On one of the last few days in Rhodes we took a bus to the beautiful town of Lyndos. Lyndos is one of the major tourist locations on the Island of Rhodes, but since we went during the off-season time, there were very few tourists there with us, and no one was at the beach. Being used to Vermont weather allowed us to be able to sunbathe on the beach when it was only about 60 degrees out. There were so many huge resort hotels around that were closed, which made me very happy that we were not visiting when these places were full of tourists. It made Greece the most relaxing vacation I’ve ever had. Below are a few pictures of the small, breathtaking beach we had all to ourselves in Lyndos.
We ate lunch on a rooftop traditional Greek restaurant. I can’t even explain how good all of the food was in Greece. It’s worth visiting just for that. After going to the beach and eating, we explored Lyndos some more and went into the little shops and got lost in all the small side roads. It was like being in a labyrinth. I bought far too many delicious banana, sugar and cinnamon crepes and went back to Trianta on the two hour-long bus ride very full.
Almost every day in Rhodes we would take the bus to Old Town and Rhodes town, which were right next to each other. Old Town existed inside of castle walls. It was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen; an entire town inside a castle. It looked very much like Lyndos in that there were many shops and alleyways to get lost in. Old Town would normally be packed in the summer, but again, we were the only ones there. On the outside of the castle was Rhodes Town, which was much more modern with fancy clothing stores and nice restaurants.
(Click on the picture below to make it larger!!! I made a panorama)
Inside of Old Town, we found one of the only restaurants open and became very friendly with the owners. The family that owned the restaurant lived right above it and had three boys. We found out that in the summer the youngest boy, who looked about eight, would play some sort of Greek instrument for all the tourists. Their father would come out and join us at our table, bringing shot glasses and a few bottles of who knows what kind of traditional Greek alcohol. He would stay and chat with us and make us take shots with him. It was an experience that you just couldn’t get in America, where everything is so strict and rushed. We would stay at this restaurant for hours just sitting at our table in the sun.
The best memory I have from this vacation is at this same restaurant. Our waitress, who only spoke very few words in English, offered to read our coffee grains. Greek coffee is a lot like espresso and when you drink it the coffee grains remain at the bottom. In order to have them read, you flip the cup over and turn it clockwise three times and let the grain drain down the sides of the cup to form patterns and images. Our waitress brought over one of the sons to translate for her, and she would read each of our cups. These were not like fortune cookie fortunes; she would elaborate for about five minutes on each one. Telling us things that would happen, all good things too. Tom told us that Greek fortunes are always good. I took videos of some of these fortunes. You could tell the woman loved reading into our futures.
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