After my trip to the Caribbean and a cruise, I got a soft spot for going on vacation and doing “nothing”. Just sitting beside a pool and reading, perhaps eating some good food and just relaxing. So after talking a lot with both Gemini and Claude, I booked a charter trip with Apollo to Rhodes. I’m staying at a hotel with a pool, but in the city, so if I get bored, I can find something to do 🙂
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Backeman goes charter
Finally, the alarm went off at 5:00, and I got up immediately. Thirty minutes before the cab arrives should be plenty of time, but time has a way of flying by. I took a hot shower, stowed away the last clean dishes, and packed my prepared breakfast into the backpack. Right as I was about…
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It feels good to do nothing!
The breakfast buffet turned out to be pretty good—a decent spread of hot options like bacon and eggs, along with fresh bread, cheese, pancakes, fruit, and velvet cake. On my way back to the room, I asked at reception once more about borrowing an HDMI cable, but they immediately pointed me toward a local electronics…
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Old town
I woke up a bit earlier and headed down to breakfast while watching last night’s game between the Packers and the Falcons. Even though I would have loved to just sit, eat slowly, and enjoy the meal, the game, and the warm climate, I finished in under half an hour and went back up to…
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Acropolis of Lindos
I’ve gotten properly into my routine now—breakfast accompanied by a TV show, which today was Orange is the New Black. I packed my bag and grabbed a towel from the room, making sure to hang the “Do Not Disturb” sign on the door so housekeeping wouldn’t notice a towel missing. I left around half past…
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What to do on a rainy day?
Well, the receptionist turned out to be wrong after all. When I woke up, it was raining. I had heard some bells chiming at 7:25 and 8:35—perhaps a church mass—so it was easy to hear the sound of raindrops. I packed my bag, grabbed my raincoat just in case, and stowed it away in my…
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The key card saga
I tried an omelette for breakfast this morning—a nice change of pace! There were noticeably fewer people in the dining hall, so few that the staffer at the entrance (the same bartender who already knows my room number) told me I could sit wherever I liked. However, despite the quieter breakfast, most of the sunbeds…
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Last day
I woke up in the early morning, actually feeling a bit cold, so I got up, turned off the AC, and shut the window. I managed to drift back to sleep and woke up again just before nine, right ahead of my alarm. I was still quite tired though, and took things slow, only making…
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Back to reality
On my way to breakfast, I settled my bill. Rhodes has a local tourist tax of €10 per night, which was added alongside my bar tab for all the Piña Coladas and Cokes—nothing too painful, thankfully! Today I finally ventured over to the children’s section at the buffet and served myself some pancakes—it only took…