Wilson: Turkey/Greece

Rhodes, Greece

The 2 ½ hour hydrofoil boat ride was rough. It was hot, rough water and longer than expected. So when we reached Rhoads, we were all very excited. We stayed in the old town, which is one of the best-preserved medieval cities in Europe and a World Heritage site. On our first night all 4 of us shared red snapper, his name was Georgio, and enjoyed the wonderful food which was a nice change from Oludeniz.

The next day we did a self-guided walking tour and meandered around the city streets. On our walk we saw the following sites:

Street of the Knights
Grand Masters Palace (but didn’t pay for entry)
Acropolis of Rhodes

Dinner at Nireas. Yummy red snapper and saganaki.

Street of the Knights

Brad and Audra, our companions on the trip.

This is the lady that made our rug... not really but we'd like to think so. It takes an average of 3 months to make these rugs by hand.

Harbor at night.

Day trip to Lindos.

We decided to rent a car for the day. Lucky for us we found the last car not yet rented on the island. Unfortunately with baby seat in the back of this two door convertible Audi, it was a tight fit. We used the car to drive to Lindos. We also took time to swim in the ocean and eat lunch before heading out on a drive across the Island to wine country. Our route required us to drive on a “secondary” road (later determined to be a ‘rough road”) which made for a scary and entertaining drive across the island. Once there, we ate a quick dinner and found a place to purchase special honey where bees feed off of oregano.

*Random splurge of the trip was buying a large silk rug we found on our last day as we were walking around killing time before our flight.