Oct 1, 2012 - Rhodes Town.......sort of!

We motored-sailed up the coast of Rhodes with the plan of anchoring off Rhodes Town so we could explore the old city. There is a town marina but Malcolm had been informed it was not available to private boats without a large fee. So we anchored off a beach two kilometres away from Old Town. It was quiet and peaceful and we decided to spend the next day exploring. About 4am i was awakened by a rolling swell. At first we all thought it was a passing ship but no. The beach was very exposed and the swell built to over a metre with everything...

Jun 20, 2012 - Rhodes

RHODES: A 3 ½ hr ferry ride from Kos brought us to RHODES. This is a bustling community where we are now starting to run into more tourists. Old Rhodes is one huge market place packed with stall after stall after stall of restaurants, jewelry, shoe, souvenir and tee shirt shop’s. To say that on viewing the market place the girl’s eyes lit up would be an understatement. The excuses they used to go shopping were many. The best was, “we are in Europe and are under dressed …especially when going out for dinner.” Even if we changed clothes, we...

Mar 29, 2012 - Morning in Rhodes

Paideia Info After a GREAT breakfast buffet and loading up on extra bread for lunch, we head out to gather info and investigate our options. At this point we are looking at our timeframe for getting to Cyprus and how much time to spend there. This depends on ferry schedules which will determine how much time we have here in Rhodes. Since we now have air tickets from Cyprus to Kuwait on the 18th, it is imperative that we pin down ferry transport to Turkey (from whence we can ferry over to Cyprus - only way to get there other than...

Mar 28, 2012 - Rhodes Town, Rhodes

3-28 "We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us." Joseph Campbell 3-28 Wiki Info Rhodes Town Still in Sitia: Not a hurry morning...all buses to archeological sites nearby leave at 6am and unless we just take the same but to return, there are none back until past 11am, too late for our ferry. So we buy ferry food, walk around town, then pick up our bags and head for the dock/ferry. We anticipated a fast turn around because it originated in Iraklion but getting there half hour before...

Nov 6, 2011 - Day 7 - Rhodes, Greece

Blessed with a delightful climate and fertile soil, which produces a variety of the finest fruits, vegetables, and red wine, Rhodes is the most important island in the group known as the Dodecanese or South Sporades. It is also the most easterly island of the Aegean Sea. The weather certainly did not disappoint us today...another beautiful and warm and sunny day. The ship docks in the shadow of the old medieval walls of the old town of Rhodes, so it is very easy to walk right off the ship and be in the middle of an array of shops, tavernas,...

Oct 14, 2011 - Wedding Day

Hey it's the WEDDING DAY OOOMMMGG!!! Everything is going so fast it feels like just yesterday that we arrived in Rhodes and the culture is all soaked up in me from the rest of the reading that I did before even coming on the trip. Well sorry have to cut thsi short but all women are helping the bride get ready for her big night with making sure her dress, makeu pand hair are all done well. Hey again the bride is all ready for action except there is a young man coming up to do the traditional shoe ceremony stuffing her shoes with money until...

Oct 13, 2011 - Rhodes

Hey everyone only one day til the wedding and then another until I'm leaving. I love it here it is so beautiful. Well I went to the Parthenon and Acropolis of the Island of Rhodes and looked out and was able to see Turkey. Tonight I am going out to dance, sing, drink and eat with the rest of the bridal party and anyone else who wanted to come out for the night. This is called the Couples Night Out and is sponsored by the best man.

Oct 12, 2011 - Δεύτερη μέρα στην Ελλάδα δύο ημέρες πριν το γάμο "Second day in Greece two days before wedding"

Hey everyone it's my second day in Greece and I'm on the island of Rhodes where the wedding is taking place in a couple of days. I loved visiting the Parthenon and Acropolis in Athens, I'm hoping to see them in Rhodes as well as going to some local markets and visiting mountain villages. Here are some pictures from the castle, and a fort that is still left standing and now are shopping areas. Tonight is said to be the Parade of the Bed. It's when the bridal party take a bed frame around the village and all neighbors put something like...

Apr 20, 2011 - Lindos and Rhodes - Greece

Rhodes was next and we sure made the right decision. This was initially not one of our first choices for excursions – so we booked it after we got on the ship and listened to the excursion director’s descriptions of the options. We certainly were not disappointed. It was an early breakfast due to the early arrival – 6:30AM breakfast and we left on our excursion at 7:15AM. It’s a good thing that we are not dancing the night away until 2 or 3 AM – because morning would come too early and then we would tend to sleep on the bus or during the...

Feb 5, 2011 - Rhodes Island (and Athens sidetrip!) (Part II) - Feb 3-5

February 3, 2011 Today we attempted to have a bit of a lie-in but the building works at the hotel stopped that. One of the downsides of staying off-season is that many hotels are doing minor renovations to get ready for summer. On our floor of the hotel, the door at the end of the corridor was missing and this meant two things. Firstly, there was a constant draft blowing along the corridor. Secondly, there was a 5 storey drop if you weren’t careful. The hotel had rested a different size and shape door against the gap and this had been in...

Feb 2, 2011 - Rhodes Island (Part I) - Jan 29-Feb 2

January 29, 2011 We were leaving the northern part of Greece behind today and heading to our first island stop, Rhodes. Our flight was not until 8pm but we had to have the hire car back at the airport by 1pm so we knew we’d have quite a wait at the terminal. Given we hadn’t flown for quite a while we didn’t think this would be too bad and it didn’t turn out to be. We had a good breakfast at the hotel around 10am, including fired eggs, and then we set off. The drive to the airport took just over 90 minutes (via some interesting diversions...

Dec 10, 2010 - Rhodes ... Quaint and walkable treasure

Rhodes – December 10 ... 15C at mid-day (sunny) and POURING rain by 2pm This is not an island that either of us knew much about, but it has become our favourite of the trip. According to the locals, Rhodes has been inhabited since 6000BC with documented civilizations since the 10th century BC. Over the centuries, Turks and Romans have occupied Rhodes. It is one of the few European cities with an intact wall around the old city. Only 77 km long and 37 km wide, it is a small island that is full of charm and history. The walled city was built...