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    • Laurie ReynoldsGoing to Greece
      Day 6

      Island hopping

      October 7, 2019 in Greece ⋅ 🌧 20 °C

      It was a bit complicated to drop off the rental car and get to the port in Santorini for the ship to Mykonos. The port is a teeny tiny place, no room for car rentals, lots of crowds and chaos. So we dropped off the rental car at the airport and took a van to the port. As we waited for our boat, we watched in amazement as busload after busload got picked up and others got dropped off. Pretty well organized, I must say, and those bus drivers can turn their huge vehicles on a dime. Very entertaining and a bit scary to watch them back up a busload to within 6 inches of the end of the dock, with no guardrail, no nothing. And then they maneuver around like they were riding a bicycle.

      The boat stopped at Ios and Naxos, and by 1 or so we were in Mykonos. We took the bus into town and then had about a half hour walk from the very top of the old town, down to the old port/harbor, and around to our hotel. Very nice views from where we sit! It has been cloudy with a few showers, so we have limited our time to a few walks around the port. I have NEVER seen as many tourist shops in one maze-like set of twisty-turvey lanes. There is absolutely nothing else here — it’s all for the tourist trade. Shopping on Mykonos, or anywhere for that matter, is not high on my list, but being here was the only way we could get out to the ruins on the uninhabited island of Delos, birthplace of Apollo among other things.

      We are going to have a late dinner and sleep in tomorrow. Looks like the rain is gone but we may have some clouds. So we will save the trip to Delos till Wednesday, which is forecast for cool and sunny.      Read more

    • TravelerVnw - Griechenland
      1111
      Day 10

      Der Norden von Mykonos

      September 24, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      Nach fünf Nächten in Mykonos Stadt zog es mich in eine persönlich geführte Familienpension in das kleine Dörfchen Ftelia, abseits der Touristenmassen der vielen Kreuzfahrtschiffe. Entspannung pur in nagelneu eingerichteten Apartments mit Familienanschluss. Für den heutigen Halbmarathon beim "Mykonos Running Festival" bekam ich leider keinen Startplatz mehr, da dieser schon ausgebucht war. 🤥
      Nicht schlimm - bleibt mehr Zeit zur Erholung und zur Vorbereitung der Reise durch Israel und Ägypten. Griechenland will mich irgendwie nicht gehen lassen - kein Wunder bei einer Gyros Pita täglich, tollen Aussichten und der wunderbaren griechischen Gastfreundschaft.      Read more

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    • Octoberopolis
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      Day 12

      Naxos with Cheese

      October 3, 2022 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      What a change to come to Naxos... a beautiful, fertile, thriving island where tourism is almost an afterthought. The people are proud of their cheese and their olive oil and their fruit and their marble and life goes on. Cruise ships do not enter Naxos. It would be a pity if they did.Read more

    • World tour
      Day 98

      Delos

      July 11, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

      Names (based on b’days/months)
      India - Apollo (21st may same same)
      Keyala - Hera (Roman equivalent Juno aka June)
      Ariah - Artemis (cause born of 20th May and 12th May and is other May baby cause apollos taken)
      Dale - Zeus (cause idk the date but says 700 BC that’s a long time ago and dads old too)
      Kylie - Athena (cause august, A’s b’day, is closest to mums July)

      Today we went to Delos (birthplace of Apollo and Artemis), it was very hot and there was heaps of old buildings which were pretty cool to see as well as mosaics. There were plaques and rocks.

      Delos island, is the birthplace of India’s favourite god Apollo ☀️, who has the same birthday as her and always seems to be sending his sun’s rays directly at her ☀️🌅☀️🏛️      Read more

    • TravelerLearning To Swim
      Day 28

      A cyclone kind of day!

      September 13, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

      The weather has taken a turn this morning.

      Overcast and extremely windy.
      I believe my lilo will up and fly off within seconds.

      For breakfast, I have greek Donuts dipped in honey and sesame seeds. So good.

      Athena is off heading to Old Town today. I told her to hold onto something as she will get blown away.

      I am too relaxed and am reading. In bed. The wind is howling.

      Now it's raining.

      I am thinking Athena will come back to the room! But no, she endures the elements.

      I head outside along the wooden planked pathway between the restaurants and the beach front.

      Loving the empty beach lounges, normally covered in colours and bodies.

