Lindos

One has to consider weather in Greece when deciding what to do. It becomes unbearably hot around 11am and stays that way until about 6pm. Of course, our advantage is that we can always jump in the water to cool off but every excursion on shore must be conducted either at the wee hours of the morning or later when the burning ball of fire, aka sun, starts setting down.

We got into the dinghy before breakfast and walked up to Lindos Acropolis at 8am when the museum doors just opened. When viewed from the harbor, the citadel displays their medieval fortification but actually inside it a mish-mesh of monuments from different periods: ruins of Athena’s temple are juxtaposed against Crusaders’ castle, etc. Later, we went on a hike to see the tomb of Cleobulus which from a distance i initially mistook for a 1967 Buick sitting on top of the hill . Cleobulus was one of the seven sages of Greece and tyrant of the city of Lindos. But, apparently, he was a benevolent tyrant beloved by his people and who has done a lot of good for Lindos’ success and prosperity. On the way to the tomb, we stopped by and explored a dilapidated windmill. It’s interesting to see what this harbor town looked like in antiquity because Lindos used to be a powerful and thriving city that controlled much of the Mediterranean trade and commerce