The Traveling Martens

Off to Mykonos

Leaving Santorini, we took the narrow street down the cliffs to the port. We boarded a high-speed ferry which sat above the water. This boat is normally very smooth, but the wind was rough and half the boat, including Stacy, was a little ill. We had three island stops during the three hour ride before pulling into the tiny port of Mykonos. Happy to be ashore, we took in the view of the blue water in the small harbor. White buildings creep up the hillsides around the town, and our hotel sits a short walk up the hill, and the balcony of our room overlooks the town. The town is a maze of narrow paths between the buildings, and is also known as Little Venice due to the winding streets and jumble of buildings.

On our way to dinner, we turned a corner and came across the town mascot, a giant pelican standing four feet tall walking down an alley (we think he was looking for a sea food restaurant). For our dinner, Stacy had a shrimp risotto and Mel had a baked lamb dish which was great. For once our meal came without french fries, we have been amazed at how everyone in the world eats so many french fries now. In Amsterdam, people walk down the streets eating baskets of cheese fries, everyone in Australia eats them, and many of the gyros served here in Greece have french fries in them now.

We ate our dinner at 9 pm and the city was still pretty empty. We walked around the small stores, restaurants, and bars and were amazed to see it getting packed with people just getting to town when we went home around 1 am. Mykonos is known as a party island and locals told us there are beach parties each weekend in the summer which don't even start until 3 am. Today we are off to enjoy one of the many beaches Mykonos is also known for.

posted by Mel and Stacy Marten @ 5:04 AM