Karakay Turizm! I sent them a nasty email demanding them to at least cover our Taksi. On top of it all, the ferry WAS supposed to be a fast track hydrofoil, but when we got there, it was just a regular ferry. Instead of an exhilarating 90 minute ride of epic-ness, it was a slow nauseating 3 hour crawl. Un stoked! Roll with the punches...
Well we putted into Rhodes and arrived at the ferry port. We went through the port where it is said that the Colossus of Rhodes once stood. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, it was made out of bronze and greeted all who travelled to Rhodes. In 500AD it collapsed due to an earthquake and fell into pieces where it lay, it was ignored for another 4 centuries. Story has it that a Jewish merchant bought it and had to use several caravans to take it away. It was then melted down and used for coin currency.
We got off the terminal, went through customs and were officially in Greece! When we went to find a taxi to Faliraki beach, we were told that a nationwide taxi strike had occurred a few days ago. Oh mios duo, It just keeps piling on!
Walking through the old town of Rhodes, we went in search of a bus station. We asked many people along the way, but all was not lost, I got to practice my Greek! We finally found the bus station, it was filled with locals and tourists. We were herded onto to busses, and made the journey to Faliraki Beach. What a hopping joint! Half naked people everywhere! We checked in to our modest Pansiyon and found a delightful dinner where I sucked down a few Heinekens and we shared a Greek plate. A peaceful end to an otherwise, turbulent day
This was our last day in Turkey, all we had to do was finish some laundry and make our 4:30 ferry to Rhodes. We stayed up late last night watching Breaking Bad after all the action outside died down and slept in til 10. We woke, had coffee (Krista had tea) and ate a "traditional English breakfast" of beans on toast. We sat on our balcony and took in our last day in Turkey! Calis beach is a beautiful place to have stayed and I was a little sad to leave it behind, BUT Greece was ahead! Having little faith in others, I had to make sure that our transfer was going to come to our apartment. We walked down to Karakay Turizm and spoke to Serkec, the guy who booked our trip to Rhodes. He assured us the transfer would pick us up and get us to the boat on time.
We went back to the apartment, nibbled on some lunch, then decided to nap. We woke, cleaned the house up a bit and checked out. We walked down to the corner where we were told that our transfer would pick us up between 3:30-3:40. We waited and waited until 4pm. Our boat was to leave at 4:30 and it still would take us 15 min to get there!! We had to make the boat! Stupid transfer!! I quickly flagged down a Taksi (Turkish) and we made our boat. We would've lost our hotel in Rhodes, had to make the next ferry in the morning at 9am, needed to book another hotel last minute in Fethiye and a new one in Rhodes. Boooo Karakay Turizm! I sent them a nasty email demanding them to at least cover our Taksi. On top of it all, the ferry WAS supposed to be a fast track hydrofoil, but when we got there, it was just a regular ferry. Instead of an exhilarating 90 minute ride of epic-ness, it was a slow nauseating 3 hour crawl. Un stoked! Roll with the punches...
Well we putted into Rhodes and arrived at the ferry port. We went through the port where it is said that the Colossus of Rhodes once stood. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, it was made out of bronze and greeted all who travelled to Rhodes. In 500AD it collapsed due to an earthquake and fell into pieces where it lay, it was ignored for another 4 centuries. Story has it that a Jewish merchant bought it and had to use several caravans to take it away. It was then melted down and used for coin currency.
We got off the terminal, went through customs and were officially in Greece! When we went to find a taxi to Faliraki beach, we were told that a nationwide taxi strike had occurred a few days ago. Oh mios duo, It just keeps piling on!
Walking through the old town of Rhodes, we went in search of a bus station. We asked many people along the way, but all was not lost, I got to practice my Greek! We finally found the bus station, it was filled with locals and tourists. We were herded onto to busses, and made the journey to Faliraki Beach. What a hopping joint! Half naked people everywhere! We checked in to our modest Pansiyon and found a delightful dinner where I sucked down a few Heinekens and we shared a Greek plate. A peaceful end to an otherwise, turbulent day
Monday, July 25, 2011
Days 12/13/14 - Calis Beach Fethiye
Days 12/13/14 - Calis Beach Fethiye
The past few days have been the most relaxing I can remember. It harkens back to the summer holidays I had in early high school, before the dreaded summer job. We stay up late, sleep in late and are in and out of the sun. The other day the temperature soared to a boiling 45 Degrees Celsius! That day was spent in and out of the Sea and pool, we had to mix it up. When that salt dries on your skin...
