We set off at a jaunty pace this morning in the face of what was at least a Force Ten gale to pay another visit to UNESCO heritage site Rhodes Old Town.
We'd intended visiting the Palace of the Grand Master and the Archeological Museum. However, on discovering that entrance to both is free on Sunday, we decided that, despite the nearly 6km trudge in less than perfect conditions we'd prefer to save the whopping 80 euro entrance fees and come back then.
Instead, we wandered through Rhodes Old Town (UNESCO heritage) and mooched about Mandraki Harbour. This, if you fall for the tour guide schtick was the site of the Colossus of Rhodes. I mean, really, let's look at the facts......
Alledgedly standing 33m tall and weighing in at approximately 70 tons, there's no way it could have stood there. Besides, archaeologists now reckon it stood somewhat inland. (And they're now probably discussing how much to charge for entry )
Anyway, marking the dodgy spot today are a couple of pillars, topped with a stag and a doe.
The building you can see in the background is the 15th century fort of St Nicholas (closed to the public no matter how much you pay)
As we strolled around the harbour, looking at the various floating gin palaces moored up, one in particular caught my eye...
JB assumed an air of innocence, claiming never to have seen the vessel before.....
Incidentally, we bumped into Hapless Rep Michael on our stroll. He'd run into Doner Trump that morning and the two had had something of an angry disagreement about which of them told the biggest whoppers to their tour guides. (I'm paraphrasing here...)
And all this in front of mesmerised tourists. Such professionalism is rarely encountered .
I'm only sorry I wasn't there to film it.
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