Blue Sky Rhodes

Another beautiful day. Sunny 78 degrees on the island of Rhodes. We travel to Lindos half way down the island. To see the Acropolis were Paul spoke to the Greeks. A long climb to the top with a view to forever. Just outstanding. Back to the boat early to catch some sun by the pool.<br><br>I am going to upload a couple of pics from yesterday on Myconos to give you an idea of the beauty here.<br><br>Davo and Janet

... recommened a place from a local, which turned out to be ok. Honestly, we've had better Mousakka in San Francisco, but the Greek Salad is pretty amazing. Who knew Cucumbers, tomatos, feta and olive oil could taste so good? We've tried to make our own using exactly the same ingredients, but somehow they manage to do it better. <br>Now we're off to the one-and-only Santorini!

... of little alleyways again and you realized that you had come back to where you started. It was fun and we spent about 4 hours in there and then walked back to the ship. Had a late lunch on the ship and went to our cabin to have our afternoon siesta and watched Get Smart on tv. We decided to have a day off the grog so watched the ship leave from deck 7 and headed to the Casino for a short time and then came home.

... a magnificent bronze statue of Helios, a Greek God. It was one of the seven wonders of the Ancient world. The statue only stood for 56 years before an earthquake destroyed it in 226BC. <br><br>The medieval town of Rhodes has now been declared a world heritage site. And no wonder with its winding old lanes, ancient defensive walls and its beautiful clear sky and water. We couldn't have afforded a night here but we sure are glad we got to spend a day in this touristy little town. <br><br ...

... coming back was a early morning flight<br>sunday. but would much pref a aftertoon flight both ways!!<br><br>we had two weeks all inclusive. meaing the food and drinks included<br>places visited lindos,perfkos, falraiki,rhodes and symi island. also<br>did a jeep safari tour on the island was great. sure was action!1<br><br>Start of travels: Sep 05, 2009<br>End of travels: Sep 20, 2009

Left the ship at 9am for excusion to Rhodes. A fantastic guide', Dimitris (a.k.a. Jimmy the Greek), met us at shore to take us up to the village of Lindos where there are ruins of a temple to Athena. Supposedly a bad walk up to the top but I found it OK. The ruins were fantastic. No other way to describe it. After taking lots of pics we headed back ...

... advertising "Full Englich Breakfast", "Deusches Speciallities" and even "Danish Food Served Here", as well as the standard Greek tourist menus all with mousakka and gyros. Its pretty awful! After passing the airport we head up into the inland mountains, first to a very popular tourist attraction called Butterfly Valley. It's a very pretty pine forest area with a little stream (that actually has water in it - the west coast is somewhat wetter than the east) and you can ...

Catching the 1700 from Iraklion to Rhodestown - 14.5 hours on a ferry and its' GA Ferries again. Nasty, old, mildewy, and moldy GA - love it! I told Kerry if she covers 40 Euros of it, I'll pay the difference for us to stay in a cabin...with a shower and our own NON stinky toilet. She agrees. I add on the requirement for a back massage and the next dessert. She agrees. Saw this gorgeous hound dog stray ...

... Evan and Mike- and Mike's cousin from home, who came to Rome for a few days and then went on our trip with us. Pretty good spring break for that guy. His name, by the way, is Andrew David Soliman (spelled with an "i" not "o") and he went by Andy. But I called him his full name all the time because it sounds like the most Jewish name ever and he is the exact opposite-a Coptic Christian. Anyway, back to the booking process. The thing was, we had only a certain window to book ...

... fur coats, suggestive tee shirts, sponges, sharks heads, worry beads, place mats depicting ancient Hellenic sex scenes, rugs from Asia and yet more glass-encased butterflies. 'British' bars advertised giant glasses of beer and taped bazouki music cranked out from every corner where an authentic Greek restaurant had been squeezed. Brightly coloured birds were produced and their cages were hung up on the walls to entice tourists to stop and look. A pair of scarlet macaws sat on ...