Day 11, The Island of Rhodes, May 14

Leisurely breakfast in the restaurant this morning. Not in any particular hurry. We have until 4:30 to get back to the ship. We get off at 8:45ish. About 50 meters away from the ship is the Hop On Hop Off Bus. We get on and there are no available seats.

So we get off at the next stop and walk around for an hour until the bus comes back. We walk around and find a farmer’s market next to the Old Town Wall. We walk in to Old Town and cars and bikes drive in and out on the same medieval road. We walk back to the bus stop and reboard. There are a couple seats up top where we like to sit. There is only one bus, and the bus schedule has precise arrival times for each stop. A couple stops later, we arrive at the Acropolis (remember, ‘Acropolis only means ‘Top of the City or Hill’) and a lot of people get off. So now we get to pick our preferred seats.

We ride the entire loop this time and get off at the Acropolis the next time. We walk around the Acropolis and check out the ruins of what appears to be Olympic arenas and the Temple of Apollo Pythios.

We walk down and find our way through the town to a bus stop. We stop in the heat for a couple glasses of cold white wine and some interesting snacks. The driver of the only bus recognizes us by this time and gives me a fist bump. We ride the bus to the entrance to Old Town and get off. We enter the walls of the old city and find it is filled with chatchkey vendors. We do walk around and find a couple of souvenirs to buy.

Now our legs and feet are really tired and we find our way out and back to the ship. Joannaline, our waitress in Hudson’s tonight, AKA ‘Sexy Anytime’ is quite the character! So we also get a few shots off the ship and kick back for the evening.

After dinner we turn in. See you again tomorrow!