Spent the better part of the day (9am to 6pm) on the ferry from Sitia on Crete to Rhodes. We enjoyed the enforced rest time playing cards, reading (Josh on Kindle) and listening to (Mary from LibroVox on iPod), "The Scarlet Pimpernel." It is more than a little gratifying to recognize aspects of European history we learned on this trip in the story. Also, the flowery verbiage is fantastic. I love how when people get excited they ejaculate their remarks. Granted, I think it might be a little hard to follow if we didn't already know the story from watching the movie. We also did a bit of planning for what little remains of our trip.
Anyway, once we got to Rhodes we struggled to match the reality of the streets we saw on the ground with the ones in the map in the Rough Guide. You see, the Guide had assured us that all ferries dock at the middle port. It was wrong, ours came in at the southern port, which was just off the map. Once we figured this out we were quickly able to make it to the old town at around 7pm.
The Rhodes old town has got to be the most enchanting old town we've ever been to. It feels right out of a fairy tale with its crumbling stone walls, towers, and churches. The hotel we wanted to stay at was full, but they directed us around the corner to a nice little pension, which doesn't have all the amenities we might have hoped for (Internet, breakfast, kitchen), but was about 30% less than we expected to spend for any room at all.
After checking in we wandered around the old town, walked through the old mote, went to dinner in the "new market," awwed at the kitties, and generally marveled at what an incredible little town this is. Oh, I'm sure it will be crawling with tourists tomorrow, but for tonight off the main drag we wandered the loveliest narrow allies under flowering shrubs and arching stone supports. Of course most of the nighttime pictures didn't come out that well, so you'll just have to stay tuned for tomorrow's photos of it.
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