Monday, May18, 2015
Today we left Santorini, sadly waving good-bye to Katie, Zach, and Ryan as we loaded our van to head to the port. They all had to get back to work and so were spending a final day in Santorini,after which Zach and Ryan would head home to Brussels and Katie would begin her flights home to Columbus. (She ended up being delayed in Athens, missing her connection, and spending a night in New York, but was lucky that her Uncle Bill was home and could rescue her for the night.) We arrived at the port in Santorini in plenty of time to catch our Master Jet ferry to Mykonos. Chris had recommended that we all splurge for the club class seats, so we were all sitting together with great views of the sea and islands. There was a coffee and snack bar, so it was a very pleasant ride. Upon docking, there is a kind of herd effect when gathering your luggage from the holding area and leaving the boat, but our transfer van driver holding his 'Chris Pappas' sign was there waiting for us to drive us to our lovely hotel. One slightly unsettling moment as we all simultaneously realized that he was driving away with the luggage door open....luckily no bags spilled out. Our hotel was the Harmony Boutique situated at the merge of the old and new harbors and a very easy walk to restaurants and shopping. Everything was blue and white like I had always pictured when thinking of the Greek islands. All of our rooms were serene with individual balconies and patios. There was a beautiful pool in the front of the hotel with a great bar and fabulous views of the harbor.
After checking in, we walked into the shopping district and found more delcious gyros for lunch and then everyone scattered on various shopping/coffee/pastry missions. Chris and Amy began serious jewelry negotiations. Others found soft Greek cotton shirts, sterling earrings and necklaces, etc. The shops were in a maze of streets and it was easy for the directionally challenged like myself to get lost, but there was always another great store, cafe, or speak-easy around the next bend. This shopping district was a lot less hilly than in Santorini, so that was very nice. Mykonos, while still full of history, had a more tropical feel. I really liked it.
We met at the hotel's pool bar for sunset cocktails. Beautiful! Then, we walked into town for supper al fresco and planned for our next day on this magical island.
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