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So I have decided I would like to be a princess. And live in the city of Rhodes.
Rhodes is the largest Greek island of the dodacanese group, and it is famed for perpetual sunlight. True to it's rep, the weather was fantastic. Rhodes is particularly known for it's old town, called Rhodes town. It's a medieval village with a fortified stone wall and a moat. The streets are ancient and cobblestoned and the buildings were absolutely adorable. It's an amazing town.. Well, castle.
We didn't stay long though, as today is our first whole-day stop and the shops in Rhodes town didn't open for two more hours. Instead, we made a snap decision to head to the town of lindos. When we checked with the taxi company though, we found it would cost us about 150$ for transport. So instead of following the hordes of tourists, we decided to be adventurous. At times that could turn out disastrous. But we decided to -wait for it- try public transit. Indeed we where feeling brave, so we went to the nearest bus stop. After seeing no busses for a bit, we went to talk to a passerby about how to get to lindos. Of course though, he spoke Greek and German, but no English. So mom tried to use her small knowledge of German to communicate. Eventually we reverted to pen and paper, and with the help of pictures, we found the correct bus stop.
After an hour and a half bus ride, we made it to lindos. Aside from the chain smoker in front of us and the crying baby, the ride was relatively painless. The white town is surrounded by very clear blue water, and built up the side of a hill. Crowning the hill is the main attraction-the acropolis of lindos.
We decided to take a more interesting way up the hill.. Meaning by donkey. It was going great until a dog started barking and my donkey spazzed. It started braying, then proceeded to attempt to buck me off. Donkey Man grabbed the donkeys head and forced it down, speaking to it in Greek. I definitely impressed myself with my horsemanship skills. Totally kidding, I just hung on and crossed my fingers. The rest of the walk was uneventful, and the views where incredible. It was so worth it going up there, and the donkeys were quite fun.
The acropolis itself was very impressive. It was fortified by stone walls and you can sit on them and look over the sides, either hanging over the city on one side of the acropolis, or hanging over cliffs that plunged into the ocean very far below on the other. Pictures really can't capture the scale of it all.
We opted to walk down instead of donkey down because we wanted to walk through the towns streets. It was a great walk, but I can totally see how you could get lost in the city. The streets are a maze of white buildings and pebbled streets. We decided to bus back again, and planned to spend the last 3 hours of our stop in Rhodes old town, with the understanding that the stores would now be open unlike first thing in the morning when we initially got there.
The town was hopping when we got back, and we shopped more. We also visited the castle (mom got really excited about the cannons). Tomorrows the final day of the cruise, unfortunately.
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Donna What a great adventure. We can picture the 2 of you on donkeys-hope you got lots of pictures. Despite the time change, we may be a little early, we wish you a Happy Birthday, Ali. Wishing you much love & happiness, Amelia, Jim & Donna
Phil Hon. I thought you already lived like a princess???? Love Dad