Mykonos

We checked out of our villa soon after 9am this morning, and almost left with our room keys! We drove down to Fira town to search for the famous blue dome church of Agiou Mina, only to find it painted white! After breakfast, we headed down to the new port to return the rental car before 11am. Although our FlyingCat speedboat came late while we waited in the packed waiting area, the boarding process was relatively quick, and we were out of the port in no time.

The arrival scene at Mykonos was just as hectic. We were quickly directed towards our hotel's shuttle bus which had only 2 empty seats left just for us. I had no idea where we were going as the bus wound through the streets of Mykonos and uphill towards our hotel. I was a little worried that the remote location would mean inconvenience for us to go to and from downtown.

When we finally arrived at our room, we looked out the balcony and saw the famous windmills. They looked far. So it was quite a pleasant surprise when the concierge told us that it was only a 10-minute walk away.

Our boat ride to Mykonos began around noon. It was now after 4pm and we hadn't eaten anything since breakfast. After visiting the windmills we stopped by a gyros place to have a pre-dinner snack before continuing our sight-seeing, which included finding the town's mascot pelican, and enjoying the sunset from Little Venice.

For dinner, we searched for this restaurant with very unique dishes. It probably would've been easier to find if it wasn't already dark at around 7:30pm, but we managed to find it tucked away in some side street. The restaurant was very nicely decorated, situated right beside a lit outdoor pool. As we entered, the owners were still setting up the table. We were at first very happy finding this nice restaurant and having it all to ourselves. But it slowly turned into a not-so-pleasant experience. First, we discovered that the special menu was only available if we ordered wine, so we were forced to order the dishes that we liked at much higher prices. By the time we ordered it was after 8pm as we had to wait for them to finish setting the tables. This was not so bad compared to how long we had to wait for our meals to come. We didn't start eating until 9:45pm, a nearly 2-hour wait! The only consolation was that the meals were as good as they were unique. Chris tried a smoked eel while I had a duck in chocolate sauce. We probably would have been in much better moods to enjoy it if it'd come "on time" though.

Lowlight/Highlight of the day: unique-tasting meal after an excessively long wait