Delos

After having breakfast at our hotel this morning, we began our leisurely walk down towards the port to catch our ferry ride to Delos. As we approached the town, however, the walk quickly turned into a frantic run as it was fast approaching the 9am departure time. We successfully made it out of the labyrinth-like streets of the town and caught the ferry by minutes.

The boat ride to Delos was rough to say the least. At times the little boat was tilted so severely that I thought it was going to tip over. Chris was becoming sick and went downstairs to the lower deck inside, and I followed soon after.

We arrived at the island at 10am when the site opened. For some reason admission was free today and the attendant at the gate just waved us in. The site looked huge at first glance. We followed the route as suggested by our guidebooks. Most of the ruins are so "ruined" that it takes great imagination to visualize how everything would look more than 2 thousand years ago.

After a brief visit to the on-site museum, we continued on to the Sanctuaries of the Foreign Gods, at the foot of Mount Kynthos. Chris originally wanted to just sit and wait while I climb up the hill, but as I started the climb it didn't look that high to me so I got her to climb with me. I hope she agrees that the view up there was worth the climb :)

We'd originally planned to take an early afternoon boat back to Mykonos, but at the end, we took the last boat back at 3pm. When we got back to Mykonos we tried to find "Petros" the pelican again, hoping to catch it when it wasn't sleeping like yesterday. Unfortunately it was nowhere to be seen.