Grekland/Greece
Rhodos maj 2017/Rhodes May 2017
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On our way up to Filerimo's monastery we took a photo of this view.

Filerimos kloster ligger på berget med samma namn. Det var en ovanligt blåsig dag när vi besökte den.

Filerimo Monastery is located on the mountain with the same name. It was an unusually windy day when we visited it.

The wind-pine trees formed a tunnel.

Sverige har fått en katolsk kardinal. Det är inte jag. Gud vare med er, i alla fall!

Sweden has got a Catholic cardinal. It's not me. God be with you, anyway!

On a Byzantine staircase sits one
significantly younger visitor.

I detta kapell vid Filerimos höll
korsriddarna gudstjänst.

In this chapel at Filerimos was held
worship by Cross Knights

A giant cross of concrete is placed
on a viewpoint of the mountain.

Sa jag att det blåste den dagen vi var där?

Did I say it blew the day we were there?

If they were not that heavy we would have brought one of these mailboxes. Who does not want a miniature of a Greek church on the plot?

Hotellet har en fantastisk personal.
Vi t.o.m. fick en kram när vi for hem.

The hotel has a fantastic staff.
We even get hugged when we went home.

Panos and his wife Afroditi celebrate her
9th wedding anniversary with a giant cake. Congratulations!

En av alla dessa ingångar till Rhodos gamla stad.

One of these entrances to Rhodes old town.

Many narrow alleys can be found in the medieval old town, just a bit from the "touristy" streets.

Stormästarpalatset, Rhodos, var ursprungligen ett bystantinskt citadell uppfört på 600-talet. På 1300-talet byggdes det om till palats av johanneriterordens riddare. Förstördes i en jordbävning 1481 men reparerades med en gång. Palatset raserades på 1900-talet och renoverades slarvigt på 1930-talet!
I dag museum och världsarv.

Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, was originally a Byzantine citadel built in the 6th century. In the 1300's it was converted into the palace by the Knights of Order of St John. Was destroyed in an earthquake in 1481 but was repaired right away. The palace was ravaged in the 20th century and was barely refurbished in the 1930s!
Today museum and world heritage.

Imagine this time full with knights, what vision.

I bottenvåningen finns ett museum
med arkeologiska fynd.

On the ground floor there is a museum
with archaeological finds.

Upstairs, parts of the knight salons are preserved.

Lägg märke till kaklet på golvet och
de fantastiska möblerna.

Notice the tile on the floor and
the amazing furniture.

In one of the rooms you can admire
different uniforms.

En kväll åt vi buffé en variant grekisk
av swedish smorgasbord.

One evening we ate buffet a Greek variant of Swedish smorgasbord.

Of course we also bathed. When we arrived it was warmer in the sea than in the pool.

Blått, grönt, mycket salt och kristallklart.

Blue, green, very salty and crystal clear.

If you do not like to sunbathe or swim, you can always go fishing. Better fishing spot is hard to find.

Bilden visar Rhodos nya gud. Det är han med den nya typen av diskus, den gröna fyrkantiga typen.

The picture shows Rhodes new god. It is him with the new type of discus, the green square type.

A hard life.

Om man kommer från vissa länder och kvinna får man täcka huvud och kropp helt, medan make och barn kan bada och sola i badkläder. Känns lite orättvist.

If you come from some countries and are a women you must cover your head and body completely, while husband and children can swim and sunbathe in swimwear. Feels a little unfair.