Yesterday, we went on a boat trip from Olu Deniz Beach (6th ranked beach in the world), where they took us to Butterfly Valley, Camel Beach, Cold Water Springs, St. Nicholas Island and the Aqua Marine Park. The boat was packed with locals, and every stop involved swimming and sightseeing. We grabbed a few loungers in the shade and set up shop. We dozed to the lull of the waves only to wake up in time to leap off the boat into the Turquoise waters. We were served an underwhelming lunch consisting of Kofte, salad and noodles. We shared a table with a charming Turkish family who spoke broken English and the little daughter wanted her picture taken with me. It was cute. For the remainder of the day, she followed me around and smiled when eye contact was made. Though the boat tour was pleasant, reaching places available only to water crafts, we felt that it was too long. We started at 9am and made it back to the apartment by 7pm. I pounded a few Efes and we ended our day with a deep slumber. Life is rough!!
Today is our last real day in Calis Beach as we leave tomorrow at 3:30pm for Rhodes. It's just a chill day, drinking on our deck and shopping to rid ourselves of the last few Lira in our pockets, are the only things on the agenda. Tomorrow we are bound for the Greek island of Rhodes leaving behind the Turkish Coast. Oh Turkey...
The past few days have been the most relaxing I can remember. It harkens back to the summer holidays I had in early high school, before the dreaded summer job. We stay up late, sleep in late and are in and out of the sun. The other day the temperature soared to a boiling 45 Degrees Celsius! That day was spent in and out of the Sea and pool, we had to mix it up. When that salt dries on your skin...
Yesterday, we went on a boat trip from Olu Deniz Beach (6th ranked beach in the world), where they took us to Butterfly Valley, Camel Beach, Cold Water Springs, St. Nicholas Island and the Aqua Marine Park. The boat was packed with locals, and every stop involved swimming and sightseeing. We grabbed a few loungers in the shade and set up shop. We dozed to the lull of the waves only to wake up in time to leap off the boat into the Turquoise waters. We were served an underwhelming lunch consisting of Kofte, salad and noodles. We shared a table with a charming Turkish family who spoke broken English and the little daughter wanted her picture taken with me. It was cute. For the remainder of the day, she followed me around and smiled when eye contact was made. Though the boat tour was pleasant, reaching places available only to water crafts, we felt that it was too long. We started at 9am and made it back to the apartment by 7pm. I pounded a few Efes and we ended our day with a deep slumber. Life is rough!!
Today is our last real day in Calis Beach as we leave tomorrow at 3:30pm for Rhodes. It's just a chill day, drinking on our deck and shopping to rid ourselves of the last few Lira in our pockets, are the only things on the agenda. Tomorrow we are bound for the Greek island of Rhodes leaving behind the Turkish Coast. Oh Turkey...
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Day 11 - Calis Beach Fethiye Hamam day!!
Day 11 - Calis Beach Fethiye
Filled with sun and lazy days, Calis Beach is paradise! Today we decided to sleep in after staying up late last night watching the Belly Dancers next door. Best seat in the house AND we didn't have to pay for it! Not that we're cheap, it's just when you've seen one hotel show, you've seen em all (Mexico's late night all inclusive "entertainment"...blech!).
After a home cooked Turkish/Krista brunch, we sauntered over to a Hamam (Turkish bath) and were pampered and contorted beyond belief. Not knowing what to expect, we entered the Hamam, got changed and were directed to lay in a Eucalyptus sauna. We breathed in the aroma, and sweated out the toxins, Efes and wine. A half an hour went by, in came our Turk, he directed us to lay on a marble round table. Krista was the guinea pig, She was thoroughly scrubbed head to toe with water and and exfoliating pad. With the deep deep groans emanating from her, I knew she was loving it, and to make sure I didn't fell left out, Vadal kept throwing warm water on me! He even threw a cold bowl of water down my pants, a relief from the 30 minute sauna I assure you, but a shock nevertheless. After her scrub down came the bubbles. He soaped her up, flipped her this way and that and massaged her in all the right places. I closed my eyes, relaxed and let Krista get adjusted, nothing risqué, just a good old fashioned Turkish rub down.
After Vadal was finished with Krista she was led away to a room where she enjoyed a nice apple tea. Now came my turn! He exfoliated me, soaped me up, scrubbed the calluses off my feet and gave me a Turkish massage, it was invigorating. The best part was yet to come, he contorted my body parts and adjusted my legs, back , arms and head. He cracked knuckles, picked me up, cracked my back, and he even stretched out my arms but locking his arms with mine, back to back. He sat on my back, gave me the camel clutch and at times, it felt like assisted yoga! When we were done, I'd never felt more limber and relaxed. He led me to the same room where I joined Krista for some apple tea, he applied a mask to Krista and proceeded to entertain us with a wee bit of a magic show. All with a sense of humour of course, he made kerchiefs, water and salt disappear, and threw them at us when he brought them back. After the show, he gave us his card: masseur and illusionist! Only in Turkey!!
