Rhodes
The third day of our cruise we went to Rhodes. Clifton and I booked an excursion for this day that was five hours so we were wondering if we would like being on a tour for 5 hours but the tour was well worth it. We took a 45 minute bus drive to Lindos which has an amazing Acropolis at the top of 280 steps with an amazing view of the Aegean Sea. On the way up you get to walk through the village that has tons of stores to shop for souvenirs. Then after Lindos we drove back to Rhodes and went through the old town. The Old Medieval town is the oldest inhabited medieval town in Europe. The entire town is surrounded by stone walls and feels as if you are stepping right back into history when you walk within its walls. Two thousand people live in the medieval town.
Crete
Clifton and I were so excited for our last day on the cruise because we were going to Crete and Santorini. Crete was another disappointment for us. We heard it was beautiful but we think we were dropped off at a not so impressive location on the island. There was not much to see and the shopping was not that great. It reminded us of Athens but not as dirty. We are still not sure if we were just dropped off in a bad location or if that was really what Crete had to offer. Not much more to say about Crete.
Santorini
Santorini was absolutely incredible and made up for the fact that Crete was not that great. The view from the boat was beautiful. There are only three ways to get to the main city of Fira on Santorini Island. You have to go by cable car, walk up 580 steps or by donkey. We chose the cable car which was terrifying for me because I am not good with heights but I made it. Once we were at the top there were tons of hotels, restaurants, and shops to visit. After walking through the village for a while we decided to settle down at a bar to watch the beautiful sunset. We were right on the side of a cliff overlooking the island and the Aegean Sea. It was picturesque to say the least! After watching the sunset we opted for the walk down the hill back to the boat rather than the cable car. We were warned by the cruise ship director that walking up and down the hill is not that great because it is the same road that the donkey's take so it is full of poo and pee. It was pretty dirty. Plus it was extremely windy this day so we had dirt and what we were thinking was dried poo blown up all over us. There are a couple of pictures that are pretty funny of me walking down this dirty hill. We were laughing the whole way down because it was so disgusting but we did it. It was like an obstacle course trying to dodge the donkey poo. haha! Even after the disgusting donkey poo obstacle course we still felt as if Santorini was the most beautiful island we visited and would love to go back and stay a couple of nights.
The next day we disembarked from the cruise ship at 7AM and headed to the airport by taxi after being scammed by about 5 taxi drivers outside the port telling us that the metro was striking today. Of course we just decided to go ahead and take a taxi because we were exhausted and we did see the metro running just fine on the way. Dang taxi drivers! Such scam artists. After our long wait at the airport we finally took off and made it home. We had such a wonderful vacation in Greece.
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