08: Last day in Mykonos

view from our patio

Tomorrow just after noon, we high speed ferry to Santorini.  But hey, we still have over a day here, and this is really nice.  The upgraded room Lisa sprung for paid off.  Large patio, great view, steam room in the shower, etc etc.  She knows how to pick them.  Here is a link to our resort.  Petasos Beach Resort an Spa.  Where they do everything right, except they don't know how to sell.  Cut the drinks price in half, and I think they'd sell 10 times what they sell.  The poor girl at the small pool bar doesn't make more than 3 or 4 drinks per day.  Dumb dumb dumb - oops, I think I've already said that.  Also, the drinking water here is very safe, but the ph is higher than we are used to so they tell us not to drink it.  Brush your teeth, gargle, rinse, take your meds with the water is fine.  But quantities of it, we are not used to.  So, the hotel should provide no charge drinking water - a necessity of life.  Even in the poor countries of Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Mexico, they provide free unlimited bottled water.  I see sparkling and mineral water on the mini bar price list, but not regular drinking water.  Maybe I'm missing something here, maybe I should call room service and ask for drinking water.

Anyway, slept in today, then did a short stint at the small pool.  I then took a long walk up to the other beaches on the coast.  Paraga, Paradise and and Super Paradise.  A beach is a beach is a beach to me.  It is a place of sand and water to lie and swim in.  Nice beaches, not crowded this time of year.  Not the sandy, long endless beaches of the Caribbean, but nice in their own different way.  The land, coastline here reminds me of the French Riviera - cote d'or.  Dry, burnt, not much green, rocks, rocky shores.  Actually, the French coast did have much greenery, but here, nope.

After the walk up thru the hills, took me nearly 2 hours, great exercise, needed it to battle the 5 pounds I think I gained since I arrived.  Took a quick swim the the ocean, got a Greek salad at Nikos' to go, and headed back to our warm sunny deck to dry, eat and relax.

Tonight the others want to eat down from Nikos' at a place that has lamb giros, so, I will go with the flow.  Tomorrow night I will (try) to update from Santorini, let's hope for a reasonably priced Wi-fi connection.