Betty Xidi Photography - Dodecanese Islands Through My Eyes

12/06/2026

Kalispera!
Today Iam in Haraki, in Salty Taverna, veryyy busy with my Friend!
Maybe some of you remember him from Lindos?
Come and join us, you are very welcome!
Iam red, is hot 😃
But we are next to the beach!

11/06/2026

The sunset seen from the top of Rhodes Island made the island itself look even more amazing!
Have a nice evening!

11/06/2026

Because tomorrow I will be very busy from early morning, I wrote now something to read for you on my blog "Literary Rhodes", for tomorrow morning coffee. :-)
"For those of us exploring Rhodes today with a camera in hand or a notebook in pocket, Filerimos remains a threshold. When you press the shutter button against the ancient Doric stones, you aren’t just taking a picture. You are stepping into the very same frame of silence that George Seferis left behind."

What happens when a poet who spent his lifetime chasing the light stands before his final landscape? In July 1971, just two months before his death, the Nobel laureate George Seferis made a quiet, poignant one-day pilgrimage to Rhodes. Frail from illness and heavy-hearted under the political darknes...

11/06/2026

Kalimera!
What captivated me about Afandou yesterday?
The colors and beauty of nature!

10/06/2026

And today my kitchen smells of the first figs of the year, which I brought from my Friends in Afandou!
Does anyone here like figs?
Have a nice evening!
The photo has been taken by mobile phone.

10/06/2026

Kalimera from great place for coffee in Afandou, with great music and owners! 🤩

09/06/2026

My first, unsuccessful attempts at a sunset in Rhodes from 2014! :-)
Monte Smith, Acropolis of Rhodes!
Have a nice evening!

09/06/2026

"The real thrills, however, came only after my return to home, when I opened Mielczarek and Stefanakis’s book. Flipping through archival materials from my compatriot’s expedition, I suddenly froze. I saw a photograph of Haraki from the late 19th century.
My contemporary frame was almost identical!"
I invite you to read the new entry on my blog "Literary Rhodes" to your morning coffee!
Kalimera :-)

Do you believe in coincidences? I stopped believing in them when I came across the book “Rhodes: The Ancient and Medieval Monuments in 1882 – 1884 and Count Karol Lanckoroński” by Mariusz Mielczarek and Manolis I. Stefanakis.This publication, published by the Institute of Archaeology and Ethn...

08/06/2026

Today, for "Goodnight," I have something amazing for you, something you can only see with your own eyes when you climb and then descend the highest mountain on the island of Rhodes - Attavyros.
Before sunset... Just look...
I will never forget this day for the rest of my life. You can read about this adventure on my blog here:
https://betty.photography/november-25-2024-on-the-way-to-attavyros/
Have a nice evening. :-)