Blogs from Rhodes, South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 16

(Long blog; lots of pics; enjoy what you will) Arrived about 10 AM. Found a good place to sleep on the ferry, that was nice. Deviating from my original plan, cut a day out of Kos, so I'm early to Rhodes & got a hostel in Old Town. Very hot! But otherwise, Rhodes is cool. Old Town is a fortified (walled-in) city. It's pretty big, elaborate labrynth of cobblestone streets, some wider, sometimes opening to bigger squares, some incrediblely narrow. To enter Old Town, you cross (what may have been a moat?) bridges to enter through "gates" which are arched short tunnels (the shade is great!). It's incredible how some of these people's houses seem to be built into the walls. It's really bizzare how you walk down these narrow streets & just see some ... read more

How time flies when you're having fun!! Can't believe I'm nearly half way through my time here. I definately know I'm in Rhodes now as I carry a torch with me at night - there are so many power cuts in the old town, have experienced about 4 in the past couple of weeks. Thankfully most of them are when you are in your bed, 1 time was when I had just ordered a drink and a snack, thankfully it happened after the snack had been cooked so I didn't have to wait a further 40 mins to eat!! Also you know you are in Greece when the government staff places close down early on certain days of the week to conserve energy from using all the air con machines!! They go on strike quite a ... read more

Well here I am - nearly at the end of my 6th week here!! How time flies when you're having fun!! Have had a few nights out, some of the photos from one of them are on the website www.photoshow.net/callefix. I'm in the background of some of them, the site does take a while to download them all if you're not on broadband and it takes a while to get through all of them, so would not suggest you do it it work time!!!!!!! We had a day out in Afandou last week (there was another girl from the bank over on holiday - won't divulge her name!!), went to the beach during the day and had a swim and sunbathe and then went up into the town at night with the idea of having a ... read more

We missed the 9am boat to Lindos, so we took a bus instead. The journey was 1hr 20mins. We took a donkey ride up to the Acropolis of Lindos. It was very exciting. The donkey tends to walk very close to the edge of the cliff. The one i was riding was only 6.5 yrs old, Anthony's donkey was 13 yrs old. they're still considered young donkeys. Next was to the beach.. we were all geared up for swimming.. but the water was freezing cold. We deduced that the season is still too early for swimming. On the bus ride back, Shawna did it again. In the middle of the journey, she broke out in cold sweat and nearly fainted. Anthony had to stop the bus with a full bus load of ang mos in the ... read more

Oh my god, it was raining a bit yesterday!! No rain all winter and then it arrives with me!! They are preparing to batten down the hatches this weekend as their is a storm due!! Still warm enough to go out in shorts and vest top though!! Well the detox lasted a total of about 2 days, (better than nothing!!). Holiday mode officially ends on Wednesday (that'll be my 3 weeks in) and then I will have to seriously nuckle down!! Have started the Joy Exton dog walking school - take 2 dogs out in the morning and in the early evening and the person was so impressed with me that I got a pay rise after about 3 days and she knows of more people that want my help!! Even though it was cloudy yesterday, ... read more