Euclesia, South Rhodes

On the Road in Rhodes

En route to Asklipio we parked our little rental car in the square in Euclesia for a short break and to try to get our bearings. Genie spotted an interesting building and disappeared for a while with her camera while I smoked a cigarette and tried to figure out where we were. The road map didn't help so I walked around looking for road signs that might point us in the right direction. Then, growing impatient, I started to look for Genie.

I found her in an abandoned building, totally absorbed with her photography. No surprise there. I could see why she wanted to take these photos as it's a weird and wonderful place, but was also keen for us to carry on with our journey. I coaxed her back towards the car.

Euclesia, where's that?

I didn't know what to say about Euclesia. Writing these little articles about our travels in Rhodes in June 2012 I've been referring to the road map we bought in Pefkos. It didn't help in this case as Euclesia wasn't to be found on the map. In the end, both Genie and I searched on-line and nothing was to be found of any relevance. It was as if we'd gone off the map and found ourselves in some other dimension. Looking at the file names of these photos it's obvious that they were taken before the ones of Asklipio, so all I can say with any certainty is that Euclesia is somewhere inland on the road to Asklipio. If you know more, please let us know!

I wish I'd been more patient that day. Genie tells me that she was "just getting into it" when I interrupted her photography and that she could have spent another hour or more taking photos in this derelict building. I'm sorry about that.

If, like Genie, you're a keen photographer, you'll really want to check this place out. But you enter the building at your own risk!

Streets of Rhodes Old Town

Walkabout, 12 June 2012

The citadel of Rhodes is a maze of narrow streets and home to around 6000 people. If you are spending a lot of time looking through camera viewfinders it's easy to get lost, which we managed a couple of times despite the free map.

Lunch

The first couple of restaurants we checked out were rather expensive, but we soon found a great snack bar serving pittas and Mythos in a quiet side street. And who wants a three-course meal at this time of day?

To get a real feel for the place you really should wander down the many side streets and alleyways. You'll see a lot of mopeds. Many of these streets are too narrow for cars. You'll also see quite a few cats. They are well fed.

Photos

Here's a couple more of Genie's photos.

Video

I hope that the video below gives you a flavour of the streets of Rhodes Old Town. It's longer than other videos you'll find on this blog (5:30) but I had a lot of footage and there's so much to see. Enjoy!

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Introduction

I'd like to share some of the adventures (and occasional misadventures) my wife Genie and I have experienced during our holidays. I'll be going back as far as 1992 when we were in Sicily at the time that Italy withdrew from the ERM, when we couldn't get our cash changed into the local currency and ended up having to sleep rough. Given the current Euro crisis, that seems as good a place as any to begin our virtual timeline.

Along the way I'll be showing some of Genie's photos and the occasional video I made during our travels. I'll be relying heavily on my scribbled diaries and Genie's photographic evidence for the earlier tales, and will cover trips made to Hungary, Nicaragua, Tunisia, and hopefully more locations if I can find the relevant film negatives and travelogs.

To begin with, though, I'll be writing about our most recent holiday on the Greek island of Rhodes.