Day 11 Saturday – Rhodes, Greece

Wow – what a great day!!! This has to be the best day of the trip so far. Rhodes, Greece is one of the most beautiful and peaceful places I have ever experienced. It is right there with Hawaii. Rhodes is a seaside island town. The pace is very slow and the people are very nice. Tourism is their main industry and they treated us with kindness and respect. The coastline is absolutely beautiful with bluest water you can possibly imagine.

We left the ship at about 10:30, hired a taxi and took a 1-1/2 hour tour of the city. Once again, it was just amazing. These people live in paradise. After the tour we spent the rest of our day in the “OLD CITY”. The old city of Rhodes is behind a stone fortress type of wall. Going inside is like stepping back in time. I really can not adequately describe it’s beauty, the pictures will have to do that for me. It is a photographer’s paradise. There were many small shops and outdoor cafes in the commercial part, which might be about half of the old city. The balance of the old city is a residential area where people actually live. Once again, it was like stepping back in time. The girls went shopping as I went through the city on an incredible photo-taking journey. I shot about 500 pictures in Rhodes. At about 2pm I reconnected with the girls and we found a quaint café to have a Greek Gyro Sandwich. A gyro sandwich in Greece is a must! Then we went shopping. This is by far the best selection of original, reasonably priced items that we have seen so far. Their merchandise was not extremely touristy like so many places we visited. Rhodes actually has items that you want to buy. We really enjoyed shopping until about 4pm since we had to be back on the ship by 4:30. The OLD CITY was only about a 10-15 minute walk to the ship and that was a blessing for sure. It is hard to get lost when you can see the ship from the OLD TOWN!!! And not getting lost is a good thing.

I could go on and on about Rhodes, but I will leave you with this – Rhodes is one place where Tammy and I would love to come and stay for 7-10 days to just relax and soak in the beauty. Maybe someday?!?!

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