Day 45 – 9th June. Mykonos->Rhodes

Day 45 – 9th June. Mykonos->Rhodes

Nice sleep with the gentle sway of the ship, but were woken by next doors teenagers all yelling and carrying on at 6.45am. Gray gave them a short shift with a knock on their door! There must have been some serious drinking last night as the poor porters were cleaning up 2 sets of stairs where people hadn’t made it to the toilet on time this morning and had chundered everywhere – ew!

Got up and had brekky then we disembarked straight onto the port at Rhodes. It is completely surrounded by a huge stone wall – built around 400AD! It was a beautifully clear hot day and we met Clair and Grace from our best of France tour, no problems. They are staying here for a week and we had realized earlier that we would all be here at the same time!
On the france tour the TD had a call - “EW HOO” she would call when she wanted our attention. This became the groups call name, much to my embarrassment (walking down the road with many, mostly Australians all yelling ew-hoo very loudly to keep the group all together!!)
Well today Graeme sees Clair and Grace coming along the road, so calls out the call sign to them – was so funny watching them still react to it – looking for the source!!!!!

Great to see them again- it was like seeing long lost relatives ! They took us around the old city and we wandered down the streets looking in shops. Much better prices here and a bigger island than Mykonos – they both have their own magic though.

We stopped and sat at a café in the shade as it was pretty hot by 10am and sat next to a guy who had a humongous ‘boot’ of beer, a glass shaped like a boot, complete with a extra, extra long straw to drink it with. Must have been at least 3 litres in it and it was drawing attention from tourists walking past who were stopping to take photos! Was funny.

Then we walked to the new part of the city as were looking for a cabin bag that had a pull up handle and backstraps, as the large jewellery box we had bought will put our suitcases overweight on the flights. Managed to find one at a good price and the Greek merchant gave Danni a hat for free.

We have really noticed that the Italians and the Greeks love children – especially the men who are fathers themselves. They all come up and tease her and stroke her hair, so her social skills have been superbly improved since coming on tour!!!

We all stopped and had lunch outside in the shade overlooking the harbour, sitting in huge wicker chairs- Graeme actually pinched himself today! Ate gyros (pita bread, meat and tzatziki) calamari and pizza together – was great. After this we walked to the Oz girls hotel and Danni went for a swim in the pool there while we sat and talked with a cocktail each – ah the stress of it all!

Had to say our goodbyes, this time for good till they return from their round the world trip next January and the 3 of us walked back to the port and onto the ship. Had a lovely dinner, watched the greek show then off to bed for the night!

We have had such a beautiful sunny day today, was lovely as yesterday was grey and cloudy.