Our trip to Rhodes
Until the last day, we did not know whether they would open visas for us, and on July 8 we received a positive response, and on Friday the 9th at lunchtime we were already at Boryspil airport - me, my husband, Temka (5 years old) and Andryusha (9.5 months) + our godfathers with their son, the same age as Temka, and their almost two-year-old daughter. The eldest daughter Lerusya (14 years old) had to be left at home with my parents. exactly one week later, on July 16, she had to fly to Bulgaria to the camp (her trip was planned for a long time, but ours turned out spontaneously - godfathers were knocked out)))))
At 5 p. m. on July 9, we took off with our breasts in our mouths and waved our hands to Kiev)))) Flight 2 hours 30 minutes. For almost 2 hours Andryukha sat in turn in my and my husband's arms, looked out the window, smiled at nearby passengers, ate even a little airplane food - Hipp plum puree and a couple of cookies. Then he wanted to sleep and, with a boob in his mouth, fell asleep for his prescribed 35 minutes; ) That was just enough to successfully land. When we arrived at the airport in Rhodes, we waited for a long time at the gangway of the stroller (they gave our relatives, but we never waited, we were insistently asked to get on the bus and go to passport control, and wait for the stroller with luggage) and had to pull Andryukha in our arms and wait for her with luggage). As a result, we were the last to come to passport control and saw a huge queue for 2 hours and only 2 working windows: (Fortunately, the godfather speaks English; ), she came up and told the customs officer that she had four children and she could not stand for so long. Went to a meeting, opened another window. We went there and what was their surprise when the godfather had only 2 children in his passport. Like you said 4! To which she quickly stuck my passport in and said - well, yes, I have two and she has two, only four : ) They had nowhere to retreat and they let us through : )
It took 40 minutes to get to the hotel by a pre-booked taxi. great new Mercedes (for this, and much more, thanks to my godfather, who carefully planned and thought out the whole vacation). Therefore, they arrived at the hotel quickly and had time for dinner, unlike those who traveled by standard transfer and while the bus was transporting all passengers to other hotels, no one had time for dinner at our hotel, because they arrived too late.
Excellent hotel Atrium Palace. Small 2- and 3-storey buildings, a huge territory, excellent cuisine, a cool room with almost its own 25-meter pool (more precisely, 2 pools for 6 rooms, but only our kids swam). Andryukha disliked the sea for the first days and cried, freaked out and loudly resented at every dive. Tolley the water was cool for him (although it was like +25), he was afraid of the dimensions of the sea, but he was more delighted with the small pool taken with him (inflatable basin)))). On the 6th day of our stay in Greece, we rented a car for 4 days, a small bus (350 euros), and all together went to explore the island. On the first day we went to an amazing place - the confluence of two seas. A large sand spit 300 meters wide and on the right is the Aegean, seething, azure sea, and on the left is the Mediterranean, calm, bright blue sea. Very beautiful, interesting and unusual. We swam in both seas, sunbathed, had a fruit snack. Then we stopped at some ancient fortress, then had lunch, then went to the beach in a beautiful bay with warmer water, and now it was already impossible to get Andryukha out of the water - I understood the buzz, relaxed and enjoyed it. Then we went to the ancient city of Lindos, but we didn’t manage to climb the mountain to the ancient fortress and stayed downstairs to drink white wine and cappuccino. Kumovya went and got a lot of impressions. : )
The next day was Friday, exactly a week of stay in Rhodes and the day of moving to another coast, to the north of the island to another hotel. So godfathers planned specifically so that the rest was not monotonous; ) We moved to the next hotel Esperos Palace, in the area of u200bu200bthe town of Faliraki, which was no longer 5 stars, but 4, but turned out to be an order of magnitude higher. Everything is very beautiful, light, iridescent, exquisite, marble on the floor, carpet in the rooms, porcelain in the restaurant, awesome cuisine, a lot of seafood, white armchairs and sofas in the hall, evening light music playing on the piano and saxophone - in general, everything is very solemn.
The next day we rented a car, we went to the Butterfly Valley - a heavenly place, a long path in the mountains among forests and waterfalls. The higher you go, the more butterflies. Very beautiful and unusual - I have never seen so many butterflies! We climbed for about 40 minutes. But after 20 minutes, my husband gave up and stayed with Andryukha to wait for us in the middle of the way on a bench, because. it’s hard to carry in your arms, but the stroller won’t get through there and he’s not interested in butterflies; ). Temka and I reached the end, took a picture, returned downstairs, and Andryusha was sleeping in his father's arms - for the first time he fell asleep with his father without his mother's chest)))))
Then we went to an ostrich farm and saw enough of different animals there - kangaroos, geese, sheep, various mountain goats, llama, camel and others . . there are not many of them, but the children had enough impressions.
The next day of the rental, in the evening we went to the city of Rhodes itself, to the old part of the city. I love such places - narrow streets, stone paths, a bunch of small shops with all kinds of souvenirs. We wandered around, breathed in the ancient aroma and returned to the hotel.
They were also in the center of the party-youth town of Faliraki - Andryukha was crazy about colored lights and heaps of discos on every corner. He clapped his hands and feet (we already know how) and jumped out of the stroller.
We spent the last 5 days of our vacation at the hotel and went only to places that were directly opposite the hotel - Lunapark, Aquapark and just shops. There are so many emotions in children that words cannot express. They rode on water slides and on various attractions, but still this was not enough for them - they would live there.
For 2 weeks of rest, Andryusha had no time to whine, not to mention cry))))))))) Now we are back in our Osokorki and we are thinking how to entertain him after such stormy 14 days))))))) ))))))
Andryusha made a huge impression on the local population - he smiled at everyone in a row, all the staff squeezed him, carried him in their arms, showed him to each other, felt him, said something (there are almost no Russian speakers and they speak mostly English). In general, by the time I get to a restaurant or a beach, everyone will definitely feel it and take it in their arms)) The hotel’s favorite turned out straight))
We flew back just as well, only the flight was in the evening and Andryusha slept for 1.5 hours on the plane when landing, when reloading onto the bus, and woke up only at passport control. I was surprised by the customs officer in Boryspil - when he saw us with a baby, he offered to go through passport control right away : )
In general - the rest is very, very satisfied! Everyone got a lot of emotions and pleasure : )
