Day 227 - Wednesday, Sept. 5
The ferry to Mykonos was about 5 hours. I almost got off at the wrong island, when: I couldn't understand the announcement on the intercom; the vast majority of the people on the boat got off; and I asked someone if it was Mykonos and they said they thought so. But luckily I asked a ferry employee as I was exiting and he set me straight.
I got checked into my guesthouse, which was up on a hill, where there was a nice breeze and really comfy hammock that I took advantage of for a little while. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was significantly cooler in the islands than in Athens. It's hard to imagine better weather than the week or so I spent in the Greek islands: 20-25 degrees C and not a cloud in the sky the whole time. (What's that? you don't know Celsius? Well, it's about time you learned - the US needs to get with program and forget about this Fahrenheit nonsense.) That afternoon and evening, I checked out Mykonos town and took lots of pictures...
For a guy who's not very religious, I sure do take lots of pictures of churches, and Mykonos has a lot of them:
It's also famous for it's old windmills:
and this area, known as little Venice:
Pretty much everything in Mykonos is white and blue...except for all the cats:
And a few birds big enough scare away the cats (and a few little kids):
Pretty nice sunsets in Mykonos as well:
Lots more evidence of all the blue and white in the Picasa album.
Day 228 - Thursday, Sept. 6
Mykonos is known as a bit of a party island, but the partying is primarily limited to a handful of clubs at Paradise Beach and neighboring Super Paradise Beach. So Thursday, I decided to go check it out. Apparently, after the last weekend in August, things really calm down, or so I was told. A few pictures from Paradise Beach:
More crystal clear water, but unlike the beaches on the Adriatic that are mostly rocks and pebbles, this beach consisted of something much closer to sand...
There was only 4 or 5 bottles in this pile when I got to the beach earlier that afternoon...
Day 229 - Friday, Sept. 7
Friday I had a mid-afternoon ferry to Santorini, so I just relaxed at the guesthouse for a while before making my way to the port.
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