Day 7 September 15 - Mykonos Greece

Today we are in Mykonos which a small island in the Aegean Sea with about 10,000 people who mostly live in the town of Mykonos. As you can see all the homes here are white and referred to as sugar cube houses. Today we were told there are 7 cruise liners in the harbour and we are the only one docked. The people from the other cruise liners will be taken ashore by tenders - small boats - to do their excursions. We will take a shuttle into town later on today as we are here until 8:30pm tonight.

Today dawned very nice but a bit of a breeze for a change. We had a late breakfast and headed for a short bus ride to the centre of town to explore a little. With so many tourists around the small cobblestone streets were busy for sure. We did take some photos and as you can see it's the opposite of Athens. I could live here but not in Athens. 

It's Day 5 of our cruise and Gladys thinks since Day 3 that it is going too fast. I tend to agree. It was nice to be able to walk around at your own leisure as opposed to being part of a group. Tomorrow we are in Rhodes and will have a similar type of day. On Sunday we are in Santorini and we do have an early morning excursion booked.

We finished off the evening with dinner where I had grilled flank steak and Gladys had turkey parmesan followed by tiramisu for dessert. We chatted with a lovely couple from Chatham, ON who sat next to us during dinner. They had been to Newfoundland many years ago and loved it. They flew into St. John's and drove across the island to the west coast. After dinner on a walk around the ship we met up with a couple whom we met earlier from Phoenix Arizona and had a lovely chat before we took in the live show.

Another great relaxing day. 

A Mediterranean Sunrise

2 of the other cruise ships.

View of some of the homes.

Only way of travel between all the islands is by ferry - a couple are seen here.

Virgin Cruises Resilient Lady - a little smaller that the Reflection we are on.

Some vehicles do drive the narrow cobblestone streets - even narrower ones than this.

Small beach near the downtown core.

One of the narrow streets.

Another steep cobblestone street we walked.

A garden on one of the streets. Not much room to grow anything here.

Another street - a odd vehicle do travel those streets but mostly smaller motorcycles.

A little theatre with all the sound system installed in the middle of the town.

A quiet back street way.

And another cobblestone area.

Notice the blue on the doors & balcony. We were told that these are the colours of the Greek flag and are the only colours that people can use. But we did notice a couple of red doors! :-)

A girl offered to take a photo of the two of us in front of this house.

A tiny church we came across on the waterfront. 98% of Greeks are Greek Orthodox while all other religions make up the other 2%.

Gladys lighting a candle in the couch in memory of her mother and all our deceased family members. We thought of them all.

A view down on the waterfront.

Another view from the waterfront.

No Pizza Delight here but we found a Sinners Pizza but we didn't partake.

One last view looking up from the waterfront.

A sign the caught my eye during our walkabout.

One of the many yachts to be seen around the harbour.

A cute little girl sitting by the roadside with a paper cup in front of her playing a little accordion. I couldn't resist taking a photo and giving her 5 euros. She gave me a big smile even before the money.

Notice the little white paper cup on the bottom left. There was another older woman playing about 50 feet from her. Not sure if they were together.

This is Gladys finishing of her lunch with a little bit of ice cream. I had some pizza and a Corona. Ah, life is good!!

Gladys & her turkey parmesan.

Evening in Mykonos - taken from top deck of the ship.

Gladys with Mykonos evening in the background.

Sunset over Mykonos.