Adriatic Cruise 2023

 A second day in Athens - the cruise is broken up into week-long sections, at the end of which a lot of people change over, so that's what was happening today. It's also a busy port. There have been several other cruise ships (admittedly there have been several at every port we've been to) and also many, many ferries of different sizes going to the islands. Hadrian's Gate Anyway, after breakfast we took the shuttle bus in to the Plaka district. That's the area at the base of the Acropolis. It's largely old buildings and lanes, and very touristy - cafes, shops, hotels. It was also another very hot day, 40+ degrees, so we abandoned any remaining plans to climb the Acropolis in the heat and crowds. Instead we wandered the outskirts of the hill, taking photos and got as far as the Filippapou Hill park and Socrates' Prison. Which turned out not to be a prison but the foundations of an old building. Acropolis The Prison of Socrates By then it was getting to hot, s...

 Today - Greece! Starting on the island of Rhodes (Row-dose). Another warm, sunny day, probably about 30 degrees, and up and out by 8am. As usual we were on a bus - they all look and feel much the same. And as usual I fell asleep on pretty much every leg. We left the town of Rhodes straqight away, down the eastern side to Lindos. This is a postcard-pretty whitewashed village on a hillside leading down to a harbour. Above it is the Acropolis of Lindos. So we walked through the narrow cobbled lanes of the town and up the steep path to the walls of the Acropolis. There was quite a crowd and a queue - luckily the queue was to buy tickets, which we had, so we bypassed it and climbed the stairs in through the walls. The ruins of the temple and the backdrop were beautiful though. Eventually we walked back down the path and through the town. By this stage the queue really stretched all down the hill, the town was packed and the path from the town to the main road and car park above it were...