October 21 - Thursday - Mykonos, Greece

We didn't take a tour in Mykonos. The tours all looked really mild and didn't describe anything we couldn't do on our own. Mykonos is probably larger than the bit we saw, but we must have been in the most scenic part of it.


Mykonos, Greece

There's nothing that doesn't treat your eyes in this part of town - the older section. It's white and white and white, with bold blues, reds, greens, yellows for doors and windows, and everything has a cast of blue from the beautiful sky (the day we were there) and the ocean.


One of many beautiful, quaint buildings

Blue sky plus blue sea plus stark white stucco equals blue everywhere

There are oodles of shops with colorful wares. I really liked the colors in the outfits hanging by this door.

Everything is lovely

We walked higher into the town so we could have a look from above, and we were rewarded with this scene.

View from higher in town

We enjoyed watching the locals, many of whom were fishermen, go to and fro, some selling their wares by the sea. One striking difference I noticed between the shopkeepers in Mykonos and those in Turkey were that none of the Mykonos shopkeepers tried to sell you anything. I think they could learn from Turkey. Part of the fun of Turkey was the charm of those who tried to sell you anything and everything. As you strolled by shop after shop, men and women shopkeekpers alike might whisper "I want your money," "I have a deal you can't pass up," or something like that. It was all in good fun, although at the end of the day, every sale that resulted from the fun was good business for the Turkish shopkeepers.

Most of the vehicles we saw were very small or were little Vespa-type skooters, and they skooted in and out of those small narrow places where we walked. The amount of traffic in what we would have considered the walking area was amazing. We watched one guy bring his truck into the beginning of the old town, open the back and unload his skooter, and take off toward town. We didn't get a picture, unfortunately. It was funny.

We found a cafe overlooking the water (that had a bathroom), and we bought coffee, a Coke, and a sweet (as our rent) and sat enjoying the sights for a couple of hours after our walk. A very sweet day.

We had the most beautiful sunset as we were sailing from Mykonos to Monemvassia. We've had such rainy weather, this was really a treat.

A sunset to remember

Our flickr Mykonos pictures: Mykonos