Greece: Mykonos

Greece: Mykonos

Saturday

We were up earliesh again as the sun was streaming in our villa windows.

After a leisurely breakfast overlooking the bustling port we headed out to the town of Ornos, which had read about in our guide books and online.

Saturday we decided to go exploring and found ourselves in the town of Ornos! We spotted a beach and tried to park only in agreement with the lady in the nearby shop that we were just looking. The beach was packed with chairs and loungers squeezed very close together! We found a spot to park nearby the town centre where we saw our sketchy "taxi" driver we named "Antonio" from yesterday. He was still confused that Sandy C. wasn't on a plane elsewhere! We tackled the very few shops, walked to a different beach and had some expensive drinks at the beach bar. Cathy had a  drink called "Weirdo Ripper" which was the most expensive drink she ever had. We people watched and relaxed amongst the serious beach dwellers. 

 

 

 

 

 

We returned to the villa, had a late lunch and got ready for  town. We caught a sea bus to town. We could see the pickup point from our Villa! This worked much better than trying to park. The wind was a concern so if there are pictures that will explain about or hairstyles! Trish especially enjoyed the shops which could be discovered down hidden alleys winding in all directions. After everyone managed to make some purchases we found a lovely restaurant named Alegro. We enjoyed a lovely meal as we watched the sunset.

 

 Trish and Cathy left the table early to get back to a shop that was reopening ‪at 9:00‬. The two Sandys settled the bill and made their way to the sea bus. Cathy came running to say Trish was still trying to settle up but they would try to make it. The two Sandys ended up leaving alone on the sea bus. They headed back to the villa to wait for Trish and Cathy. Sandy S. watched for the girls to disembark the last sea bus but they were not on it. Shortly after the two late night shoppers showed up after a taxi ride from town. They had an interesting wait watching the town fill up with partiers! 

 

Sunday

Early ‪Sunday morning‬ the Canadians got up early to catch the sea bus to Mykonos town to catch a much bigger boat to tour the island of Delos. This island is considered sacred because it is the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis, two of the most important deities of the Greek pantheon. Our guide was wonderful and brought life to the amazing history of the ruins. The museum housed many statues and mosaics that had been recovered from excavations that started in 1872 to present. The first inhabitants of the island started building ca 2,500 BCE. The island of Delos is located at the centre of the Cyclades and halfway from mainland Greece to Ionia, the eastern islands of Chios, Samos, Rhodes and Crete. This made it a prosperous, commercial harbor and a very important port in the eastern Mediterranean. But it fell to ruins and eventually was abandoned after it was attacked, destroyed and looted because of its wealth. 

During the tour the wind picked up which made the boat ride home quite bumpy!

After getting back to home base, Sandy and Trish were ready to start their day after a relaxing morning by the pool. We went exploring the other side of Mykonos island and ended up at a very trendy club that obviously catered to the upper class! We invaded their space for rather expensive drinks and then headed back out.

We then went for a swim down at the Saint Stefanos, a few minutes drive away from our villa. A tad cold but very refreshing.

Luckily  Sandy C had got out of the water and was able to save the keys to the Merc plus our gear as the water rushed in as a result of a big wave a chased by a passing ferry....would not have been good if the car keys sailed away!

For our last evening on Mykonos we headed back down to the beach area to a lovely Greek taverna, great service and food once again was divine.

We had a lengthy chat to the waiter who advised us he works 7 days a week 10:30am in the morning till closing at night for 6 months, he then has  2 weeks off and works in Athens for the winter. He wants to work hard and get ahead while he is young so 'when he is old like us' (as he not so tactfully said) he can travel!

 

 A lovely end to our last day on Mykonos!