One final note on Santorini: they have really good bus service. The bus station is cramped and chaotic but the busses go everywhere on the island. We went to the south most point, the north most point and the port; the fare averaged 2 Euro per trip.
Santorini and Mykonos have very different vibes. Santorini being very romantic and Mykonos the ‘party’ island. While Santorini was in full swing, everything open, Mykonos opens later in the season. There were still hotels that were closed.
The ferry ride from Santorini to Mykonos was 2 hours and 20 minutes. A slower ferry was half the price but took twice as long. For the first time we were disappointed in the accommodations. In the first place the hotel was miles from town, a 10 Euro taxi ride. And then their internet had been down for days. The final straw was at breakfast where we found the weakest coffee imaginable. On Saturday night we walked to the beach for a restaurant recommended by the hotel. Once again, we had a great meal . Was it the best? I wasn’t sure but Brenda loved the presentation. Shown appetizer with grilled Halloumi cheese, zucchini strands and tomato jam, sea bass and tuna steak.
The town of Mykonos was purposely laid out in a maze in order to confuse and slow down anyone attacking them. It surely worked on us. Along the quiet, except for tourists, white-washed lanes are high end shops. Not bad for an impoverished country. The small lanes seemed quite crowded to us. It is hard to imagine what July & August, the busiest months, would look like.
These are very interesting churches. These are difficult to photograph, partly because you can’t get the proper distance and partly because of the tourists. The church in the 3rd photo was the northern most section of the Little Venice section of Mykonos Town, or sometimes called Hora. This piece of land has been continuously inhabited since 3000 BC
On Monday, our last stop, Hydra, a town with no cars, but a huge cat population.
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