Al Mare Villas Rhodes

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... and a couple of Quarter pounders with cheese and I would be ready to return before i wa known missing; oh yeah FYI I needed to remember to bring back some of those prepacked sides of marinara sauce that comes with a pizza pie from any dominos or pizza hut. I just could not bare another sauceless pizza in Europe. I actully got my hopes up on this island when the aiter appeared to recognize my cry and I do mean cry for sauce on my pizza,

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... houses, The Grand Masters Palace and a Museum and Art Gallery.... and lots and lots of stalls/shops. I was lucky that a large ship had brought in some tourists for the day so, by arrangement, a select number of shops and restaurants were open. Otherwise, it would have been all shut.

The next day I went to Lindos by bus (about an hour's trip) and everything there WAS closed.... except one coffee shop, one bar and one cafe. It was a delightful little ...

... starboard side so we could make out the landmarks. When the weather eventually cleared we walked the short 500m to entrance to the Fort.

This was our second trip to Rhodes. Previously we hired a car and toured around the island taking in the ancient site of Lindos so we were planning to spend a lot more time in Old Town. Externally the fort is reminiscent of some other great fort ports like Dubrovnic and Tallin but once inside the town has very much is own ...

I was really overdue my holidays, finally getting to take it in October and I just signed up to two weeks of not doing much in Turkey with a couple of friends in a group. For me though not doing much isn't my cup of tea so I took every chance to re-live my old Turkey memories, from food, sights, sea, dancing and ahem, yes the men, again :)

Please come back soon as I update all the stories from the two weeks. Thanks.

... After taking our first shower in a few days, we decided to to go take a look around. Rhodes i much different than every island we had been. We were staying in the old city, which is enclosed on all sides by tall fortress walls and a moat. The cobblestone streets are small and windy and have a very medieval feeling. We walked to the castle and around Knights Lane for a few hours before deciding it was time for a siesta, which after the night before ended up being 5 hours ...

... octopus! According to him, the octopus was "tough...but, actually, not that bad." The lunch came with a beautiful seaside view. Finally, we ended our tour with a drop off in the Old Town section of Rhodes, which is a medieval city completely surrounded by a wall, which was built by the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, who occupied the island for nearly 300 years, before the Turks. It was very interesting walking through the town and ...

... skinke til å fore halve Afrika. Jeg derimot tok meg min vante reke-cocktail. Også den var "de-lish-ous". Etter en drøy halvtime tok vi fatt på hovedretten som ble...suprise, suprise...Kleftiko. Men, den var varm, fryktelig varm. Det jeg ikke har lagt merke til før, men som skjer med kroppen når den får i seg varm mat, er at du da svetter som en fet gris, dersom griser svetter da. Men skal jeg sammeligne Kleftikoen her mot den på Restaurant Victoria i ny ...

Tuesday 19th June This note is being scribed from the balcony of our hotel in Rhodes whilst I sit here on a magnificent (Mark's favourite word) afternoon and look out over the sprawling beach with turquoise blue water below. The coastline of Turkey looms just a short distance out on the horizon and you get the feeling that you could actually swim the narrow divide. It is 5pm and we have just arrived and been greeted with similar weather to that of Athens and Santorini ...

August 28th - Rhodes, Greece

I awoke at half past three. We were docked at some large town - and had been for some time. Was this Rhodes ? I ran down to the lower deck looking for someone to ask, anyone. But the ship was deserted. I caught a glimpse of myself in a mirror. I looked like the Wild man of Borneo, I thought. Eventually I found a man in a blue suit who dismissed my worries and told me to go back to sleep. I went back to my snug spot on the oily deck and dreamed I was ...