R&R Day 11 - Mykonos, GR

On Day 11, we were ABSOLUTELY exhausted. We felt the ship shutter as we pulled into port and just rolled over for some more sleep. Once we got left the ship we walked to the bus station and waited for a half an hour the bus to take us to the town. During that half an hour 2 scheduled buses never showed up, so we hiked the mile and a half or so to the town.

The waterfront is in a crescent shape with a seawall that protects the harbor. The morning was too cool to have people out on the beach, but by afternoon, it was packed with both tourists and locals.

Wenonah posing on the fish cleaning dock.

All streets were only about 2 meters wide through the vast majority of the town. All buiildings were painted blue and white and there were many flowering trees and flowers lining the narrow streets.

We wandered these unlabeled streets for nearly an hour trying to find the naval architecture museum. We finally gave up and were meandering up a street window shopping and happened across the museum. The museum was very interesting as it described how some of these different style ships were made. Unfortunately no pictures in the museum.

A better example of the streets of Mykonos, the white paint was blinding after entering a dark shop.

We had learned that the tourist restaurants along the waterfront were way to overpriced, on the order of $20 for a sandwich, $10 for a beer. We wandered the side streets, navigating by smell and decreasing amounts of tourist shops. We stuck our head into this place and were satisfied that we heard no English. There were four crusty sea captains in the corner table mumbling to one another and cook was a young Greek man whose mother would come from in back and yell at him every few minutes. We ordered a pork sluvaki platter, a greek salad, and 2 beers, came out to about 7 euro (~$11). The platter could have fed three people and the salad had a block of feta that would have been used on at least 4 salads in the states. This was our best meal of the trip.

The wealthier homes had a small garden in their front yard, which added some beautiful color to the already bright streets.

Another narrow street, I think we got lost again about this time. The best way to get out, follow the slope downhill back to the harbor.

Our cruise ship pulling away, the water was so clear.

As we were leaving the town two other cruise ships pulled up and anchored, using launches to ferry people ashore. We were happy we were getting out of there.