It’s Saturday and there’s no excuse. I’m walking to the old city of Rhodes. During my first days, I wasn’t confident walking with no active phone. It’s not like grid-like New York City or Washington where I know I’ll get where I’m going. Want to see something? Check out the span of the street I’m staying on (Panagiotou Rodiou).
See what I’m talking about? No? Read the street names on the marked route. Now look for additional instances of the same name in the unmarked route.
I was toying with the idea of pricing out a phone for walking in Greece, as well as taking pics and videos when the hostel’s owner offered to lend me his old iPhone. Maybe it’s a 6, maybe older, who knows. It’s so old that every app I attempted to install laughed at me. But you know what? I now have a map, a camera, and a flashlight all in one. No complaints! Check out this amazing day’s journey that words cannot describe…
You know me. Normally, I limit my posted photos to only the very best ones, capping it at the highlights, 2 or 3 shots. I couldn’t do that on this day. Too much beauty…
A couple of comments: The medieval castle was definitely impressive. I learn through words and was disappointed at the quality of the labels attached to the antiquities there. It was more of an alt text than a description. If I am looking at something, I would like context. I do not need for you to tell me what I am seeing. Having worked with many very smart people, I know that they sometimes overlook this fact in their enthusiasm to catalog.
What does this thing do? Who would have used it? Why was it made in this way? I might learn years from now, when a revamp of the museum is funded.
On the other hand, the Museum of Archeology featured thousands of objects, each of which was clearly marked. Upon entry, you are advised that the museum is divided into segments, each of which represents a different period in Rhodes’ history.
And within each segment or wing, each object was well-described, including this one whose description I did not capture. If you want to know more, come to Rhodes!
One final point. The roads in the old city of Rhodes (kha!) were unpaved. Instead, smooth small rocks were embedded into the earth. Seems they were stuck in there pretty good. I’m not sure whether rains or other factors make it necessary to redo the road annually — or if these stones stay put for years. What I can say is that not one was loose or out-of-place. It was surprisingly comfortable to step over these and walk a great distance. I imagine that running, however, would be unpleasant.
Hey, I did say it was Saturday. Time to go out dancing again. This time, I went to La Terrazza. I am now confident enough to get there on foot at night. I highly recommend this venue. Great atmosphere, great music, great food, great staff, great owner.
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Oh yes, finally some pictures of old town where I can reminisce on memories of that part of that island I remember enjoying early on in my honeymoon going around the world in 1989
–and more on the way. I am way behind on blogging, but determined to create a decent record of this memorable, wonderful journey. So cool — I didn’t know you honeymooned on Rhodes!