I'm on a Boat

Today we traveled from Marmaris to Rhodes. We had to wake up and the crack of dawn and when I say crack of dawn I mean 6:30.  The ride was about an hour and a half and we had to go through customs to leave Turkey and to enter Greece. That was a thrill a minute let me tell you. Once in Rhodes we took a bus/walking tour around the old city. The island is absolutely breathtaking. There are medieval towers and walls all over the city but the most amazing thing is the water.  It is crystal clear and the most amazing blue color.  After the tour was finished we were let loose in the city to get lunch and wander around a bit.   We found this little restaurant and honestly we were so hungry we would have eaten anything. You know those times when you get really hungry and then you finally get food but you aren't sure if the food is actually really good or if it just tastes so good because you were starving. Well I believe that the gyros and fries we had were actually really good.  Fun fact: you can't get gyros with lamb in Greece (in fact they will get mad at you if you ask) because lamb gyros are a Turkish thing. Mine was chicken so I didn't have to deal with the international food scandal.  It is hard looking at shops here in Greece because we had to switch over to the Euro. In Turkey the conversion worked in our favor but here the conversion goes the other way.  Although I could not resist getting some gelato and as always it was perfection.  After the free time we were dropped off at our hotel where we were given the shocking information that we were going to have to pay for wifi! No worries though our teachers explained that we have work to do so wifi is free for us in the lobby. After we were checked in and had gone to our rooms Kara, David, and I decided to go to the beach.  FAVORITE BEACH YET! Like I said the beaches have awe-inspiring beauty. The water was a bit cold but once you dive in you get used to it.  The beach that is closest to the hotel has these large rocks in the water that randomly drop into water that is a little bit deeper, which it a way to get really used to the water really fast but not too fun if you aren't expecting it.  This weekend is when there is a three day boat race from Marmaris to Rhodes so there are some sail boats in the water. It looks exactly like a post card.  The beach was fun and we got some good swimming in. Kara collects sea glass and we found a bunch of that on the shore. I also got a magic sea shell (try not to be too jealous).  We were wandering the shore looking for sea glass for Kara and when I got back there was this sea shell on my towel. Both David and Kara denied putting it there. They both said that they thought that this guy put it there but I chose to believe that it is magical. Have no fear though I will harness its power for good.