Sea The View

Remember how I was saying that I could hear the sea but not see it? Well, this morning I woke up and stepped outside for some fresh air...

Suffice to say, I think I could get used to this.

Sea woke up and went to make herself some coffee but then remembered that we didn't actually have any milk, so we got dressed and headed downstairs to see how we could remedy the situation. We asked the man at the reception desk if he had any ideas and he informed us that there were loads of mini markets further down the block. 

We walked down the street and found several mini markets and managed to find milk, big water bottles and some dish soap (we brought food/utensils with us).

After breakfast we decided to head into town to explore the island, we left the hotel and decided to go in the same direction as we had gone to find the mini markets. We walked about half an hour before coming across a map that seemed to be telling us that we were going in the wrong direction, I proceeded to lament my decision of turning right at the hotel exit while Sea attempted to ask for directions. We finally found a helpful stranger who informed us that walking to town might not be the best idea and strongly advised us to take a bus, luckily the bus stop was only a few minutes away and we made it just in time to get on.

The bus dropped us off in the center of town after fifteen minutes of driving along the coast, we silently thanked the helpful stranger for making us take the bus. We found the "new" market place where there were tourist shops galore, we stopped to look at various things while making our way to the other side of the market place and then wandered out through a different exit. 

We walked along the street until we noticed a big wall in the distance, there were a bunch of random stairways that seemed to lead in the general direction of the wall. 

Curious, we began investigating them until we found one that lead into the old city. 

We walked around the old city for an hour or so, a sign informed us that it had been a fortress many years ago that had been built to ward off the arabs and turks.

We eventually came across an exit and decided that it was probably time to head back to the hotel, now all we had to do was find a bus stop.
The streets were pretty narrow and we soon noticed that the cars were only going in one direction. We determined that the bus was most likely going in a circle and spent a goodly amount of time wandering around trying to find something that we recognized. Forty minutes and multiple helpful strangers later we found a shop that we recognized which led us back to the main bus stop, the bus arrived a few minutes later and we made it back to our hotel just in time for lunch.
After eating yet another 5 star meal consisting of tuna fish and chips on our porch, we decided to change and head for the pool. The pool was as beautiful as it had looked in the pictures but it was later in the day and there wasn't much sun to tan in. As fun as shivering in a pool is, we decided to head back to the room soon after we arrived where we showered and (after much deliberation) got dressed and headed out to explore the hotel and buy some fruit.
After many offers from greek gentleman trying to convince us to eat dinner in their quaint little restaurants serving giant lobsters (which were on grand display), we escaped and made our way back to the olympic palace for dinner.
Dinner was adequate, I had some "uncle bens minute rice" and chicken while sea feasted on cous cous a'la nemes ba'cos (aka cous cous with instant soup powder mixed in, dehydrated vegetable and all).
After dinner Sea stepped out on the porch with a bag of nuts to snack on only to be joined by a neighbor who was investigating the loud crunching noises coming from next door. Our neighbor politely informed us that she could hear us from her room and then promptly went back inside.
We went down to the lobby and arranged to take a tour of Lindos tomorrow (through the company that we got out tickets through), I've heard that it's a beautiful part of the island and I can't wait to see what's in store for us!
I think my wifi time limit is running out so I guess this is where we part ways, good night!