Rhodes

... was one of the greatest places I have ever been. Not as great as the one time I went to the Bahamas but they're on the same level. I didn't like the beach, it was so rocky to the point that my bare feet were in so much pain I just wanted to fall over and sob like a little kid. I didn't even make it in the water, and I'm telling myself it's because I have this thing about drowning. The hotel was nice I guess. The shower was strange and leaked everywhere, the beds were really low, and it was hotter inside than outside so sometimes I woke up just layered with sweat even with all the windows open and sleeping on top the sheets. Breakfast was really a different experience here that I enjoyed. They have both savory and sweet breakfast items, but the bread is kind of hard and the milk was hot, and they have lunch meats and fresh feta and olives to go with your bowl of cereal and eggs if you want. The pool was nice, but unlike other American hotels I've been in they close the pool and open it back up only at certain times. So you want to go for a night swim it wasn't happening. I found that really strange and kind of annoying because after our first hot day of touring I just wanted to submerge myself in cool water and it wasn't happening in the pool and that led to the terrible beach experience. The sites we visited were awesome but I felt it would have more an effect on me if I was hearing about the history behind the places as we toured. Being there and seeing it, didn't feel as significant to me as I felt it should. The tour of old Rhodes town was really cool, and the bazaar shopping was awesome. They have lots of penis stuff, like wooden penis bottle openers, and key chains, and pornographic playing cards. I was confused as to if it was just a tourist thing or Greek people just really like penis that much. I think it might just be a joke on tourist to make them feel uncomfortable or for laughs. Tried two of the three foods on my list. Still left: Tarama Salata (roe of carp salad), also really wanted to try snails while I was in Rhodes but it didn't happen. Stifado: was a lot of onions and less meat in a real thin, rich tomato broth, after a while it just made my stomach feel empty and kind of sick from the richness of it and I had to order something else. Dolmaldes: I've had in America before, and I don't know if it might have been the restaurant we were at, because the restaurant sucked, they were served warm and I felt they weren't as good as they could be. Another kind of rich dish that after a while the amount of vinegar really hit my stomach and I couldn't eat more. I did also try octopus salad which was very good, had a nice chewy texture to it and a lot of vinegar again. The service here annoys me sometimes, because we'll eat dinner so late and at that point I'm super hungry,(doesn't also help that I'm hypoglycemic and my blood sugar is kind of low at that point) but we'll order and we'll get drinks in no time, but it takes forever to get food, seriously so long, and then if you want anything else or the bill, good luck hunting your waiter down. Seriously, you'd have better lock shooting him off than getting his attention for the bill, which to ask for in Greek is to lo garizmo. There was a lot of sneezing in Rhodes because I'm allergic to pollen so it must have been in the air. I also had a canker sore on the inside of my lip so it made eating a pain. I have found a new love of fruit juice in Rhodes and it has blossomed back in Athens. Peach juice, and a lot of other juices here have become my new life and I might just stay here for the juice. Yah-soo (bye but can also mean hello as well)