Today, May 27, we went on a walking tour of Old Town Rhodes. I love the mid-evil time period and that was what it was. We got stuck in the moat of the castle for what felt like forever! I thought it was so cool that we saw cannon balls and cannons! It also was so interesting to see in the museum how much Greece and Turkey have a similar history. It is also interesting to see just why the Turks and Greeks fight over their past! i loved how we walked down the streets and they were set up exactly how they were in that time. Well I guess not exactly, but still. There were shops everywhere with beautiful views! During that tour we met a kid from NY who was backpacking through Europe.He had been backpacking for 6 weeks and wasn't ready to go back nor did he know when he was going back. We ate lunch with him and found out his whole life story. He was a pretty cool guy. After lunch we went to the beach where we met up with Jacee and Eddie. They told us they had been snorkeling for the past couple hours and we had to try it! So Meghan, Stephanie, and I all borrowed their goggles and snorkel and went to the rocks where they suggested to go. The water was pretty chilly but you got use to it once you went all the way in. I was the first to go in and of course, I got bit by something! I think I might have actually been finned because it didn't draw blood, but the salt water stung it! As we snorkeled we saw a few different kinds of fish and some plant life in the water. The worst part about the beach was the fact that there was NO SAND!!! It was so pebbly and really hurt your feet to walk on!! But the water was very clear and very blue! Later that night...A few of us went to this restaurant called Chicken Mike's and ate and drank. We got free alcohol which was awesome! I drank lots of local wine and it was really good. It wasn't very dry but thats ok. We all had a very deep heart to heart, which brought tears to many of our eyes. It is amazing how much you relate to strangers, and I know I've said this before, but it was proven to me again. I mean here we all are traveling around Europe and for the majority of us our home life is freakishly very similar. We had a really good time and these are people I will never forget!
Today, May 28, we didn't have anything to do because we had our flight to Crete at 5 pm. So we just walked around Old Town and did a little shopping. We had ice cream for the second day in a row! It was so good! Our room in our hotel in Crete was absolutely AMAZING!!! It is huge and makes up for all of the small rooms we had before! Me and Erica have to share a bed but its really big so it doesn't really matter. Then last night we all went out to eat and on one side of the street was a protest about the Euro and on the other side of the street there was a futbol game going. Both sides were not concerned with the other but I was stuck in the middle loving everything!
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