Mykonos a Greek isle with another flavor. Vibrant best describes it. Especially its nightlife. Wild and off the wall!

An action community. Big time tourism! The town goes crazy beginning at 11 in the evening! Contrasted with Santorini where everyone is sound asleep at 11.

I know Mykonos. Spent much time there. Though the evenings were not my favorite. I only did one late night. Too late for me. Mykonos at its “evening best” is for the young. College age and a bit older. They swarm the town from 11 on. The night clubs boom!

Mykonos is also windy. Extremely so. Can affect one’s life. It did mine on more than one occasion.

Anna and I were waiting to take a ferry to another island. You wait on a long wide concrete dock for the ferry boat to come in. When it arrives, you hustle to get on and seated. Have to move your asses!

We were waiting in the long line on the dock for the ferry to come in. Wind gusting big time. Standing in front of us were some young Chinese girls. College age. Behind us, an elderly Japanese couple.

I was wearing Bermuda shorts. A gust of wind took my Bermudas down. I bent over quickly to recover them. The young ladies in front thought it was funny and were laughing. The elderly couple to our rear apparently thought it disgusting. I received a very dirty look.

Mykonos sports some of the finest island restaurants in Greece. Top shelf food! Even at the cheaper dining places.

Summer weather typically warm. Winters cold. Snows on occasion.

Windmills all over the island. A distinct part of the landscape. Compatible with the wind earlier described. Built in the 16th century to mill flour. Today transfixed into homes.

Little Venice. A special feature of Mykonos. Rows of fishing houses which live on the waterfront in a certain area. Their balconies hang over the sea. In days of old, the buildings were places where pirates stored their ill gotten gains. Today, homes. Their location the best place to watch the sun set.

Beaches outstanding! Similar to those on Santorini. Elia Beach one of the largest and most favorite. Nudity prevails.

A ton of churches. For many years, before a house could be built on a person’s land, a small church was first required.

Mykonos is accessible by air and ferry. Most take ferries. Cost a factor. Cheaper. Also part of the flavor of traveling between Greek islands. However, a hell of a trip! Can be rough. Very rough!

Basically two classes. Though some have more. First class is called “business class.” The other class name I cannot recall. I refer to it as “peasant class.” And peasant it is.

Think of economy seats on a plane. Perhaps 10 in a row. On ferry boats, 30 to 40. Uncomfortable. Difficult to get to. Better to pay extra and go business class. Seats parlor type, spaced and comfortable. A special kitchen and foods available. Especially necessary from my perspective on a  long trip. I recall one ferry boat ride that took us 8 hours with a ton of stops included. I would have died in peasant class!

Forget not the winds. A big blast rocked the boat like crazy. Would actually throw you out of your peasant seat on occasion. No seat belts available. On one trip I took it was so bad I decided to remain seated on the floor instead of constantly being thrown onto it and then having to fight to recover my seat.

Luggage another problem. Ferry boats not a place to travel with large bags. The fewer and smaller the better. Your headache to carry. Grabbed as you entered the ferry and thrown into a huge pile by a boat attendant. Good luck when you were leaving and only had minutes to locate your bags to get off.

I visited Mykonos three times. Once too many times. Obviously not one of my favorites.

We would take a room in a lovely hotel about a half mile outside of town itself. Large with all the amenities. Great room, pool and restaurant. Bare ass prevailed around the pool also. We would walk on occasion into Mykonos by day itself. We were too old for the nightlife. We made our own!

The hotel staff were very accommodating. Set me up with an office to do my daily blog.

I got hit by a car while on Mykonos. and the “bastard” never stopped.

The road was wide. I walked on the side. In what might be described as the country. I was heading to a beauty salon for a haircut. I walked along the side of the road on a small shoulder. Little traffic. On each side of the road was a four foot stone wall. Someone drove up and hit me. Never stopped. I flew over the stone wall. All I could think of when I came to was that a Greek isle was no place to need to go to a hospital.

As it turned out, I was fine. I finally got up and continued my walk. Merely a bit sore. Caused me to enjoy even more the haircut, pedicure and manicure I received. I had three lovely ladies working on me at one time.

Unless you are a spring chicken, I do not recommend Mykonos.

Fran and Tom Dixon telephoned me last night from their boat. They had left Spain and were on their way to France. Fran sent me pictures. Barcelona lovely.

Jean Thornton mentioned the other night that she and Joe had traveled on the Sea also and apparently took the same trip Fran and Tom were taking. Great was her representation of the trip!

Yesterday a bad day. I could not get my car off Duval street. For some reason, George’s garage was locked all day. Phones never answered. He may have been in Miami for surgery. He had been complaining recently.

I was screwed! No car, no George. How long could my car sit on Duval without being towed away?

Grandson Robert turned out to be my savior. He has a car. Drove me around as we figured out what to do. Took three stops at garages that did not deal with the problem described. Ended up at a large garage on Stock Island called Shifting Gears Automotive. They could fix it. I gave the owner Steve my keys and he said the car would be ready this morning. He would have it towed to his garage and he understood what had to be done.

I was curious as to the cost. He was not certain because it could be this or that. Whatever, I don’t care. I cannot live without a car!

Rained big time yesterday morning and into the early afternoon. I have not seen this much day time rain in years. It is pouring this morning at 6 as I write similar to the way it did yesterday.

Enough for this morning.

Enjoy your day!