Filled with sun and lazy days, Calis Beach is paradise! Today we decided to sleep in after staying up late last night watching the Belly Dancers next door. Best seat in the house AND we didn't have to pay for it! Not that we're cheap, it's just when you've seen one hotel show, you've seen em all (Mexico's late night all inclusive "entertainment"...blech!).
After a home cooked Turkish/Krista brunch, we sauntered over to a Hamam (Turkish bath) and were pampered and contorted beyond belief. Not knowing what to expect, we entered the Hamam, got changed and were directed to lay in a Eucalyptus sauna. We breathed in the aroma, and sweated out the toxins, Efes and wine. A half an hour went by, in came our Turk, he directed us to lay on a marble round table. Krista was the guinea pig, She was thoroughly scrubbed head to toe with water and and exfoliating pad. With the deep deep groans emanating from her, I knew she was loving it, and to make sure I didn't fell left out, Vadal kept throwing warm water on me! He even threw a cold bowl of water down my pants, a relief from the 30 minute sauna I assure you, but a shock nevertheless. After her scrub down came the bubbles. He soaped her up, flipped her this way and that and massaged her in all the right places. I closed my eyes, relaxed and let Krista get adjusted, nothing risqué, just a good old fashioned Turkish rub down.
After Vadal was finished with Krista she was led away to a room where she enjoyed a nice apple tea. Now came my turn! He exfoliated me, soaped me up, scrubbed the calluses off my feet and gave me a Turkish massage, it was invigorating. The best part was yet to come, he contorted my body parts and adjusted my legs, back , arms and head. He cracked knuckles, picked me up, cracked my back, and he even stretched out my arms but locking his arms with mine, back to back. He sat on my back, gave me the camel clutch and at times, it felt like assisted yoga! When we were done, I'd never felt more limber and relaxed. He led me to the same room where I joined Krista for some apple tea, he applied a mask to Krista and proceeded to entertain us with a wee bit of a magic show. All with a sense of humour of course, he made kerchiefs, water and salt disappear, and threw them at us when he brought them back. After the show, he gave us his card: masseur and illusionist! Only in Turkey!!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Days 9/10 - Calis Beach Fethiye
Days 9/10 - Calis Beach Fethiye
The days in our vacation rental, we sleep in to whatever time we want to, get up, go for a swim right out of our front door and stroll down to the corner market. These are the lazy days of our vacation! We have done absolutely nothing besides eat, sleep, drink and eat some more. We have a full kitchen so we've decided to make some Turkish Krista/Dennon fusion food. Our apartment is lovely, it's brand new, has no TV but we have a view people pay to see. We are right at the end of Calis beach, it reminds me of a bigger, better and busier version of a resort on the Okanagan. It's been 40 degrees plus everyday, but we're able to cool ourselves in the sea that's about 40 steps outside our front door. We sit on our balcony, watch the sunset and the passersby. Krista's polished off 2 books and I've finally had the chance to read some Kurt Vonnegut. It doesn't get any better than this! Today we ventured a little farther south and purchased our tickets to Rhodes and our boat tour. Tonight I'm gonna smoke a fat cigar and drink some beer. Stay tuned..
The days in our vacation rental, we sleep in to whatever time we want to, get up, go for a swim right out of our front door and stroll down to the corner market. These are the lazy days of our vacation! We have done absolutely nothing besides eat, sleep, drink and eat some more. We have a full kitchen so we've decided to make some Turkish Krista/Dennon fusion food. Our apartment is lovely, it's brand new, has no TV but we have a view people pay to see. We are right at the end of Calis beach, it reminds me of a bigger, better and busier version of a resort on the Okanagan. It's been 40 degrees plus everyday, but we're able to cool ourselves in the sea that's about 40 steps outside our front door. We sit on our balcony, watch the sunset and the passersby. Krista's polished off 2 books and I've finally had the chance to read some Kurt Vonnegut. It doesn't get any better than this! Today we ventured a little farther south and purchased our tickets to Rhodes and our boat tour. Tonight I'm gonna smoke a fat cigar and drink some beer. Stay tuned..
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Day 8 - Pamukkale/Hieropolis drive to Fethiye
Day 8 - Pamukkale & Hieropolis
Waking up early is getting harder to do every morning, but today we're taking a tour to the white cliffs of Pamukkale (cotton castle), Hieropolis (holy city) and transferring to Fethiye. Our mini bus picked us up promptly in front of our hotel, we bade farewell to Erdal and our new Virginian friends and started on our long journey. 3 hours to the site, 3 hours around the site and 4 hours to Fethiye. Whew!!
