Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Rhodes

Our final island was Rhodes and we stayed in a nice pension in the walled medieval city. We spent one day at a lovely rocky beach outside of the old city. We found a fantastic seafood restaurant called Mikes and we went there 3 times during our 5 days in Rhodes. We also happened upon a synagogue in the old city, which is one of the oldest in Europe.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

When I was a small child, I had a book about 7 wonders of the world and Coloss Rodossky was one of them. Still remember the book, I loved it so much.
Are those langusta on your plate? Looks very tasty.
Olga

Anonymous said...

Just read the history of Jews on the island. Very interesting, I have never heard about it before.
I also noticed the arches in the synagogue - I only have seen arches like that in the old synagogue in Prague.
Olga

Anonymous said...

they aren't langoustines, they are simply shrimp... amazingly huge, aren't they? tasted fantastic...

sadly, the colossus is no longer there, except in t-shirts and represented by the grossly overweight tourists waddling off the cruise ships and through the old town.

L

Anonymous said...

Huge shrimps!
They must be very good for smoking.(OK, the Louisiana soul is waking up in me)
Olga

Anonymous said...

Where are you going next?
I mean in Japan.
Olga

Anonymous said...

hakodate, in hokkaido...

L