Mykonos. Even better than I hoped!

As I write we are sailing on to Athens after a spectacular day on Mykonos. It is an island I have dreamed of visiting. The weather didn't cooperate too well, and we had our first day of very windy, cool weather. Winds blew at about 30 mph and the temp was mid 60s. Hard to complain, however! We bundled up in jeans, sweaters and jackets and headed for the town. Shuttle buses drove us the three miles from the pier into town. It would have been nearly impossible to walk as there were no sidewalks and just a very narrow road with a hill on one side and the sea on the other.

Doug and Karen decided to do a ship day and enjoy the good places on board, so Dick and I ventured off alone. It is a picture perfect island with those five famous hillside windmills now centuries old. It is a hilly island and the hillsides are covered with the white, white, white stucco homes with blue, blue, blue trim. Fisherman's boats are pulled up here and there and the fisher guys gather in groups to chat on the sand, fix their nets, enjoy a cup of coffee, etc.

We enjoyed poking around the town on their teeny narrow lanes...about three people wide. Great shops...this is an island of the rich and famous in the summer so there are exquisitely expensive shops next door to local water color artists wares. The streets are a maze, and were actually designed that way to keep invaders from figuring out where anything was. We got lost countless times and loved every moment.

Lunch was right on the seaside. Out table was no more than 6' from the crashing waves. We enjoyed calamari, and cheese and spinach pies, which are phylo stuffed with good stuff and baked. Fabulous. We wandered and took pictures, and soaked up the ambiance for three hours and then made our way to the shuttle and back to the ship. The sun was brilliant even though the wind was biting at times.

At 6:00 we met Doug and Karen back on the ship and once again enjoyed having a drink together while we left the port and sailed into the sunset. An amazing treat.

I'm trying valiantly to get over a rotten cold and trying hard to not let it slow me down.  Tomorrow, Athens!

Loving this trip!!!