Day 88 of 111. Rhodes Town, Greece. Rhodes is an island in Greece, but it is also a city in Rhodes. There is also an ancient city of Rhodes inside the modern city of Rhodes. We visited this ancient city and a large building called the Palace of the Grand Masters. The original building was…

Day 88 of 111. Acropolis of Lindos, Rhodes, Greece Acropolis means “high city”. The building at the highest point of a city is the Acropolis. Lindos has an Acropolis that we visited today and later in the trip (tomorrow) we will visit the Acropolis in Athens. Visiting this site involved quite a few steps… thus…

Day 88 of 111. Lindos, Island of Rhodes, Greece The city of Lindos is located about 30 miles from the city of Rhodes and is located on the base of a hill. On top of the hill is the Lindos Acropolis/fortress. The trip up the hill is fairly strenuous, so a good business was established…

Day 86 of 111. Transiting the Suez Canal At the very northern part of the Red Sea is the Suez Canal, our entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. This canal is different from the Panama Canal in that there are no locks, that is, the canal is all at sea level. Floating northward, it was interesting…