As we had re-enacted the wedding yesterday, today it was time for the honeymoon! Unfortunately holidays, particularly when leaving the country, are all banned at present so we had a Rhodes themed day at home.
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| A typical Greek breakfast (the kind of things we ate for breakfast on honeymoon) |
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| Colouring a picture of the Colossus of Rhodes |
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Unfortunately Ptolemy fell over and banged his head on the metal door frame; he had to go to A&E to have it glued
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| All patched up |
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We had pens at the ready for the Rhodes challenge - finding the required numbers of different animals (real, or in statues) as we went through and showed them our original honeymoon photos from Rhodes.
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| Jory was very excited to find his two peacocks! |
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| Time for a tasty Greek lunch of saganaki (fried cheese, drizzled in honey), flatbreads (pitas) and various other accompaniments |
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"Have you tried this delicious cheese?"
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| Zachary did a comprehension all about the island of Rhodes (he's particularly interested in the ancient history, as we have recently been studying the Ancient Greeks), whilst Jory coloured some butterflies to make a butterfly mobile |
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| We played a game on the TV called 'Rhodes or roads', in which they had to guess whether photos were taken in Rhodes, or were pictures of other roads around the world (usually with famous landmarks beside them); bonus points were given for naming the country they were from. We started by looking at the flags of different countries and where they are found on the map (Jory particularly loves this, and knows a surprising amount of flags already). |
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| The places around the world where our other family members live (plus where Rhodes is found) |
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The answer is roads, not Rhodes!
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| He now knows the flag for Greece |
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| Zachary spent quite a while comparing climate data between England and Rhodes; they get more rain than us over the winter, but almost none in the summer; unfortunately we get it all year round! |
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| Watching a video about the Ancient Greek sun Titan, Helios. The Colossus of Rhodes (one of the seven ancient Wonders of the World) depicts him. It took 12 years to build the huge statue, but only about 60 years later, it was toppled by an earthquake. Although the Rhodians were offered money to rebuild it, they refused to do so, as they believed Helios himself had struck it down. |
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| We also learnt which element of the periodic table is named after the sun Titan and why. |
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| More butterfly colouring - this is in reference to the Valley of the Butterflies in Rhodes - see the photo below. |
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| Known as the Petaloudes valley, thousands of orange butterflies take flight around you, as you meander along beautiful paths and bridges - we loved it! |
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Holding up his finished butterfly mobile (which now hangs in our dining room)
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As Rhodes is well known for its excellent honey, we did some worksheets all about bees
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We ordered Greek takeaway for our tea, which included some of our favourites such as chicken and pork gyros
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| Jory was only brave enough to try the chips, but the others tried everything |
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| We had some homemade baklavas (honey pastries) for our pudding; only Tahlia liked them |
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