Day 11 - Cruise - Rhodes

Today started with a private champagne breakfast which was very nice for my 50th Birthday. After breakfast we headed into the city and got a taxi who gave us a tour of the city. The old city is medieval and is the largest of the Dodecanese islands and the fourth largest Greek island. Rhodes is also know as the islands of roses.

After a visit another the temple of Apollo, how many temples does Apollo have? We also saw the stadium and our driver took us to the top of the hill for the most magnificent view of the city. After the tour we visited the Palace of the Grand Master which has the most fantastic mosaics. The palace is built at the highest point of the medieval city. It was a strong structure indissolubly linked with the fortifications and played an active role in the defence of the city.

We did a harbour cruise which was really nice and gave magnificent views of the old city. The cruise took us through the entrance of the harbour where the famous landmark The Colossus of Rhodes one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world. The Colossus was cast in bronze and is believed to have stood at the entrance until it was destroyed by an earthquake in 225BC.

We had lunch in the city, another delicious gyros then walked back to the ship through the old city to the ship. When we returned the crew had decorated our cabin with streamers and balloons which was very sweet. We had to surrender Noels sword he purchased before we could get on the ship, they will give it back when we dock in Athens.

Tonight Insight Travel have organised a dinner for my birthday so that should be good.

50 but feeling 40, J&N