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Mitt i natten kom vi fram efter att ha väntat över en timma på att anslutningsbussen (Ving) skulle köra oss till vårt hotell, Castello di Rodi. Uselt! På morgonen kunde vi konstatera att hotellet var byggt lite som en borg. Centralt ett innetorg. Den här trappan ledde till vårt rum. (Det fanns hiss)
In the middle of the night we arrived after waiting for the connecting
bus (Ving) to drive us to our hotel, Castello di Rodi. Lousy!
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Runt innetorget fanns dessa nischer, där man kunde sitta eller ligga och dricka sitt kaffe eller kanske något starkare från baren. Around inside the square were these niches, where you could sit or lie down and drink your coffee or maybe something stronger from the bar. |
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Utsikten från loftgången utanför vårt rum var inte fy skam. Massor av blommar. Och så hade man full koll på vad som hände på utetorget. Inte minst viktigt.
The view from the attic outside our room was nice. Lots of flowers. And
then you had a full wiev at what was happening on the patio. |
The room had both a large fridge and kettle, so you could make your own
breakfast if you wanted to. A man from Värmland that we met at the hotel
cooked his breakfast eggs in the kettle. |
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Ser man på, av en händelse en bild på vår frukost, utan ägg, på balkongen. What do you know. By accident. A picture of our breakfast on the balcony.
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The flowers and the trees view from the balcony was magnificent. |
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Vi tog bussen till Faliraki fulla av förväntan. Vi blev grymt besvikna, snacka om turistfälla. Här en staty utanför en restaurang, antar det är en kopia av Helios eller kolossen på Rhodos som stod i inloppet till Rhodos hamn på 280-talet f.Kr. We took the bus to Faliraki full of expectation. We were terribly disappointed, talking about tourist trap. Here a statue outside a restaurant, assuming there is a copy of Helios or the colossus of Rhodes which was in the inlet of Rhodes port in the 280's BC. |
The best thing about Faliraki was the beach. Perfect to sit next to and sip a cool beer. |
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Avslappnad stil att vänta på kunder till taxin. Relaxed style to wait for customers to the taxi. |
Statue at Faliraki beach. |
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Precis som på alla vykort har vi pekat ut vårt rum. Nära till trappan till baren och nära till poolen. Vad som inte var helt ok var städningen. Annars var rummet helt ok. As in all postcards we use the arrow. Here we live. The room was quite ok. Nice with the stairs to the bar and very close to the pool. What was not ok was the cleaning. |
When you go for a walk on Rhodes in nature you can wonder how the inhabtants thinks. It's not nice to see that the whole island is a dump. There are garbage stations so why destroy their biggest source of income, this amazing island? |
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En dag smet vi in på SunWing. Det var stort med massor att göra för familjen. Inget för oss. Men ett testbad var det värt.
One day we sneaked
into SunWing. It was big with lots to do for the family. Nothing for us.
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Of course, we had to visit Rhodes City on Rhodes, several times actually. We did not recognize the city though we have been here before. But maybe that was not so strange. It was 42 years ago, 1976! |
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Från hamnen ser vi huvudattraktionen Rhodos fästning. From the harbor we can see the main attraction of Rhodes, thefortress.
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Another symbol of Rhodes is the deers on the pillars in the harbor entrance. |
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Befästning som tillsammans med hjortarna vaktar inloppet till hamnen, Mandraki. Inloppet där en gång kolossen på Rhodos stod, en 30 meter hög staty och en av världens sju underverk. Kolossen förstördes efter bara 50 år av en jordbävning. Fortress that together with deer guards the entrance to the harbor, Mandraki. The entrance where once the Colossus of Rhodes stood, a 30 meter high statue and one of the world's seven wonders. The Colossus was destroyed after just 50 years of an earthquake. |
Siwan poses at the fountain in the entrance to Mandraki harbor. |
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Kyrkan från förra bilden är tagen framför Evangeliska kyrkan, men nu är vi inne i densamma. I Sverige har vi mest takkronor i mässing här är dom i glas. The church from the last picture is taken in front of the Evangelical Church, but now we are in the same. In Sweden we have chandeliers in brass here they are in glass. |
The Greek churches have an overflow of gold and have large chandeliers of glass. |
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Åk med på en fisketur och fånga för oss helt okända arter. Frågan är väl, är den ätbar den jag just fångade? Go on a fishing trip and catch us completely unknown species. The question is, is it eatable this I just caught? |
In the middle of the city of Rhodes is this fantastic beach situated with this famous diving tower in the middle of the bay. It is in any case featured on many pictures from Rhodes beach. |
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Ute på piren kom vi rakt in i en Taekwondo-tävling eller rättare sagt uppladdningen till den. Vi såg inget svenskt lag men det här finska såg vi. Taekwondo är en koreanskt kampsport. Out on the pier, we came straight into a Taekwondo competition. We did not see any Swedish team but this Finnish we saw. Taekwondo is a Korean martial arts. |
Three windmills without wings are also placed in the harbor. Should they not buy wings for the money? |
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