Day 14 - Mykonos

Espresso freddo: 0

By the morning I was feeling semi-human but Mary was only feeling mildly human.  However, after a token breakfast, we headed into town to sightsee.  We are on holiday after all.

When we got to the waterfront we sat and rested for a bit, while watching some fishermen clean and gut their catch.  This was also closely watched by some very large gulls who would swoop down to grab the entrails.  Fascinating to watch but perhaps not the best idea for people with delicate stomachs.

After this we wandered over to the Little Venice area which all the guides say you should visit.  To be honest, I'm not sure why.  The town is your classic pretty Greek island village with whitewashed buildings and cobblestone streets.  The only difference I could see with the Little Venice area was that the streets managed to be even narrower.  Perhaps this was where Venetian merchants lived?

We then went to see the windmills.  Another "must see" sight apparently.  They're windmills, but missing their sails.  I can see why they were built.  Mykonos is very windy and this was the windiest part of the town.  I would have liked to know more about what they'd been used for.  Grain I suppose.  One seems to be a private house (what a great B&B that would be) but some of the others seemed rather derelict.

After all this culture we headed back to our hotel for a nap.  Lunch for me was a packet of oregano flavoured chips and a bottle of water.  I don't believe Mary had anything at all.  One of the hotel cats thought about visiting me but decided to nap on my windowsill instead.

Mid-afternoon we headed out again to the archeology museum.  It had lots of finds, mostly from the nearby island of Delos which had a major temple on it.  Sadly the most interesting part of the collection were all the photos of the various digs.

Mary was still not feeling at all well so headed back to the hotel.  I headed off to the maritime museum.  Sadly I got there at 10 minutes to 3pm and it closed at 3pm and didn't open again until 6pm.  Perhaps tomorrow.  I ended up just puttering around and sitting a watching the sea for a bit before heading back to the hotel too.

By early evening I was feeling mostly human and Mary was feeling reasonably human.  We started with a drink by the rooftop pool here at the hotel (just Virgin Mojitos) before heading back into town for dinner.  Our hotel is up a steep hill.  Heading into town is fine.  Coming back is no fun, especially as the road is narrow and lacks any sort of footpath.

We picked a restaurant at random for dinner, Calma.  It was one street back from the waterfront.  I had pasticcio which was Decent but Mary had a margherita pizza that was sadly Bad.  The place served a mix of Greek and Italian food.  I think the lesson is only order Italian dishes in an exclusively Italian restaurant.  On the plus side the waiter was very charming.

Hopefully tomorrow is more fun.