Baltimore (CA 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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, KIIODES TllF, bl K OF l,M» E ' Rhode , i-land of the sun odde s and of roees, greeted us willi her perfect chmate - always sunny with a i iilin ; hreeze - and made our sta there a mo-t pleasant one. ic Has. .),• ,; 1 ne (if the eleunest places we have visited, Hhoiles was an arrhitertural mixture of Greek, Bvzantuie. and Moroi ran. Flowers lined every -Ireet, curled around while huildings, and contrasted with the intense green of the vegetation and the clear, deep l)lu.- of the water surrounding the island. and th( W e wandered into th ears ago - looking as though partlalK rebuilt it. died city and found it much as it must have been had purposely gutted it with fire and then only The people of Rhodes worked at a variety of trades, the main one appearing to c. ramies, with plates, mugs, va es, and titles in authentic Greek designs to be seen A tour of the island took us to the Acropolis of Rhodes, and to an old monastery, h im a hill and commanding a majestic view of the island, the «ea, and, across the water, rkex. We stoppe.l in the ale of the huttertliev. who made a dense cloud of fluttrnng ig- when disturbed b a branch-prodder. We experimented with Greek dishes - finding -in- ine-lea es and a strange honey-co ered cake especially interesting. m - beaches, many of us spent what extra Dodecanese area. had, before