1. The walled City of Rhodes from the ship.
2. Lunch
3. The beach
4. Part of the harbor
5. The Equinox.
We woke up to another beautiful day and docked at Rhodes, Greece. During the day, the temperature was typical of the days we have had, clear and 84. Can’t beat the weather.
We walked into the old city and yes we did buy something. Barb bought a bracelet, imagine that!!
Rhodes was formed in 408 BC because it was located along a major trading passage. The old city is pretty and now is shops and shops. As we have been here before, we did not tour the city and countryside, but after shopping went to lunch at a local café. We split a Gyros plate and it was very good.
After lunch we went to the beach. Rhodes is now a major tourist destination and there are miles and miles of beaches, all with umbrellas and beach chairs to rent. If you go to Go
ogle Earth and key in Rhodes, Greece, you can see the beach that we went to. It is on the north point of the island. From Google Earth you can see all the beach umbrellas lining the beach – it is quite a sight. The beach and the sun were wonderful, but the “sand” is really volcanic rock, a lot of small rocks, not sand like we know of in the US. This was almost impossible to walk on with bare feet.We walked back to the beach and bought a bottle of Kahlua at a local market and poured the contents into two soda bottles in order to bring it onto the ship.
We had a wonderful evening – seeing a show, eating with new friends, dancing and then a great casino visit.
At 5:45pm we set sail for Kusadasi, Turkey and seeing the island by sea as we rounded the north end of the island was a real treat.
Then after midnight it is on to bed because we will be in Turkey soon.
Night – Night!!
