Blogs from Mykonos, South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 16

We visited Mykonos, Greece today after a day and a half of sailing. ALL buildings are white there (seriously ALL of them), so it can make it easy to get turned around. To get the the island, they piled us in little motor boats to take us there. After we arrived, we had lunch in a little cafe that sat out on the sidewalk. Checked out some shops, then sat on a brick ledge and dangled our feet in the Med Sea. Good times. We met a couple of umm 'senior' ladies that enjoy finding Tracee and I to just sit and chat. They make things pretty interesting. Oh, and did I mention that they are INSANE? heh heh. :) Well, not much more on Mykonos but Turkey tomorrow! WOOT WOOT! p.s. Also met a, ... read more

May 16, 2007 Mykonos… the world famous, cosmopolitan Greek Island that is also the location of where the hit movie from the 80’s, “Shirley Valentine” was filmed. The ship arrived at around 7:30am and after a nice leisurely breakfast we caught a shuttle and went into the nice little town of Hora. No tours were going to bog us down today, as we left the day open. For a short while we just walked along the harbour, where we saw many cafés and restaurants. As we walked around a corner near where the smaller boats were docked, we saw 3 very plump contented pelicans resting on a cement wall. A few tourists were gathered by them to take photographs. We did the same. I could not get over their size! After a little more walking ... read more

Hey Everyone, We just wanted to make a quick entry so that we could include some pictures of Mykonos. It is absolutely amazing here! After we signed off yesterday, we rented a quad and have been touring around the island ever since. It is super cool to have total freedom to go wherever we want to. I have never done anything like this while travelling and it is such a thrill for both of us. We headed to this little quiet secluded beach yesterday after getting the quad called Kapari. It was so amazingly beautiful and romantic. The sun was shining on the water in this little cove hidden away from the rest of the island. I fell asleep suntanning while Kim just relaxed but it was awesome. Today (this is Kim speaking) we got ... read more

I've been told, by people wiser than myself, that traveling is not just about wandering the globe, soaking up sights and experiences that one cant get back home, but its also about self descovery. Finding out what kind of person you are, weather your the type that wants a nice hassle free trip, bereft of the unexpected with everything planed out, or if your the fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants type, who makes no plans or reservations, but figures it out as you go allong. in my case it was a happy mix of the two. But I leared something eles about myself, on the island of Mykonose, on the days where the sun was obsucred by a thin layer of clouds, enough to take the bite off, and the wind was blowing hard enough to cool the normaly ... read more

After a light night out in the Athens hostel, we took to the sea early the next day. The metro system to the port was simple and there are plenty of people selling delicious “doughnuts” in the streets for breakfast right next to the port. Had some breakfast doughnuts, bought a ferry ticket, and jumped on that boat with anticipation of some famous Greek Island, Mykonos. Naturally the ferry ride was packed filled with sleep, card playing, and a little sightseeing. Upon our arrival, we were immediately struck by a man offering us somewhere to stay (like we have heard). He continued to tell us that he had a place on Paradise Beach for twenty euros a night. About two seconds later he was interrupted by a less sketchy woman that said hers was only ... read more