Old Friends in New Islands

Monday, September 4: Mykonos (Bill)

Our trip to Mykonos was perfect and so relaxing; we slowly "raced" a French sailing skiff almost the entire time. On our way into Mykonos' new harbor we sailed past Dilos, one of the small islands just southwest of Mykonos. Dilos is a dry, completely uninhabited, and highly protected island due to all the archeological sites there. We snapped a few pics (see above) and made a mental note to wake up early in the morning to catch a ferry there to see the ruins.

Mykonos is exactly as you always hear it described: tons of partiers from all over the world up until the wee hours packed into clubs with exotic drinks and thumping music. After dinner we went to Caprice with Sini and Thomás, where they were playing great music and serving huge drinks garnished with iceberg-sized chunks of fresh pineapple and watermelon. After that we went to Club Semeli and met up with our friend Deanne, a good friend and fellow Greek-American on vacation in the islands. We hadn’t seen Deanne since she moved away from D.C. almost five years ago, so it was fun to catch up over drinks with her and her friend Sharon.

We all left Semeli and sought out Club Astra (on Sini’s suggestion) where we sat down, talked over the loud music, and drank some more. Deanne and Sharon had had a few nights in row like this, so they turned in around 3 a.m., but Amanda and I went back to Semeli, which was completely packed and playing fantastic dance music. We danced for awhile, and by the time we caught a cab back to the harbor where the catamaran was docked, it was well after four in the morning.

Needless to say, we never set the alarm and only saw Dilos again as we sailed past it on our way to Donousa...