A garbage and bus strike had ended that morning.
More black and white stone pathways.
Funny name for a laundromat.
Randal and friend outside a souvenir shop selling ancient Greek and medieval collectibles. (Replicas of course.)
Doorways of Rhodes
A sign points the way to the port area…guess they’d been asked so often they painted the sign.
Plateia Ippokratous
The medieval fountain in the central square near the Marine Gate was a great family photo opportunity or a place for an intimate discussion with a friend.
Street of the Knights
“Founded in the 11th century by merchants from Amalfi, the Order of Hospitallers of the Knights of St. John guarded the Holy Sepulcher and tended Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem. They became a military order after the First Crusade (1096-9) but had to take refuge in Cyprus when Jerusalem fell in 1291. They bought Rhodes from the Genoese pirate Admiral Vignoli in 1306, and eventually conquered the Rhodians in 1309. A Grand Master was elected for life to govern the Order, which was divided into seven Tongues, or nationalities, France, Italy, England, Germany, Provence, Spain and Auvergne. Each Tongue protected an area of city wall known as Curtain.” DK Witness Travel The Greek Islands
Temple of Aphrodite dates from the 3rd century B.C.
Each civilization built on top of the ones before it so many of the ruins we saw were below the current street level.
We walked along the modern waterfront.
All hands were on deck to keep this yacht from banging into the yachts on either side as it backed into a berth at the city marina. Every boat has several fenders on each side to prevent damage from the other boats. This is Med mooring and allows for more boats at each marina but zero privacy!
Cruise ships and ferry boats have a separate terminal.
Further along the waterfront from the ferry terminal a new private marina is being built. Hopefully it will be completed in a year or so when we might want to bring Doramac to Rhodes.
Our return trip to Marmaris was delayed for an hour because someone from the Marmaris ferry crew forgot to get the correct papers from the Greek Port Authority clearing the ferry to leave.
So ends our visit to Rhodes. There’s so much more to see and do than we did. But it wasn’t the right time for us. We visited Istanbul early in the spring before the heat and the crowds and that’s the way we want to see most places now…in the off seasons. That said, Monday we’re taking off inland for Isparta and Konya because now is when we have the time. And there’s been no rain for days and days which is perfect for motorbiking. We’ll hopefully go to a carpet auction in Isparta and visit the center for whirling dervishes in Konya. It might take a week or two, depending. Konya, the furthest, is about 600 kilometers from Marmaris. We rode 280 kilometers the day we went to Kas/Kalkan and that took us about 6 hours. It’s definitely a lot of miles to sit. But I think it will be great! We’ll definitely keep a look out for dogs and I’m taking a spray bottle of bleach or something to spray if they do chase. Bad Dogs! We’ll take our small computer and hope for hotels with wifi. And since I’ll take a zillion photos I can get them off my camera onto the computer. On our trip I’ll keep my eye out for a “second half of the season” charm for the Red Sox…they need something!