On To Greece, Rhodes

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We bused to Marimaris in Turkey and then took an expensive little ferry to Rhodes Greece. Apparently the Greeks and Turks don't get along very well. As we approached Rhodes the Turk deckhand that I had been chatting with for quite awhile told me smugly about the old city with the high fortress walls that the Greeks had put up because they were afraid of the Turks.

The Turkish Ferry that we rode to Rhodes

Old town city walls Rhodes

The Palace at Rhodes

City Walls

The Palace again.

We really enjoyed walking around the old city walls. One side of the city is against the sea and the other sides have a wide ditch that is now a pleasant green space for the city.

Ditch around the old city

City Gate

Shells for sale

On our second day in Rhodes we hiked up to an old theater and then on to an even older ruin of a temple to Apollo.

Apollo's temple

Cute little sports car, the proud owner started it up for us.

At the grocery store

We would have liked to stay longer in Rhodes because we found a fantastic hotel with a great breakfast at an extremely cheap price (22 euro per night, high season rate was closer to 80). Unfortunately there didn't seem to be a lot more to do from Rhodes town and the rest of Greece was calling; also, not that many ferries leave in the winter, so we caught a ferry early the next morning.