Panorama Village Parikia

... be a few more toasts and islands!

At the Marina Café, we were served by Rachel, one of the owners. We took an immediate liking to her. She took pictures of us, and we arranged to see her when we'd return in a week. As we were preparing to leave, she treated us to complimentary glasses of Ouzo. Why is this liquor called Ouzo? My sister-in-law explained it years ago. She said, "When you drink it ...

... are still many columns as well as some interesting mosaics. Even with what remains, there is enough to get a good idea of what the island would have been like in its heyday. The best know sculptures on the island are a row of lions.

We anchored within the Bay of Delos and returned in the afternoon for lunch aboard. After we finished exploring the island, we boarded the yacht and returned to Mykonos for the evening. We went to shore and found a ...

... beautiful place with the village full of white-washed buildings scattered around a maze of little streets and alley ways. Just at it seemed that Santorini was made for couples, Mykonos was make for singles and the party life. This is one place that I want to return to again.

... am headed there shortly. It's windy and rain clouds are looming. So, probably not going to get to work on that deep, dark, golden tan. Oh well. Maybe in Spain. :)

OH! Have I told you about where I'll be spending my birthday? I found this absolutely adorable agriturismo in southern Sicily that looks wonderful. Here's the site: www.villazottopera.it They're going to give me one-on-one cooking classes and they have a pool and horses and walking trails and all ...

... in that item.

Apparently, there were only a few taxi's on the island and one wonders why anyone would take one when two large cruise ships were in town. You see, not only was our ship, the Ruby Princess, carrying 3,100 passengers in port but the Celebrity cruise ship was also in port. There were so many people around the port area that taxi's virtually couldn't move more than a few inches a minute. Hope ...

... brace "Cripple sex only" (chick's boyfriend ******)
-fed the stray cats all the gyro meat
-MacGyvered his sandal loaded (random: "It looks like you are always eating your shoe")
-read all the books
-did all the shots with Bosh and requested all the Metallica (Motorbreath) at the shots bar

People we met in square while pre-drinking:
the Irish from Skiperine, Cork
-6'8" Brian with tall badge "Don't tell me I'm tall you ****ing ...

A 5am start and a four hour fast boat trip landed us in Mykonos, an island with a rich history stretching back thousands of years to the times of Homer, with greek culture streaming along every narrow whitewashed street, around every blue-domed church and along the wharf where the old men with huge moustaches throwing their daily catch from their colourful boats. This was Mykonos - also famous for being the gay party hotspot of the universe. We were all ...

... and still couldn't find my way back if I tried. I'm drinking a frappe. I've discovered that it's impossible to order 'coffee'. Espresso, yes. Cappuccino, yes. But not coffee. I've also discovered that every place in the entirety of Greece seems to serve 'frappe'. It's cold coffee, but frothed up and delicious. Not like the over sweet frozen coffee drinks we can find so easily at home. Not that I need to be drinking an icy drink. It's cold! In the evenings while I was in Oia I ...

... photos. Took the hard way back by accident and ended up falling on the bike, managed to bend it back into shape to get back. Supper was a gyro and Greek salad with some guys who arrived on the Island on the ferry with us. Greek feta is so much better than home! Sunday May 29th, Today started out the same. Then we took the bus and a ferry to the small neighboring island Anit-Paros to see the famous cave there. Rented bikes again and it was a really nice ...

How on Earth did I get to be so lucky?

My family and I went on a cruise of the Greek Islands. We ate a lot, got sea sick once, soaked up the sun, and absorbed the classically beautiful white and blue colours on the islands. There weren't very much ship activities that my sister and I were interested in but Allyson and I did win a bingo game! Mykonos was by far our favorite island because of its beauty.