Katerina's Adventures in Rhodes
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I’d been going to the Greek islands with friends for several years. The fact that I’m half Greek Cypriot could have something to do with why I love Greece so much – it’s in my blood! Apart from my sister Lucy, niece Marianna, a few good friends and some voluntary work in a charity shop, I don’t really have anything keeping me here in England. So, I go to Rhodes to ‘escape’ from ‘nothing’.
When no one was able to come with me one year, I decided to go anyway and went on my own. I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1994, but managed to carry on holidaying in my favourite country. In 2004, I found it necessary to buy a battery-operated scooter to take with me on holiday and we’ve been going to Rhodes together ever since. I call him ‘my Buggy’.
I’m quite a complex person and in some ways I’d say I’m much like MS itself, in that, insofar as we’re both concerned, you never know what each day will bring!
I would have to agree with the characteristics ascribed to my star sign Aquarius: `freedom loving, original, independent, loves to travel and can be mysterious’. When it comes to men, I’ve always been fussy, and I know what I like in a man, which is something that hasn’t changed since I’ve had MS – what’s wrong with knowing what you want in your partner? Better to be fussy than unhappy or bored.
Now back to the matter in hand; when in Rhodes, I’m known to the locals and to all my friends as Katerina. This book is a diary of my experiences in Rhodes in 2008.
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About the Book
I wasn’t going to let the fact that I have Multiple Sclerosis, stop me from flying off to the Greek islands for some fun in the sun…
This is a diary about holidaying in three different resorts on the island of Rhodes; Tholos, Stegna and Pefkos.
I bought my first mobility scooter in 2004. It is my friend and companion when I travel. This, along with my love of writing, is what inspired me to write this book.
The time I had there, the wonderful people that I met, the obstacles I faced and the challenges I overcame whilst travelling with my mobility scooter, is to me, what makes it all the more fun!
‘A life without a risk is a life unlived.’
About the Author
I was born in Cheltenham in 1968, and moved to Bristol when I was three months old.
After leaving home aged eighteen, I had several different jobs and lived in various shared houses and flats. I also lived in New York in 1987 for one year, working as an au-pair.
I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1994, and since leaving full time work, I have had various voluntary jobs, mainly working in charity shops – the closest thing to my love of working with the general public.
Currently single, I have been living for the past twelve years in a 1930’s ground floor flat.