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This is a work in progress and may not be complete. This is the travelogue of our 8 week journey through Europe in September - October 2003. On this leg we leave Spain and travel to the island of Rhodes Greece through Athens.

Europe 2002, Greece (Second of 5 countries) 8 week trip

Jvi
2004-09-14 12:46:04

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and we ate at the Stavos Café on one of the side streets in the old town area. The owner was very friendly, and he was breaking in his son into the business. After some ice cream we were ready for bed. Another photo of the Cafe Castro Bar which is on one side of a very busy street and the tables and chairs ar on the other side. You never know whether your waiter will arrive safely with your drinks.

We had to get up, even though we couldn't walk, as the rental car was arriving at 10AM. We rented a car several times on this trip where we just arranged it through the hotel or a local travel agent. They deliver the car to the hotel and when you are finished, you leave the key at the hotel desk and the car in the hotel parking lot and they just pick it up, very convenient. It was cheaper to rent the car through the travel agency in Rethymnon than through the hotel in Rhodes. I'm sure the hotel in Rhodes gets a commission. The car in Rethymnon cost 35 Euro per day with air-conditioning.

We drove to Hania and then we weren't sure why we went. It's a lot like Rethymnon so we sat by the seafront, had some coffee at 6.50 Euro (expensive) stopped at an Internet café. Along the way back we stopped at a village (for lunch) we had seen on the bus from the gorge (Vresses) and then headed back to Rethymnon. That's one of the nice things about independent travel, you can go back to something that looks nice. Along the way we stopped at an empty beach and went swimming. The water was very nice and we stayed a long time until some other people showed up and it was too crowded so we left.

After cleaning up we headed for the Castro Bar to watch the ferry leave, talk to the waiter, George,and drink some wine. Later, we decided to eat at the harbor area at the Zefyros Taverna. We had eaten there on previous trips and it was very good. The Greek sign looks like this.The grilled octopus was very tender. We shared a Greek salad and we ...