Rhodes, Greece

The port we found ourselves in on May 19 was Rhodes, Greece.

Our bus took us to a pottery store where we watched a master potter quickly shape a lump of clay on his wheel.

 His two middle fingers were missing and somehow it seemed to help him fashion his pot easier.

 Beautiful finished product within mere minutes!

Our guide is showing us the painted plates on the wall along with a picture of the father of the potter.

We walked back into the store which was surprisingly large and had lots of beautiful pottery options available for sale.

 

Our bus took us to Lindos, the most important of the three great cities of ancient times. We chose to bypass the mules and proceed on foot uphill to the Acropolis.

This is what you call a pack of mules.

 Time for the group to gather and look who is proudly holding the red Fun For Less flag.

Beautiful view from the top.

Going up the Acropolis to the Temple of Athena.

These are our Fun For Less tour group leaders Frank and Nanette.

Looking down on Lindos. Notice the bell tower.

 The bell tower up close with a rock mosaic floor at the base of it.

 A view of the Acropolis and the Temple of Athena from a distance.

Entering the medieval Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes. The palace was built in the early 14th century by the Knights of Rhodes.

Some parts of the palace were damaged by an ammunition explosion in 1856.

After the Italian occupation of Rhodes in 1912, it was restored between 1937 and 1940 and made a holiday residence for the King of Italy, Victor Immanuel III, and later for Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.

As part of the Peace Treaty with Italy, in 1948 Rhodes and the rest of the Dodecanese Islands were transferred to Greece and the palace was then converted to a museum and open to the public.

Done with the tour and back to the port we went to get on the ship and eat a late lunch.

Final step count for the day was 12,936 which is 6.53 miles.