Europe - 2015 - Day 7

We awoke to beautiful weather and anchored outside the island of Mykonos.  Mykonos is an amazing island.  All of the buildings are painted white with only the church domes painted either red or blue.  It is quite a sight to see.

As the ship did not dock but anchored, we had to take a tender to the small town.  It was actually better that to take a tender as they dropped us off right in front of the main part of the city.

According to the books, this island was “discovered” in the 1960’s by Aristotle Onassis who brought Jackie Kennedy here and soon the island became a playground of the celebrities.  Today it is for everyone and has a permanent population of only 8,000 people.

After spending most of the morning wandering the little streets of the town, we took a cab to one of the most famous beaches Paradise Beach.  The sand was almost like pebbles and the water was crystal clear with a very hot sun.

We ordered lunch which was a seafood salad, including shrimp and octopus and then stayed on the beach for the rest of the afternoon.  It was also the beach where most of the show cast was staying.

Then we took a cab back to town, walked around a little more and took the tender back to the ship.

We went to the food deck and brought some snacks back to the cabin and ate on the deck – what a great place to just relax!

Next was nap time and when we woke up it was time to go to the show.

The show was a piano player from England whose claim to fame was coming in second in one of the music TV shows.  We didn’t stay.

Dinner was a little late as they didn’t have a table for us right away so we sat in the lounge and were seated at 9:15pm.  The food was excellent; however, tonight the service was lacking.  Also, we had a very loud table next to us.  The Manager noticed it also and apologized to us and said he would sit us in a better table tomorrow.

Then it was time for the casino and both Barb and Ed won – so it was a good day and a good night.

Tomorrow is Katakolon, Greece, the gateway to the original Olympics.  We have made that tour before so we will get up late, get off the ship and shop in the little village of Katakolon.

Night for tonight – it is 1:30am our time.

The windmills for the city

Lunch on the beach

Part of Paradise Beach

A snack on the way back



Leaving town

The Celebrity Constellation