Mykonos

 With our time in Paros done, we left for Mykonos the next day, and Mykonos has been wonderful. We weren't to sure what to expect. We heard it was a party island and very crowded, and although it is both of those, we are loving it. The town core is gorgeous. There are so many wonderful alleyways to get lost down.

There is also a portion of the town called "Little Venice", which has buildings that are right on the edge of the ocean. Mike is off trying to take a night time shot of it right now, which is why I am writing the blog post instead.

Anyways, our first day on Mykonos was July 28th. We arrived around 1pm. The owners of our hotel came to pick us up and brought us back to the hotel and our room, which is beautiful...which it should be at 99 euro a night (it was hard for us to find a place at this time of year for any less). The doors are yellow and blue and so cutesy.

After we arrived we showered off and then went for a walk around town. We ate at a tavern called Nikos, which our hotel recommended. The restaurant was beautiful. I decided to try a traditional Mykonian appy that kind of sounded like bruschetta, but had cheese (apparently the Mykonains are known for their cheeses). Unfortunately we were not prepared for the strong cheese. It was sorta like a blue cheese, but so much stronger. It almost felt like it was burning your mouth.

Mike is back now. He wants to take over because I'm too slow.

We then spent the rest of the day just wandering around Mykonos Town, and then went back to our hotel to watch the sunset with a bottle of wine (Mike had water), and then went to bed as we had planned a beach day for our only full day in Mykonos.

We woke up earlier than normal (around 7:30) and pulled together our stuff for the day.  After a quick FaceTime call with Heather, we left the hotel and made our way to the city centre for breakfast and to rent an ATV (no more hot, overcrowded buses!)

We decided that since we had the quad we could go to a few beaches, so we checked TripAdvisor and chose to go to the top 3 beaches, Panormos, Agios Stefanos, and Agios Sostis.  Each of the beaches were nice in their own way, and we enjoyed them all.  Lindsay wants me to mention that every time I go to fast, or don't "slow down for the corners" quick enough I get poked in the ribs...somehow this doesn't seem to be a wise decision...you know...distracting and harming the driver of the vehicle...

The first beach, Agios Stefanos, was a "natural" (not nudist...although there were some...) that has no amenities (no umbrellas, showers, restaurants, etc.)  We stayed here for maybe an hour and half, until 11:30.

The second beach, Panormos, was much more populated, as the first beach we had almost to ourselves.  This beach was very nice, however, as the swimming seemed a bit better, and it had less nudists.  It also had some cool rocks to take pictures on, that were in the water, but gently broke the surf as it came in.

The third beach we got to around 2pm, after stopping at our hotel on the way there to cool down for 30 minutes.  Here we rented beach chairs and an umbrella, although at 12 euros, this was the most we have had to pay for them anywhere in Greece.

We left around 6:45, and then went back to the hotel to shower, change, and drop the ATV off at the rental place.  We then made our way into the town to take some pictures, eat, and wander the streets a bit and see what the night is like in Mykonos.

Tomorrow we will be out the door around 8:30, on our way to the airport, and on our way to Rome!  We have loved Greece and will hopefully return one day.