A Weekend Getaway to Rhodes

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You gotta love a Greek Island.  And Rhodes, you sprinkle in the mystery and exoticism of the Knights  Templar, and wow…what a place.  We took a ferry from Marmaris, Turkey to Rhodes where we ate pork, drank lots of wine, and walked around the labyrinthian streets enjoying the warmth.  What a great get-a-way! I’d love to go again, just to relax, but hey, there are a lot of Greek Islands I still have to explore…any suggestions?

Day-tripping to Chios

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One of the great things about living in Turkey is that it is almost entirely surrounded by water.  Where there is water, there are ferries to interesting places.  Along the western coast, many of these ferries goo to Greek islands.  Last year we took one to Rhodes, and this year we tried the small island of Chios. 

To get there we drove to the coastal city of Cesme and paid a mere 40 Euros for the return ticket for that one day.  The only frustrating thing was that we didn’t know to fight to get to the front of the [...]

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