Mykonos - Greece

We visited Mykonos on a half day visit. I had not booked any ship tours because we decided to go ashore on our own.

We went ashore and took a shuttle bus to the main part of town.

Mykonos is a very famous Greek Island. It is made of granite and all the homes are painted white with blue or red shutters. This is what you typically see in paintings and postcards of Greece, very different to Athens and the mainland.

This place is truly unique, with tiny streets and walking areas, it is a place where progress seems to have missed. No typically evident things like satellite dishes or other modern things, whilst I am sure they have them, they have been very good at hiding these from tourists so as not to spoil the impression of this island.

What a lovely place.

Athens - Greece

Another important Port of Call on this trip was the visit to Athens. Athens, the centre of the ancient Greek empire, was the centre of the ancient world after Rome. If you ask the Greeks, Rome was second to them!!

We took a ship's tour again in this port that covered the city of Athens and the Acropolis. After a coach tour of the city, we headed up to the Acropolis. Acropolis is the term used for the entire area on the mountain that includes the Parthenon and other monuments. From the mountain top we could see the whole city which is probably why the ancient Greeks built it there, it was a fortress.

Michael behaved very badly as by this point in our trip, he was getting toured out. No more ruins he kept saying. At this point we started to consider the suggestion that he stay in the kids club whilst we went ashore which he wanted to do.

Anyhow, we went, we saw and we were there!! Seemed like the top of the world, and it was for the Greeks.