sb part 2: lindos

the next day we were ready to embark on our next greek adventure of making our way to the neighboring town of lindos. we caught a ride from stella's sister's husbad (again with the greek hospitality) to the main road where the city bus from rhodes town to lindos stops, or so we hoped. he told us to wave the bus down to ensure that it would stop for us. if it did pass us by we would have to wait an hour for the next bus into lindos. you better believe i was waving that bus down like it was my job! i didnt want to miss it and once we got on the bus everyone was giggling to themselves, most likely about the crazy american girl waving the bus down. lol. either way we managed to get on and were on our way to lindos.

lindos is a white washed city similar to santarini only smaller and does not contain many of the stereotypical blue roof domed house tops. we were captivated once we arrived and we began exploring as we made our way through the quiet town of lindos. there were so many wonderful shops i could not help but purchase nearly everything in sight to remind me of the breakthtaking city that lies in one of the countries i have always wanted to visit. the only souvinere i bought for myself was a small greek flag. the rest of the mass amounts of greek trinkets are for my loved ones. :) my ture love for them will shine through towards the end of this blog once they are informed of what i had to do to keep those souvineres for them. lol.

one of the most exciting parts of our visit to lindos was the donkey ride we took through the city up the the acropolis. they were quite different than the camel i rode in morocco but definitely an experience i will remember. there was no such an idea to ride hercules (my donkey's proud name) side saddle considering i was wearing a dress. the man who was guiding my donkey urged me to quickly hop up on the saddle and there was no turning back. the donkeys started to take off down the city streets before julianna could even saddle up. her donkey passed us up the hill with impressive speed- he managed to get away from the man that was leading him and julianna was hanging on for dear life dress, purse, souvineres and all! once we got up to the acropolis we took in the amazing view of the city from above. out hunger led us down to a small gyro shop near the center of the city. i think it is safe to say this was the best gyro i have ever had in my life!!! they were delicious beyond description. it was run by this little old greek woman who was so friendly and eager to serve us.