We were awake as we docked in Rhodes and it was a most impressive arrival. We breakfasted and set off on foot as the town surrounded by its formidable walls was in walking distance from the ship. We made our way along the harbour side and into the town through one of several gates protected by a strong point. Inside the town gates we decided to explore the city walls first and everywhere was a classic photograph. From the walls, and indeed as we walked into the town, we observed many hugely opulent boats; there was a private yacht almost as big as some of the liners docked there.
This was a low key day and we enjoyed the slower pace of it all. We walked up and down the shopping streets and decided on a roof-top bar which was family run. They made us very welcome and we drank a chilled beer while watching the world go by. One of the facets of the cruise is the unlimited food on board so we could not justify having lunch at this bar but we were tempted by the friendly invitations of the family.
While continuing to explore we came upon two reminders of Malta, looking across from the roof terrace we saw the same wooden bay windows which look to be added as an afterthought to the outside of a completed building, these were everywhere in the old parts of Malta and while walking through the castle we saw the coat of arms of the Knights of Malta.
Having enjoyed the slow pace of Rhodes we strolled back to the ship and had a quiet afternoon reading in the sun on deck 12. We enjoyed our dinner at night after an enjoyable “sail away” from one of the most picturesque ports in our cruise.
We went to the cinema again in the evening, this time to see, “Its Complicated” with Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, who were all excellent but we both agreed that John Krasinski stole the show playing the fiancé of Meryl Streep’s daughter who had the misfortune to be always in the wrong place at the wrong time. We recommend the film and at this point we placed it ahead of “Crazy Heart”.
We had a case of the munchies after the film so we went up to the Plantation and had tea and cake before bed.
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