We managed to eat our breakfast, return our ATVs and get our luggage up the steps to the square by 9:30 a.m. Every other time we have asked for a transfer they have arrived early. We waited for 10 minutes and I started to get nervous. When I said that I was worried we would miss our ferry Jane said, "It would be terrible to get stuck in this hell hole." That helped me get perspective. By 9:45 when no one had arrived, Brendon went down the hill to check with our hotel. When he didn't return right away, Brett went to look for him. That is when a large shuttle bus came to get us. Matt ran down to find Brett and Brendon. The square at the top of the hill is tiny and stuffed with cars, ATVs and motorcycles. Once we were all on the shuttle, a truck delivering gas, oil or water (I don't know which) came and blocked us in. Our driver got out and they had some words. The other driver moved his vehicle and was helping direct us out. There were more angry words. Our driver said, "He called me dangerous!" In spite of my worry that we would be late, I found this whole interchange thoroughly entertaining. But it does make me wonder how the infrastructure of this little island is going to handle all the new hotels that are currently being built. One taxi cab driver told me that there are over 2,000 hotels on this little island already.
I needn't have worried about time. We arrived in plenty of time, plus our ferry was late. We waited with a long line of other people. When the ferry arrived they rush you on so they can get to the next island. We hadn't even stowed our luggage in the cargo hold before the boat was rushing out of the port. We stopped at Ios and Paros.
We read, slept, snacked and dreamed of Mykonos.
We were checked into our hotel by 3 p.m. I headed out with Matt and Jane to explore Mykonos. We went down to the port,
past Panagia Paraportiani,
to Little Venice in search of food. We said we weren't trying to find the best food, just the best view.
The view was good but the food was so bad that we ate some of it and got out as quickly as possible.
We hiked up the hill to the windmills.
Then we wandered down the beautiful little streets.
We poked our head in some shops.
Matt and Jane waded into the water.
Then we returned to the hotel to rest and enjoy the sunset from our rooftop terrace.
Matt made reservations for the three of us to eat a restaurant called Nautilus. Just the walk over was lovely.
The food was amazing..
Matt and Jane had sea bass. It was a work of art...with a cup of butter.
Using Google Maps we made it home through the winding streets.
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