Rhodes and Bodrum

Our cruise ship made 2 stops near the coast of Turkey. Rhodes is actually a Greek Island, but lies far to the east of the mainland of Greece. It has been part of both Italy and Turkey, but was given to Greece in 1947. In the 1940's this tiny island had a population of about 2000 citizens who were Jewish. Hitler's Gestapo rounded up most of the people and sent them to extermination camps. About 200 Turkish Jews and about 150 Greek Jews survived. We visited 2 places in Rhodes: an archaeological site near Lindos, and the medieval city of Rhodes.
Archaeological site near Lindos:

Then we went to the old medieval city of Rhodes.

Rhodes Castle

Inside the castle walls

Lots of shops and restaurants!

Outside the castle, along the water, vendors were set up off the front of boats. This one was selling all sorts of shells and sponges. 

Bodrum is a resort town along the coast of Turkey. Our boat docked on a cold and windy day. We had booked a tour of a castle and then a boat cruise with lunch.

Bodrum Harbour - There were lots and lots of amazing party boats here!

We visited Bodrum Castle and had this view of a minaret from along one of the walls.

More views from the castle walls.

A "wishing wall" inside the castle in Bodrum.

There's something familiar about this statue!

On board our boat! Overhead were various sorts of sprinklers to spray guests to keep them cool in the hot sun.

No need for that today! It's freezing! And quite windy as well!

We found a cove to anchor in for lunch. You can see we weren't the only ones looking for somewhere sheltered from the wind!

Thank goodness we are on our way back to Bodrum! Actually, the cruise would have been a blast if it wasn't so very cold and windy!