Wednesday, September 20, we motored across to Mykonos, a distance of 20 nautical miles. We anchored in Ornos Bay on the south side of Mykonos Island. Our main reason for visiting Mykonos was that our cruising friends John and Sharon were staying in Mykonos this coming winter. Last winter they had stayed in Sabaudia, Italy, in John�s Italian business associate�s summer apartment. This year his Greek business associate offered him his summer home on Mykonos, plus a car. We spent two days visiting with them.
Mykonos was considered the glitziest island in Greece, home to the �pretty people.� Mykonos Town and Ano Mera were the two main settlements on this rocky, barren island. Before the tourist boom, Mykonos Town was a charming fishing village dotted with traditional whitewashed Cycladic �cubic� buildings and hilltop windmills used in grinding grain. Now Mykonos Town was quite glitzy; fortunately Ano Mera, being inland, remained low key. |
