note: I accidentally dropped Scott's hard drive that stored all of our pics and now it's not working! AAAH! That means I can't put up pics with these posts now! Thank goodness I had already put up our photos onto Ofoto!
After 2 straight days in port, we decided to relax in Rhodes and just walk around at our own pace. The port here is right outside the old town section of the city of Rhodes so it is easy to just walk off the ship and find something to do. Rhodes island was originally founded in 400 BC, and was the site of the Colossus of Rhodes, a sculpture that is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world but is also no longer standing. The city of Rhodes, built by the Knights Hospitalliers in the 1400s, is a well preserved, walled, medieval town. The parts of the city that are outside these walls are considered “new” town Rhodes.
Walking inside the walled city reminded us very much of the small medieval towns we saw in Tuscany and Provence. The main streets were super touristy though and felt like San Gimignano – lots of trinket shops, people and outdoor cafes. We found a little café, called Anakata, off the beaten path to sit down and have a bite to eat. The patio was super cute – marble slabs on top of big pots posed as tables, there was a well in the center of the courtyard and lots and lots of bougainvillea hanging everywhere. The handwritten menus added to the charm. However, the service was SLOW, even though we noticed everything on the menu were cold foods or very simple to prepare (like toast sandwiches). I ordered the pie of the day – Spinach and Feta – and Scott got the Tuna Salad. My pie was okay, sort of like a quiche, but Scott’s Tuna Salad was excellent! The veggies they used were very fresh.
After the long meal, we headed out of Old Rhodes to find a beach to lay out on. Scott really wanted to take a dip in the Mediterranean on this vacation! I had heard the main tourist beach, Faliriki, was very rowdy so instead, we asked the cab driver to drive us to a different beach. He drove us by some beautiful beaches until he finally stopped at one that seemed pretty off the beaten path – very few people and only a handful of restaurants along the side of the road. He assured us this was a ‘nice’ beach because it wasn’t as windy and we could swim comfortably.
The beach turned out to be quite nice, albeit very very pebbly! We opted against paying for a lounge chair and instead layed out on the pebbles with the towels we stole from the ship. The water was super blue and clear so Scott went to frolick in the water. I dipped my feet in, but stayed mostly on the beach and watched Scott and the windsurfers.
We weren’t at the beach too long before we had to head back to the ship. We were sad – we both definitely liked Rhodes and would love the chance to go back. On the cab ride to the port, we passed by many other beaches we’d want to check out as well as New Rhodes, which actually looked pretty nice.
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