Blogs from Rhodes, South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 12

From Patmos, the island of the Apocalypse, we left the island in the evening and woke up to find ourselves in Rhodes. Now, this I've got to say. I wasn't prepared for Rhodes. Perhaps because all this time, I was more fascinated by the more popular islands like Mykonos or Santorini. All I knew about Rhodes was some history lesson marking the Colossus of Rhodes as one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. But an earthquake more than 2,200 years ago wiped out this ancient bronze statue that stood by the harbor, so there is really just a memory, if not a legend or myth about this world famous landmark. Of more "recent" history is the flight of the Knights to Rhodes during the Medieval period, only to be chased out once more by ... read more

Rhodes was not what I envisioned a Greek island to look like. We did not have specific plans today, other than to check out old town. Rhodes old town is a walled in medieval city with cobblestone streets and old and restored buildings. And as a typical tourist trap, lots of little shops and cafes. We had a map, but the map had the names in English and the signs on the buildings with the street names were in Greek. So we got lost. But it was ok, because we ended up finding some interesting places. We walked up the stairs of one museum (I don't remember the name) and found some really cool black and white mosaic floors, patios and rooms. I think it was a hospital at one time. When we finally found the ... read more

Day 13 and 14 Good Morning…it’s another beautiful morning here in Paradise at Kiotaro, our last day here, and though we are sorry to leave in a way we are looking forward to our Grand Adventure aboard the Ferry to Crete. Now where was I? Ah yes, yesterday. It was jammies to bathing suits day again. We will hopefully have our clean clothes back today and I am now starting to believe Anna really will iron our things. She dries stuff on a clothes line and her washing machine is outside under a little canopy; she even has one there from Canada! We hit the beach about 10 and I swam for a while, floated for a while, swam some more, you get the picture. Gord continued his snorkeling, and I went back to the room ... read more

Good Afternoon from Kiotari, We picked up our rental car outside the main entrance in Rodos and, after some fierce negotiations, managed to pay the price we were originally told! We like this car better, the gear shift is better placed…here’s hoping it will make for better shifting!!! Headed south from Rodos Old Town (from now on I’ll call it just Rodos, as the people here do) and immediately felt better for getting out of town! Drove for about 30 km’s and stopped for lunch in a little town that offered all sorts of British “fry-ups” on the menus. We had decided we were just going to wing it in regards to finding our next accommodation… turned off the road toward the water on a whim and stopped at the first place we saw by the ... read more

I had forgotten it was Thanksgiving weekend!! Happy turkey day to you all. Too tired tonight to do a blog....going to see if I can do the writing in Word then copy and paste... Here's hoping it's a full moon on Tues night/Wed morning when we are on the Ferry bound for Crete...B... read more