After docking we bought tickets with the sea bus to Mykonos town for 2 euro per person each way.
It was nice because the sea bus was literally right next to the cruise ship dock and it comes and goes every 30 minutes.
First glimpse of Mykonos...lovely!!!
Before our adventure in Mykonos begins.
Blue dome church.
Major heart eyes!
Beautiful restaurants line the streets like this.
One thing I loved about Mykonos was the white building, the colorful doors, the beautiful flowers, and the streets. (The white grout was paint, I thought that was interesting and something I want to do one day!)
Mykonos is known for their beaches and because they don't have public restrooms accessible like the U.S. we opted to just wear our beach clothes for the day.
I spy...a cat. Just taking a nap, no big deal.
Fun fact about Mykonos, and Greece in general, there are cats EVERYWHERE.
Another charming restaurant with beautiful flowers!
I LOVE roof/balcony gardens!!!!
More beautiful flowers popped agains the white. MMM.
I spy...beautiful flowers and another kitty.
I thought it was hilarious how there were cats EVERYWHERE, so you'll see a few of these pictures.
We did a lot of stopping to take pictures, but how can you not in such a picturesque place.
We got lost a lot because the streets just wind every which way, but we didn't mind cause it was so beautiful.
Another lazy cat.
Mykonos is known for their windmills so we spotted one and made our way towards it but when we got there we had discovered just one of the windmills, not the famous line of them so we enjoyed the view for a while then made our way to find the others.
We could see them, but how do we get to them?? Haha.
There are currently 16 windmills on Mykonos, most of them were built by the Venetians in the 16th century, but construction continued into the early 20th century. They were primarily used to mill wheat and were an important source of income for the inhabitants. Their use gradually declined until they ceased production in the middle of the 20th century.
Something I didn't expect to see in Greece and Italy but they were everywhere and were beautiful were cacti.
They tell you not to pet the stray cats, I'm extremely allergic to cats but when they are napping in a window like that it makes me want to hug them.
Are you catching the charm of Mykonos??
We certainly did.
Why not stop for a photo shoot right?
So that's what we did.
I love him.
We are crazy haha.
I LOVED all the colorful doors so we made sure to take a picture in front of lots of them (not all pictured haha.)
The Greek churches are DRASTICALLY different than the Italian churches. They are much smaller, maybe 1 or 2 small rooms with blue dome ceilings, lots of pictures (as pictured), lots of gold accents, and a few (if any) chairs set up.
I'm not sure how their worship services go, but if I had to guess I'd say it's more of a walk through, quick kind of thing.
Picture of the second room.
A cool lounge area. Mykonos is known for their party scene, so I'm sure at night this is one of those scenes.
What I pictured Greece to look like. (I spy another cat, and I didn't mean to take a picture of this one.)
More charm.
The view looking out from the windmills.
Little Venice with out cruise ship in the background.
We finally found the windmills.
So cool.
The neighborhood across from the windmills.
Little Venice.
Little Venice is one of the most romantic places in the whole of Mykonos. This neighborhood is replete with elegant and gorgeous old houses that are situated precariously on the edge of the sea.
Beach.
After already having been to Venice a couple days before, it didn't quite compare to the real thing but it was still charming.
Another perspective of the windmills from Little Venice.
Another church right next to a restaurant.
This was one of the biggest Greek churches we went into.
I thought this painting was interesting, what was so interesting was the cat behind Jesus.
(Told you cats were everywhere!)
Another.
The Greek flag was flown everywhere.
Scooter and ATV rentals were available all over the island, and I'm mad I didn't get a video of it but the streets were dangerous and crazy with scooters, ATVs, buses, cars, all driving crazily everywhere. Because of what we were witnessing we opted to not rent a scooter or ATV.
So we bought bus tickets at a convenience store for like 2 euro a piece and made our way to Ornos beach.
We opted for this beach because it was family friendly and we wanted to be comfortable and just relax.
They had chair rentals but we brought towels and wanted to lay on the sand so we walked to the end where there was a sandy area. The water was beautiful with it's shades of blue and green.
There were lots of sales people walking up and down the beach selling selfie sticks, clothing, hats, purses, etc. I looked at a few of them but didn't end up getting anything.
My handsome hubby.
Beaching it.
More flags in different form.
After chilling on the beach for an hour or two we caught our bus back to the main areas and went exploring by foot again.
An orange/red dome church.
Exploring on a scenic walk along the coast.
That water though.
We found our way back to the windmills, but this time on the backside of them.
Cute little scooter.
Lots of shopping everywhere. I LOVED the flowers here and how they were growing.
By this time we needed something to eat so we ordered a waffle and crepe. The waffle was AMAZING!!!! So amazing that I may or may not have ordered another one...
Seriously it had a warm pastry texture with chocolate, ice cream and more chocolate. I don't know how they made that waffle but it was seriously heavenly!!!
I still dream about it.
Then it was time to head back to the ship.
Goodbye Mykonos.
You are seriously BEAUTIFUL!
Something we learned about Greece is how sexual they are, there was inappropriate pictures, calendars, games, objects everywhere on display haha we couldn't help but blush and laugh at some of them.
View from the sea bus back. So beautiful.
We had a blast in Mykonos just wandering around together and taking in this cool culture.
I loved the white buildings, colorful doors. flowers everywhere, delicious food, and gorgeous waters.
Here is
part 2 of Jeff's awesome videos he made of our trip! This one includes Sicily, Mykonos, and Ephesus.
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