Hello everyone,
I am back with a new blog. I am sorry that it took me so long but the vacation blog is finally here. It will be in two parts otherwise the blog is way too big. Part 2 will be here soon!
17th June
17th June the day I went on vacation but more important my 25th birthday! So there was double excitement. I was very happy to go on vacation by myself but also a little bit anxious. I booked the vacation by myself, the parking at the airport and my transfer in Rhodes. The only thing that went through my mind was: Did I forget something? You have to check yourself but everything turned out great.
So I drove to Eindhoven Airport and parked my car there. I paid 80 euros to park my car there for 7 days. It was a 5 minute walk from my car to the airport. I was a little bit too early at the airport so I had to wait for like 15 minutes and than my flight appeared on the screen. I went to the gate and everything went fast. I guess I was lucky because there is a huge staff problem at the airports right now. I had to wait like 2 hours and than my flight took off 🙂
I arrived in Rhodes 🙂 I got my suitcase fast and went to the transfer. The transfer took me to my hotel. The hotel I stayed in was Nafsika hotel. Before I went there I asked for a room with sea view and I got a room with sea view 🙂 It is a hotel run by a family. They were so nice and genuine! The hotel was at the beach, 1 minute from bar street, and a 10 minute walk to the new city but also the old city. I had a one person bedroom with a shower and a balcony. It was great.

So the first thing I did when I went to discover Rhodes is buying myself a cake because I am the birthday girl! I got an oreo cake and a cake with cream. They were tasty and I was shook by the price. The guy said 3 euro. I am not complaining tho. After that I took my cakes back to the hotel and went shopping. Rhodes has like a lot of shops. Zara, Bershka, Stradivarius, Sephora, Starbucks etc. The old town has many greek shops. Lots of jewelry, bags, clothes etc. Rhodes has everything! I also went to Kos a couple of times before and you had like the greek shops there but not the Zara, Bershka etc. The last time I was there they were building a mall with those shops so maybe they finally have it now.
I went eating at TAMAM. And this place was like heaven. I am very mad at myself that I didn’t take a good picture of how the restaurant looked because it was very nice with a lot of plants for decoration. So I ordered a seafood pasta and a Rosé. Rosé is my bae 🙂 This was so good. I saw them at TripAdvisor and there were only good reviews there. I must say the price you pay is worth it! The owner and staff are very nice and you feel welcome there. I told them that it was my birthday and they sang for me and brought me a dessert from the house.
I went to the beach and just enjoyed the view. I called my grandma to let her see the view and she was amazed. I also went out the first night. I said to myself I am not going to drink a lot because I have an activity tomorrow. So I went to bar street and came by a nice bar with r&b music. I was the first there as I went early but I liked the fact that I could just watch people and there outfits. The first thing that amazed me was that there were a lot of English people. In Kos I almost only saw like dutch people when I went out. So that was a difference. I got some drinks and than a very nice Scottish couple took place at another table next to me. We talked to each other and went to other bars together. The guy asked me what I wanted to drink the whole time that I wasn’t paying attention at the time or how drunk I was getting. Before I got drunk they asked me if they should bring me to my hotel when we were done partying and I was like no that’s not necessary. I can take care of myself. Well… I can tell you guys that they had to take me to my hotel because I couldn’t. I was way too drunk but I had fun 🙂
18th June
The next day I had to wake up early because I had my first activity! I booked all my activities with Get Your Guide. An app you can download on your phone. I think it is the easiest way to do it but you can also book all your tours in Rhodes.
At 9 a clock they picked me up and also picked up some other people. The people who were sitting in front of me at the bus were dutch. So we started talking to each other. The first activity was Seven Springs Waterfall. So there were seven waterfalls like in between mountains. It was definitely not the safest tour I did but one of the most scary ones. You could literally fall from mountains if you did not pay attention where you were walking. If you are afraid of heights I would not recommend this tour and I am afraid of heights 🙂 But I did it anyways so. We saw a lot of waterfalls and made a lot of pictures. The only thing that annoyed me was how little time they gave us. We had an hour to go see all the waterfalls but that wasn’t much at all. Also the instructions there how you have to walk were not very clear. The thing that frustrated me the most was the tunnel you had to get through. For me it wasn’t a problem but for people with a size up they would not+ fit in the tunnel. I think you should mention that when people are booking the activity so they will not faze those problems.


After that we went to Lindos. The waterfall and Lindos were one activity together. A place in Rhodes which is known by the white houses and the Akropolis. It was so beautiful. Words cannot describe how beautiful it was. We walked in Lindos and went to the Akropolis. It was a long walk and I can tell you guys that my head wasn’t there completely because I had drunk so much the day before. The only thing I ate was a salad at Lindos because I was scared that I would throw up as a was feeling nauxious the whole day. So learn from my mistake and never get drunk the day before an heavy activity. It was also not very responsible of me at all because you are alone on vacation and I was lucky that the people I was with that night were really genuine people. It could have turned out differently.
At the evening I went to dinner with the mother and daughter I met at the activity and we also went to a nice cocktail bar together. You might be alone but you meet so many new people there that you won’t feel alone.
Tips and tops?
So this was part one of my solo vacation. In the next part I will talk about a lot of other activities I did such as a Segway Tour and a cooking class. I really had the time of my life at my solo vacation. You can do your own thing. So if you are doubting to go on vacation by yourself: Just do it! You will regret if you don’t. Leave a comment and the follow button is still for free!
Kind regards,
Elignora