Along the way we picked up a few more people and drove to the National Unesco Park of Pamukkale, but before we commenced the tour, we stopped for lunch. They took us to a roadside restaurant swarming with half naked European tourists (the first time in Turkey we saw any exposed people), and ate a suspect meal. I knew I'd pay for it later. We started our tour at a silver shop, where locals tried to sell us overpriced silver, turquoise and amber. It reminded me of Mexico. Of course, no one bought anything so we left and continued up the mountain to he Ancient City of Hieropolis. It's said that Hades himself heated the thermal waters below so the people above could heal themselves in the pools. Hieropolis was amazing and was built much like other Roman/Byzantine cities: Agora, latrines, theatre, bath houses, etc. But this place was, of course, different! They used a very complicated drainage system which carried the important thermal waters to and from the pools. Ancient canals snaked throughout the complex ending up at various locations hither and tither.
One location was the Cleopatra pool. Worried about her fading beauty, she sought out this already famous location and visited it in her later years. Apparently it worked and news of this drove many more people to visit the city. In the pools are original columns from the ancient city that you can swim with, but with hordes of people already crammed in there creating a disgusting people soup, we resisted the urge and turned our attention to the white cliffs of Pamukkale.
Located on the west side of the Holy City, Pammukale is where the thermal waters pool and fall over the cliffs. The minerals form a white cotton candy stone surface which can be seen for thousands of metres. There in the pools, you can wade and submerge yourself and it is said that the thermal waters will cure all that ails. We spent 3 hours on the site, exploring and wading but were ready to get to our next destination...Calis Beach in Fethiye!!
Our drivers dropped everyone off back in town and continued rolling through the hills until we made it to Fethiye. They struggled with their GPS, swearing in Turkish and finally found our beachfront Apartment in Calis beach (Chalish). The manager Julien, met us at the front and showed us our place. Julien is a nice British gent who lives in the building, he gave us directions and pointers on the various need to know locations (grocery and booze stores!!). He also provided us with a welcome package that included cookies, tea, coffee, crisps (British slang for potato chips), bread, eggs, fruits, veggies, juices, pop and water. We walked to the store down the road, bought some booze, sat on our beachfront balcony and watched the world go by.
Waking up early is getting harder to do every morning, but today we're taking a tour to the white cliffs of Pamukkale (cotton castle), Hieropolis (holy city) and transferring to Fethiye. Our mini bus picked us up promptly in front of our hotel, we bade farewell to Erdal and our new Virginian friends and started on our long journey. 3 hours to the site, 3 hours around the site and 4 hours to Fethiye. Whew!!
Along the way we picked up a few more people and drove to the National Unesco Park of Pamukkale, but before we commenced the tour, we stopped for lunch. They took us to a roadside restaurant swarming with half naked European tourists (the first time in Turkey we saw any exposed people), and ate a suspect meal. I knew I'd pay for it later. We started our tour at a silver shop, where locals tried to sell us overpriced silver, turquoise and amber. It reminded me of Mexico. Of course, no one bought anything so we left and continued up the mountain to he Ancient City of Hieropolis. It's said that Hades himself heated the thermal waters below so the people above could heal themselves in the pools. Hieropolis was amazing and was built much like other Roman/Byzantine cities: Agora, latrines, theatre, bath houses, etc. But this place was, of course, different! They used a very complicated drainage system which carried the important thermal waters to and from the pools. Ancient canals snaked throughout the complex ending up at various locations hither and tither.
One location was the Cleopatra pool. Worried about her fading beauty, she sought out this already famous location and visited it in her later years. Apparently it worked and news of this drove many more people to visit the city. In the pools are original columns from the ancient city that you can swim with, but with hordes of people already crammed in there creating a disgusting people soup, we resisted the urge and turned our attention to the white cliffs of Pamukkale.
Located on the west side of the Holy City, Pammukale is where the thermal waters pool and fall over the cliffs. The minerals form a white cotton candy stone surface which can be seen for thousands of metres. There in the pools, you can wade and submerge yourself and it is said that the thermal waters will cure all that ails. We spent 3 hours on the site, exploring and wading but were ready to get to our next destination...Calis Beach in Fethiye!!
Our drivers dropped everyone off back in town and continued rolling through the hills until we made it to Fethiye. They struggled with their GPS, swearing in Turkish and finally found our beachfront Apartment in Calis beach (Chalish). The manager Julien, met us at the front and showed us our place. Julien is a nice British gent who lives in the building, he gave us directions and pointers on the various need to know locations (grocery and booze stores!!). He also provided us with a welcome package that included cookies, tea, coffee, crisps (British slang for potato chips), bread, eggs, fruits, veggies, juices, pop and water. We walked to the store down the road, bought some booze, sat on our beachfront balcony and watched the world go by.
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