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Enjoying the Scenery of Rhodes Greece Throwback Thursday
With a little bit of time on my hands, I have been looking through some of our stacks of vacation photos.  My files fr Greece are hard to resist and based on a comment made by Gayle Rich-Boxman Fishhawk Lake Realtor (503)755-2905  on my last post, I had to find this set.
While we were n Greece, we decided to take an island cruise on a small passenger ship.  The Stella Maris which can get into shallow draft harbors as it only takes 175 passengers.  We sailed right up to the docs on Mykonos, Lindos, Rhodes and in Turkey to get to Ephesus.
Rhodes was an interesting stop as it's history was very rich.  It has a place in Greek mythology.  There was a creature that was caged deep in the ocean by King Neptune called the Kracken.  As part of his quest, Ulysses defeated the Kracken with the head of the demon Medusa while flying on the winged stallion Pegasus.
The above photos is one side of the protected harbor across which the Kracken positioned itself for that historic battle.
Rhodes was also a stopping point for the Knights that went to fight the infidels in the Middle Ages.  They built a large fort along the harbor which frames the ... more

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