      I settle on a restaurant 'Anios' Beach Front and order the Greek speciality, lamb Kleftiko. I ask for some Tzatziki too.

      Two women sit next to me, whom we danced with at the Greek night. I smile and imitate dancing and they copy.

      A DJ pump's out tunes that keep you in the holiday mood.
      Pump and soothe, pump and soothe.

      Wham's Club Tropicana plays around here like it is the island's theme tune.
      Georgios Panayiotou is extremely popular here.

      I went off to the pool to look at Facebook. Athena got back and was a bit windblown.

      We went to the pool restaurant for a bourban.
      I pulled up Carolyn's email of photos of her trip and I show our waiter, Panos, whom is in the background of one of her shots.

      I ask him, is that you? He claps and points out your table, to me, Carolyn, and he calls everyone over. He remembers you and Emily xx How gorgeous is that!      Read more

    • TravelerLearning To Swim
      Day 27

      Cina Manto 'A Rainy Day In New York'

      September 12, 2019 in Greece ⋅ 🌙 22 °C

      We catch a bus to Old Town Mykonos at 7.00pm.

      Athena is fascinated when we hit the floor running in the town. She is wide eyed at the colourful windows and doorways. 'Love the blue the most' she says.

      I manoeuvre through the streets in the direction I walked earlier today, when I first discovered the cinema.

      I open Google maps and find I am 2 mins away. So we follow the dotted blue line. And here it is. A small alcove under trees, with chairs all lined up. It is beautiful. Reminds me of many old fashioned movies.

      The ticket lady will appear at 8.00pm, so we hit a restaurant at the corner.

      Athena has the fried squid and I choose the prawns in mustard and garlic sauce.
      OMG. Devine.

      They give us a shot of something (not Ouzo) and it ends the meal well.

      We get our tickets and take a seat in the open air.

      Kittens are everywhere sneaking around our feet. Meowing for food. I fight my natural urge to pick them up.
      Some people are eating dinner, some drinking.
      I have an ice cream that I left too long and it has melted everywhere.

      The movie starts bang on 8.30pm and we sit back and be entertained in the manner of Woody Allen.

      I can see Timothy has soaked up the Woody Allen mannerisms and his true New York voice is over emphasised in this film. Elle Fanning plays cutsie girlfriend and Selena Gomez plays the sharp, witty distraction. Jude Law is unrecognisable with an American accent.

      The movie tries, as always, to be New York cynical, only to find out that the truth of any matter will set you free.

      It ends and I expect the lights to come up in the cinema. But there are only side lights and tree lights.

      We are tired and head directly to the buses for our hotel.

      On our way through, we see many gay men out and about together. The bars are full of them and an art gallery has an exhibit of paintings of men laying around naked.

      Athena looks at me sideways, and all I say is these boys know how to enjoy life don't they!

      Bed at 12.30pm.      Read more

    • TravelerLearning To Swim
      Day 26

      Mykonos

      September 11, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      We arrive in Mykonos. We offload from the ferry. And find our transfer to Petinos Beach Hotel.

      The area is call Platys Gialos.
      The water here is a mix of blue, green and aqua. It is so different from anything I have ever seen.

      Our hotel room looks directly onto the sandy beach, covered in loungers and beach umbrellas. Our view is from the righthand side facing out.

      We are in a Cove, with restaurants and cafes lining the beach in an arc.
      White buildings dot the hillside above amongst the brown rocks.

      The pool is a quick walk down the steps from our room. Athena immediately puts on her bathers and she goes down to bake. Her aim is to get brown. I go to the local shop and buy my supplies, chocolate and a lilo.

      Our room is pure white with whitewashed curved cement walls.

      The shower is the size of a dining room. I have a shower and feel like I'm in a cave. It echoes in here. Cool.

      We are very lazy at this point and our thinking brains have turned off. So much so that Athena said she didn't want to go out for dinner or to explore.

      At 6.00pm she has her nightie on and is giving herself a facial.
      I head across the street and grab a pizza... Continued

      She tells me to have a shower so she can blow dry my hair. I do it. She dries my hair whilst I sit in my white fluffy bathrobe.
      I hear clapping, laughing and greek music coming from outside.

      I ask Athena, when is our 'Greek Night'.
      Um!
      We forgot greek night!!!!

