Hotel Manousos 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

... all we could of the castle, we ventured outside the walls to go check out some ancient ruins. On the map, there was a big green park with some old ruins labeled, and it didn't look too far away. What the map didn't show was that it was uphill, hard to find, and when we got there it wasn't a park at all, but just an ancient stadium and some old columns surrounded by ...

... 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.

After a quick breakfast, we headed off to the port to catch our 9am ferry to Rhodes, but it looked like everyone else in Fethiye had the same idea. The boat was full of those annoying package holiday makers on a day trip to Rhodes. <br><br>After a rough ride, we bought our tickets to Athens (Rhodes to Athens &#8364;53 each, one way) and had the whole day to spend in Rhodes before our next ferry departed. <br><br>Rhodes was famous worldwide in the ancient world for the Colossus of Rhodes ...

... 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

... from the 800 plus other people having dinner. I've been forgetting to take a pen along to write down what I have for dinner. In the evening we meet a group of 10 from Washington, DC area for drinks in the Stratosphere lounge. They are always amazed at how cold it gets back home in winter and how do we survive. Andy's cold actually isn't too bad (just blowing his nose alot) so the drugs must be working. Stilll, we did not stay up much past 10pm.

... exhibit displaying archaeological finds from Rhodes through the ages - nicely set out and with interesting commentaries. That night we go to a small restaurant in a little by-passed side street in the middle of town that was recommended by another guest at our hotel and have a great meal - yummy, non-tourist food at a reasonable price (for a country that has the Euro as currency!). The owner who is also the chef tells us that his cooking is done with love so that's why it tastes so good!

... bottom benches are original black marble), a stadium in very good condition, the 3 restored columns of the Temple of Apollo Pythios, and some scappy remains of the Temple of Athena Polias. These are all from the Roman period, in the early hundreds, if I remember right. At this point we were promised a bathroom. However, the bathroom was closed due to plumbing problems. People were really ticked off. You know how miserable you can get once you ...

... day was Monday April 3, the first day of class after break. Obviously we missed class...and knew we were going to before. You get two "freebie" days you can miss so it's not a problem except for the material you miss in class. Also, on Mondays I have much more class than I do on Tuesdays, so it was good to miss the big day so my week was shorter. Anyway, so Evan and I had a flight at 9pm and everyone else took the train. They left the train station in Venice at 4:30pm and then ...

... around. I walked down a narrow passageway to a cosy courtyard. Some of the doors to the rooms were open and I looked in. I coughed but nobody stirred. I stomped up some crooked stone stairs and found a small roof terrace with views of the cobbled street, and at the end of the street a thin patch of blue sea below the mountains of Western Turkey. The ambience was just right. I made up my mind that we were staying here.<br><br>We fetched our stuff up from the square and sat on the roof ...