Mykonos:
This was sort of an unexpected stop but kind of cool. We were going to be there for the evening for dinner, shopping and some nightlife. We chose to do the ship’s shuttle bus from the port to town. It was easy and quick.
The town is so pretty and right at the edge of the sea. If you are there in the eve, I recommend that you take some pictures as soon as you arrive as the sun went down quickly. We wandered through the narrow alleys filled with shops and restaurants. We decided to eat at a really pretty outdoor restaurant in the middle of an open courtyard. It was called Familia. The food was good but expensive. The atmosphere was wonderful…like you were in the middle of a party…under a pergola draped with bougainvillea. There were many cats wandering about and one scrawny one sat at the edge of my leg for my entire meal…just staring up at me.
After dinner, we did some shopping and I got a beautiful gold ring. I had hoped to find a gold ring on our trip as a memento and that I could wear as an updated wedding ring. I found it in Mykonos. It was a replica of an old coin that flipped. One side had Zeus and the other side showed Apollo’s Harp. Both Gods have personal meaning in one way or another to us and our children so it couldn’t have been a more perfect memento of our trip and a representation of our family.
On the walk back to the ship’s shuttle, we tried some Baklava and Kababs at an outdoor café on the water. We stopped in a tiny church and lit candles. It was too early to enjoy the nightlife but the music was starting and the lights were flashing…
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