No sooner had we landed beside the picture-perfect Aegean Sea than we were embroiled in an international furore one of the most unfortunate kind, a mishap involving the misinterpretation of a musician's taste. Our Greek ceramics instructor Theo, a pleasant fellow, had already been exasperated by our group when he struggled to remember the name of a famous UK potter and was unhelpfully prompted with "Harry?" by one of us. Things took a musical turn later on when Theo expressed his admiration for his favourite UK artist, and due to his accent adorned with Grecian tones, we misheard "Cliff Richard" not quite fitting the image of Theo.
However, he quickly set the record straight in no uncertain terms: "KEITH RICHARDS!!" he emphatically clarified. We needn't have fretted. Aside from a stickler security guard, the locals in Rhodes seemed far too relaxed to get riled up.
And why wouldn't they be, basking in 300 days of sunshine annually, always just moments away from sun-kissed sandy shores, and spoiled with the choice between two inviting seas - the Aegean and the Mediterranean? Our residence is the exquisite Elissa Adults-Only Lifestyle Beach Resort, luxuriously planted on the island's northeast tip, merely a quarter-hour drive from the historic metropolis, and tantalisingly close to Turkey you can almost touch it. The resort may be vast and vibrant, but such is the brilliance of its layout that it never feels overrun. Theo's pottery workshop, where you can create your own souveni.