      Athena says 'It's ok, we' ll do it another night'
      Me, panicked, runs to reception and asks how often is greek night?
      Wednesdays and Sundays.
      We fly out Sunday.

      I let Athena know and she says she she is disappointed and really wanted me to see it.
      I clapped my hands and said get up, get dressed,
      WE ARE GOING, NOW!
      5 mins it took us to get ready.

      We invited ourselves in at The Blue Myth and sat at the bar. Men in black tshirt and and pants were dancing to traditional songs.
      We sculled a couple of bourbans quickly.

      Then that wonderful 'Zorba' music began.
      I love this. Really gets me excited. Slowly the boys move arm locked, side by side and it speeds up and takes you along.
      OPA!!

      We get up and have a dance, with old and young. Reminds me of a wedding. Thank goodness it is an open air restaurant.
      We do the conga inside and outside.

      A young tall kid steps on my foot and breaks my toenail!
      I keep dancing!

      At around 12.30 it slows down. We creep into bed all buggered.      Read more

    • Europe, England & Greece 2023
      Day 42

      Mykonos beaches

      July 26, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

      The hotel is lovely. The courtyard view from our room is impressive.

      We are on a combined tour today of Mykonos island and we have been told to pack our bathers. We have also been told the cost of a day bed on their beaches costs 80 euros. Gulp. No wonder the majority of Mykonians are millionaires.

      The population of Mykonos is only 10,000 with 20,000 support workers for the peak of tourism. There are 100,000 rooms available and each day cruise ships drop up to 8,000 guests at the wharf.

      There is no vegetation here, maybe a few grapes. The rocky landscape means locals build rock walls to define their boundaries and to keep a few animals.

      First beach is Super Paradise Beach. This is a very secluded beach for the rich and famous. Day bed at the front is a mere 170 euros for the day.

      Next stop, a brief visit to a local monastery established in 1767. It was built well away from the town but now it is surrounded by the expanding property boom.

      Beach number two is Aphrodite’s Beach named after two hills that is said to once belong to the goddess Aphrodite. We all know what they are supposed to represent but you need an imagination.

      Last beach is Ano Mera beach where we stopped for lunch. Some of the group stayed but we preferred the calm of our hotel pool. Shad went off for a manicure with Erin.

      By evening we were to puffed out to go anywhere. Pool time now.      Read more

    • TA HAL Oosterdam 2023
      Day 3

      Meandering in Mykonos Town

      October 23, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F

      The only other time we were in Mykonos was aboard Celebrity Constellation … in 2013. On that occasion, we went to the Island of Delos by boat, and then returned to Mykonos Town, had a very late lunch before heading back to the ship. The short stroll we did then gave us some familiarity with the layout of the town today, which helped us make our way around easily.

      For this visit, I had planned for us to take the bus to the quaint village of Ano Mera. The ride, I read, was 20 minutes and busses departed every 30 minutes. Excellent. Except that when we got to the bus station on the far side of the harbor around 11:30a, we were told that the next bus was at 1:00p … even though the schedule showed one at noon. Time to jiggle our plans.

      The Archaeological Museum was temporarily closed. Mui wasn’t prepared with the necessary accoutrements to spend the day on one of the beaches with invitingly clear water. So, we decided on a meandering stroll in Mykonos Town followed by lunch. Using Google Maps to loosely guide us, we enjoyed the quaint atmosphere of the white-washed buildings sporting colorful doors and trims … mostly blue, but some red, grey, or orange as well. The narrow, cobblestone streets were delightful. That we rarely came across any others except the locals, added to the charm.

      Our meanderings took us up to a couple of windmills — icons of Mykonos … but not the more famous ones by the waterfront that are known as the Lower Windmills. One of the windmills we came to alongside a hilltop road had been restored; the other was not so lucky. Nonetheless, they both made charming subjects for photos … and they offered great viewpoints for aerial looks down to Mykonos Town.

      Eventually we made our way down to the windmills on the waterfront. A few clicks of the camera, and we made our way to a beach for a stroll to Little Venice … the historic houses that were built by the wealthy sea captains. Along the way we checked out a couple of places for lunch, but moved on when they did not prove satisfactory. That, in fact, worked in our favor … but that’s for the next footprint.      Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Dimos Mykonos, Mykonos, Μύκονος

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