So day 5 we headed to the island of Rhodes. There we walked around the Medieval fortifications found there. It was quite different from all the ancient Greek ruins we had been around the previous days... The fortification there was built by the knights of St. John, they were known as the hostlers. The fortification had a double moat that never had any water, because it was above sea level. The knights of St. John had gun powder stored in the fortification and a large part of it blew up when the Turks attacked with canon.
We then headed to Lindos, and visited the ruins there, on top of this huge cliff. It was a slow climb up and down because of all the people. It was also a very hot visit because we were on top of this cliff with no shade. We managed to still love the view...and took a great group shot there!
The kids and most of the rest of the group went to a beach in Rhodes after the morning. The beach had a big platform about 100 yards off shore and ma
ny from the group took some dives off the 30 ft platform into the ocean...including Mike Patton, Marshall Crenshaw...some real daredevils!Cyd Daniel and myself walked around Old Town after the tour and had a great time visiting the various markets, and finding various hidden alleys.
Dear World Traveling Matadors,
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to be able to share your adventures through the
blogosphere. (Thank you PB for the pics and posts!) Must admit I'm envious of your vacation in historic places and certainly envy the time spent in such fine company.
Not surprised to read that you are getting along so well - it is what jtm does best! I'm in a less exotic but none the less historic city: Philadelphia. District arranged last minute for me to attend a technology conference.
So, true story: I am in a session right now and the presenter is using jtm as an example of an IB school looking to use more technology. I had to fess up to responding to this blog during the presentation. Was a great chance to share news of your travel. Come home safe!