We hopped over to Toronto pretty fast and after a little looking around, ordered mediocre burgers when we couldn't find anything else. Right after we finished we found a really great place serving some of our favorite Indian dishes (go figure!). We will eat there on the way home.
Next was our flight to Munich. This was our first time flying Lufthansa. As the drink cart rolled by we noticed lots of people ordering wine and not paying for it. We realized that it's complimentary! Every time they gave us a snack or a drink they would say "anything else". It threw us off as usually we get 1/3 can of Sprite and off they go. We toyed with the idea of getting wine, but didn't want to dehydrate ourselves on the plane. After dinner, an attendant came around with cognac and Baylies. We ordered a Baylies to share. It had an ice cube in it and we've decided to buy a bottle of it as soon as we get home!
We watched some movies on the seatback TVs. The guy next to Ryan kept hitting Ryan's control panel inadvertently with his elbows. His movies kept getting paused and turned off. Elbows over there also called an attendant twice without realizing it.
Arriving in Munich we made our way to our gate and found a coffee and tea station free for Lufthansa customers. We took advantage and soon it was time for our last flight to Rhodes.
Most surprising was that we didn't go through customs in Rhodes. In Munich we had to prove that we were not staying in the country by showing a boarding pass. We were expecting customs in Greece but there was nothing. We just walked into the airport and got at a taxi.
The taxi dropped us off just outside of one of the gates to old town. The town is walled off and inside is a labrynth of narrow cobbled streets. We roamed a while looking for "Minos Pension" and finally asked for directions at a cafe.
We found our place, unpacked a bit, and went to that same cafe, Anakota Cafe, for a big Greek salad, fresh bread with olives, and a "cold plate" with a bunch of appetizers on it. It was delicious. We walked around a bit and then ended up napping for a couple hours in the room. We got some dinner down the street. Grape leaves and moussaka at Kostas Taverna.
The next morning we had breakfast of toast, yogurt with honey, juice and coffee on the roof of Minos Pension. We were meeting a tour outside one of the old town gates.
Mark from "Rhodes Land Rover Safari" picked us up and we headed south to gather the rest of our group. We went to the southern tip of the island where the Agean Sea meets the Mediterranean. There were a lot of wind and kite surfers down there.
We headed on to a secluded beach were we hung around the water a bit (to rough to swim) and collected some pretty rocks while Mark fixed lunch in a little shack. Lunch was great and we both gorged ourselves with feta cheese, tzatziki sauce, bread and fruit. Mark poured everyone a giant cup of Ouzo and water. After a sip or two I was done - I'm not a fan of much liquor. Totally by accident I spilled mine in the sand, but I was happy I wouldn't have to drink it all. Ryan choked his down and pretty much never wants ouzo again.
After lunch we stopped at a little shack for a wine and olive tasting. We tried a few wines along with bread, olives, honey and some local greens. One more stop had us at a small church with cicadas screeching loudly from the trees and then on to a small town for a drink and some dessert.
The tour was lots of fun and got us oriented to the island. My favorite part was lunch. :)
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