The Colossus of Rhodes may be long gone, but the colossal heat of Rhodes remains. We took it easy in Rhodes, stepping into the old city inside the medieval walls built by the Knights of St. John. We saw the monument to the 1,640 Jews from Rhodes who were killed in WWII, and Dennis got his wish of getting lost in the old city streets. We think we were near the Palace, but we can’t be sure, and we were too hot to go back and try to find it again. Then we moved on to the new city for a snack and a quick look around before heading back to the ship for some time by the pool and to listen to Dennis’ presentation about Santorini. The Fill or Bust lead changed numerous times, with Luther hitting 100,000 points first, but Rebecca maintains the lead. Have you noticed that it’s only when Rebecca is in the lead that the score is noted?
Santorini day was delightful. We took the island by storm – on the first tender to port and the first funicular up the hill (opting not to take the donkeys) and immediately to the car rental agency to rent a Peugeot 1007. We took off for Oia (pronounced Ee-uh – duh, Kendrea). It is the most charming town ever with lots of cute galleries and shops and incredible views of the water from way atop the rim of the caldera. Then we drove to the black lava beach of Kamari on the island’s southwest side. The sand is so hot that you can’t go more than a few feet without your feet burning. We rented beach chairs with umbrellas and found the height of decadence – massages in your lounge chair on the beach. We all felt we must indulge. Heaven. The water was delightful as well, followed by lunch at a restaurant on the beach. Then it was back to Fira to return the car and take the funicular down the steep, steep mountainside to the tenders to the boat. No lunches were lost on the ride, but the donkey stench was powerful from the path next door. That was definitely a highlight day.
We ended the day with a viewing of Juno at a showing of Movies under the Stars, the first time we have done that. Very fun to watch the movie on deck with the breeze blowing by.
Today was a sea day, which we passed moving from our lounge chairs on the sun deck to the pool and back to our chair and to the pool again. You get the picture. We did get out of the sun for lunch and to listen to Dennis’ talk on Naples and Rome. He was very popular on his last speaking engagement aboard the beautiful Emerald Princess.
It was formal night tonight so we all put on our fancy duds for dinner. A couple of Dennis’ groupies asked ot have dinner with us. We were all entertaining. After dinner we watched from the top decks our passage through the Straits of Messina that separate Italy and Sicily by not much space. Very cool. Rebecca had a small wardrobe malfunction with her dress not wanting to unzip, but we have overcome that difficulty and are now enjoying fancy martinis in the Crooners lounge before posting this long in coming entry.
Tomorrow is our last cruise day. Naples is our port with a visit to Pompeii in the morning and a hunt for the perfect Neopolitan pizza in the afternoon. It’s hard to believe it’s almost over!
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