Arrived Rhodes December 5th in the evening and took a bus to old town. Gioiella met me at the bus stop and we walked through winding, cobblestone streets to her cute house in the middle of ancient old town Rhodes. Gioiella had dinner prepared, which you can see, of fresh fish, yams and pumpkins, and green beans, and of course a nice bottle of wine. She hasn’t stopped cooking for me since I arrived. Beautiful salads, chicken, veggies, pork filet, pastas……In fact I may start a new blog and call it, “Cooking with Gioiella.” We have had so much fun since arriving, walking the town, going to the markets, riding her Vespa, meeting her friends and great conversation.
View from bedroom into midieval courtyard.
Gioiella and Federica
Mosque
Old town square
Outside old town walls
The moat. This midieval city has a double wall with a real moat!
D’Amboise gate entrance. Named after one of the most famous grand masters of the knights of Saint John
An historical Rhodes car
Saint Nicholas Fort in Mandraki Harbor
Stairway to heaven, with Turkey in the background.
Sunset walk last evening
saelon 
beautiful!
Such beautiful images Saelon!!! Love traveling with You….Looks like greece is treating you well!!
Gioiella, the woman I am housesitting/cat sitting for is a gem…..and we are having a lot of fun. She is an excellent cook, use to be professional chef and owned a restaurant. This time of year Rhodes is a bit “dead” but that is OK with me, gives me some good down time for creative endeavors and to rest after months of travels. I won’t be making it to Ecuador to see you in March because I have changed my ticket to return to NC end of May and SF in June. I miss you guys lots…hugs and kisses. Maybe you could start a blog when you go to Cuenca?