Thu
20.Oct.2011
Rhodes, Greece
Another lovely day in October in Europe. Good ol' Rhodes!
Today we have a few random scenes from around the old city,
Followed by the beginning of a walk around the top of the city wall.
This guy isn't really crazy, just posing for his girlfriend to take
a picture.
All right. For extra credit, who can tell me the capital city of
Souvlakia?
Up on the Wall Top
For years now, I have been hoping to find the old city walls open
for a walk around the top. This year I found a little sign near the
entrance: Tuesday and Saturday mornings 8:00am - 12:00 noon. You'd
almost think they don't really want many people up there.
There is no sign about tickets; I had to ask the ticket taker. Down
the walk, and inside the Grandmaster's Palace. Their sign only said
Palace tickets (6 EUR). I asked, and got a walls ticket for 2 EUR.
Two well-spent euros.
We have seen the walkway down there before, but never from up here.
Like the moat, the wall comes in inner and outer layers in places.
Near the start of the walk is a whole section of ruined city,
outside this part of the wall, but with another section of wall
outside it.
Looking down on the city side of the wall:
Left: Somebody's empty swimming pool.
Center: Grass growing in the back yard of a crumbling two-story Ottoman
style house.
Right: Looking along the moat on the outside of the wall.
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