hi david and caroline,my names mandy we have just moved to rhodes from australia(im from scotland)coming from a big city its a bit strange i have a 5 year old and feel its a safer place for kids we wanted to live in a village here but when we got here changed our minds,we live in rhodes town and from what i here is a bit more expensive but you are in walking distance to a lot of things to do(havnt braved driving yet...)The local paper has rentals and agents renting places.There is jobs and the hours are long.My son is enrolled in the local kindergarden to start sept he is slowly learning greek and i find most people know english.Its a bit early to know if i will really settle here but so far as a place to raise a family im loving it and so is my son.If you are coming over let us know if you need any help(my hubby is greek).