Week 19 - Rhodes

This week...

My college roommate Kaitlyn traveled over 30 hours from Arkansas to meet me in Sofia, and together we flew to Rhodes, Greece to meet up with our other roommate Bri to begin our nearly three-week Europe Tour. 

Rhodes, Old Town

Rhodes is the most southeastern greek island, and you can actually see Turkey while standing on the northern tip of the island. It is in the top ten of Greek islands to visit but is much less touristy and way cheaper than Santorini or Mykonos. We stayed in a beautiful neighborhood in the city of Rhodes on the northern end of the island just west of Old Town. 

Everything about this sleepy town definitely felt like a classic greek island trip. We had great weather while we explored the ancient acropolis, walked the pier, and ate at little cafes and restaurants.

Lindos

We took an hour bus ride for a day trip to Lindos, a little beach town on the east side of the island. In Lindos, there is another greek acropolis, and this one was massive. The highest point of it spanned amazing views of the ocean.

We walked through fields against cliffs towards sea wall caves we could see from the acropolis. This was the first of a few times during this Europe trip that I felt we were the only three people for miles.

I had the best gyro and ice cream ever in the pedestrian streets of Lindos. As we explored the city and the beach, we noticed mountain goats atop the surrounding ridges. This was the highlight for me, and we sat and watched them for probably an hour. Little did I know that on our way to the bus from a nice burger dinner, we would come within ten yards of eight mountain goats. It's almost embarrassing the serotonin boost this gave me.

Other than eating calamari and exploring the towns, most of our time was spent catching up after not having seen each other all semester. It was just the beginning of many adventures.

Julia Dick

Location: Rhodes, Greece

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