Seventh Day of Cruise — Mykonos
We got up early (5 a.m.) so we could shower, eat breakfast, and be ready for the first tenders heading to shore. They started passing out tender tickets at 6:45 and we ended up on tender #3 around 7:30, getting to shore around 7:45.
The tour book was right about the small twisting streets. Everything was white with blue trim. We wandered up streets, twisting this way and that, and ended up at the Windmills. It seemed to take a lot less to get to them than we had expected.
We took a lot of pictures there, then started climbing toward the “top” following the main road. It kept seeming to go up and up, until we finally found a way heading down, along a twisting road that we thought we found on the map.
We found another good scenic overlook, where some tour buses had let a lot of people off to look. It was next to a building that looked like a converted windmill.
The other notable thing is that all the buses were packed next to a lot of full dumpsters. Outside the close port area of shops and swept streets, trash seemed to be the overriding theme, that and that things have been allowed to run down. We found a large parking peninsula that was surrounded by sail boat docking ties. But they were all rusty, and the pavement in part of it was disintegrating.
here is a link to video of us walking on the beach.
The other thing we did was take our shoes and socks off and walk through the foam and water at the edge of the small Old Port beach area. So we can say we have been in the Mediterranean Sea.
And now it is 11:15 a.m., and we are already back on board. Trying to decide what to do for the rest of the day….
Kids went their own way for lunch, and Betsy and I dined at Windows. We arrived at 11:55 and were seated immediately, even though they didn’t open until noon.
Before lunch we went to the computer room, paid for by minute access, and printed off our airplane itinerary, so we could give it to the guest services desk for debarking early on Wednesday to catch our plane in Venice.
After lunch Betsy and I took another nap, then I went up to the pool deck for a swim. The wind was very windy, blowing water off the jacuzzi’s at the tables. There were about 18 people when I first got into the water, but within a couple of minutes only two of us were left, so I swam 20 laps — 10 freestyle, and then 10 elemental backstroke/breaststroke. I did backstroke down to the deep end (Because I could see the ladder to know I was at the end,) and then breaststroke back.
Mom and Dad took the kids for dinner, so Betsy and I dined at the Garden, before going to the Evolution of Magic show in the Stardust Theatre. All 11 of us were there, but in various groups.
After the show it was time for a snack, and then off to bed.
At The Rainbow 