Blogs from Mykonos, South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 2

It's our last day in Greece, and we decide that we'll spend it lying on Ornos Beach. We spent the equivalent of fifteen Australian dollars there yesterday buying two cans of soft drink, so we decide to eat in Mykonos Town before we go. We stroll along the main path along the waterfront in the middle of town, past a very small and crowded beach. Issy says "now there's a sight", and points to a very overweight sixty something woman sunbathing topless right next to the path. To make herself even more obvious she's facing away from the water towards the path, with her legs spread wide apart. My appetite's now been suppressed a bit, but we decide to eat anyway. Issy says that she wants to eat vegetarian and that she particularly doesn't want any ... read more

We walk around the harbour and collect our tickets for our trip to Delos. We're given yellow stickers to put on our shirts, so that the tour guides on Delos will know which group we're in. Issy loses hers before the boat's left the port, and I'm now regretting sending the nasty email to the tour company. I hope they don't try to throw her overboard. I put my arm around her to cover the spot where the sticker should be, but I'm now in real danger of getting get arrested for indecency. Although it's still very windy the boat is big and slow enough so that we don't get tossed around too much. We meet our guide who introduces herself as Effie. We probably could have guessed that. The first thing she tells us is ... read more

I think Mykonos might be Greek for windy. It's still blowing a hurricane. We want to go to the beach, but only if we can find one that we can lie on without getting sandblasted. Elia Beach is on the south side of the island and the wind is from the north so we hope that it might be a bit more sheltered there. We stand at the bus stop in front of the hotel and get front row seats to a loud argument between an Asian couple and their twenty something son. The son is inside the bus and the couple are outside. The mother and the son are both waving their arms vigorously and yelling at each other. It looks like the son is trying to convince his parents to get on the bus, ... read more

Hello from the picturesque island of Mykonos. Today is Janet’s real birthday – not one of the pretend birthdays we have already celebrated. Happy birthday! Janet got lots of e-mail wishes from everyone to recognize her birthday. We also got delightful news and pictures from Valerie about the twin’s graduation from Kindergarten. CONGRATULATIONS to them! We got to sleep in this morning because arrival did not occur until noon. We went to the dining room and Janet got to have one more of her Eggs Benedict breakfasts (since she is missing her chance for a free Grand Slam at Denny’s today). Then she was off to a final session of the Knitters and Knatters Society. Meanwhile David found after breakfast that they were selling some of their souvenir T-shirts from this cruise, so he got each ... read more

I knew it, I knew it! I knew it existed somewhere: the ultimate decadent treat: baklava ice cream. So here we are now, in Mykonos. We said goodbye to Turkey, flew to Santorini and stayed there for 3 nights. The first day, we walked to Oia, the village at the northern tip of the island. This is where the sunsets are supposed to be the nicest. Santorini is famous for its sunsets, and for a good reason: it is absolutely like one can imagine: fully romantic, white houses built on the cliffs, with a view on the ocean, the old caldera of the volcano, cruiseships and sail boats in the distance, bougainvillea in full bloom and soft music. Unfortunately I got a bad cold from too much A/C in Turkey and didn't enjoy it as much ... read more