Rhodes: Day 9

Pamen: let’s go
We could see the mountains of Turkey from the Mediterranean Sea
We got into Rhodes very late on the 27th (like 12:30 am) and got all settled into our hotel.

This morning I was woken up abruptly by Alyssa who was asking where my laundry bag was. We had our first laundry stop today, and the people who were picking up the laundry were here at 9:00. I handed her my bag that I had prepared the night before ( see the photo of my laundry baby on my previous post) and jumped out of bed as soon as she left to find my shoes and grab my money so I could pay the €9 that it cost. Also- my name was not on the bag yet. I had to quickly track down sam to find the sharpie so I could put my name on it so my clothes wouldn’t disappear like Abbis sweater. Good news: my laundry went to go get washed.

After that, I went back to the room to go get dressed and ready as we had a 10am bus time. When I was ready, I went downstairs to breakfast. I had Greek pancakes which were ok, but since I don’t really care for honey they were not my favorite.
We left at 10am to with our tour guide Costa on a walking tour of Rhodes (Rodos). We got to see a cool light house and walked in a mid evil MOAT. We went to the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes. I got a GAS chicken parm cold sandwich at the palace cafe.

We went on a bus ride to Lindos, and saw the Acropolis of Lindos which also was built to honor Athena. It was SUPER WINDY at the top. It was really cool to feel the power of the wind and see the view of the sea and mountains in the distance. We had to walk up what felt like a billion stair to get up to the top. I’m gonna go ahead and count this as my workout for today. There were a million cats in Lindos, and some of them let us pet them.

When we got back to Rhodes after our tour of Lindos, we went to the beach. We were super excited to FINALLY get the opportunity to swim. The beach was very rocky and VERY cold. We didn’t spend too much time at the beach tbh.
After the beach, we changed to go to dinner.
THIS WAS THE BEST DINNER IVE HAD THE WHOLE TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!’!!!!!!

I had a dish that was lamb and potatoes and zucchini baked in a pot, cheese croquettes, and a chocolate cake. The lamb was absolutely delicious and tender. Everyone wholly enjoyed their meal, and our server asked where we were from and he said that the best people come from Texas.

For our night activity, we played uno and everyone had some drinks. I decided to just have a pomegranate green tea.

Rhodes was pretty cool. I had a good time and I could see myself coming back here someday.Read more