Katakolon/Mykonos

August 16th-17th
Katakolon/Mykonos, Greece

Yet again, another day of fun in the sun has been interrupted by a rehearsal. Upon our arrival at noon, I got off the ship for a little exploring. The attraction of the port is it’s proximity to Olympia, certainly an interesting site to visit, but unfortunately not on my plans for the day. Instead, I walked around a small little city with little to offer but a long beach. I didn’t have my bathing suit on, and after seeing some jellyfish in the water, wasn’t about to go swimming, so instead went for a walk/run down the beach. Yeah, two consecutive days of running, I thought that was pretty good! But yes, there were tons of jellyfish all along the beach, and apparently they make them different in Greece. I saw on in the water that was the size of a deflated volleyball, looked to be made out of some sort of rubbery plastic, and almost glowed from its glossy blue-purple color. I swear, if you were to have turned that thing over it would have said “made in china”, it looked that manufactured. But then I saw dozens more, many washed up on the beach where it would find a slow, evaporating demise, or in the case of the lucky ones, covered with sand and jumped on. I continued at least a couple miles down the beach, wearing nothing but my shorts and John Wayne hat, enjoying what I could of this part of the Grecian coastline. This lasted a couple hours before I made my way back to the ship for the usual evening aboard…woohoo.
The 17th wasn’t much different, and with a morning rehearsal, the visit was limited to how early I was willing to wake up. Well, seeing as it was my only chance to see the city, I wanted to wake up super early, rent a scooter and go on my own tour of the city. I did manage to wake up early, something I’m very proud of, and after being off the ship by 8 am, I discovered that all the scooter rental places didn’t open until 9 am. This would have left me about 90 minutes of riding time, not enough to make the fee worth it, and disappointed in my foiled plans, I went walking as far as I could in the time I had. The city was gorgeous though, a perfect example of the Greek islands, and the weather was just perfect for going of a walk. Nothing too exciting happened though, sorry. There was however, Mykonos’ mascot, some famous pelican. I don’t understand the story (probably because I heard it from a ditsy spa girl) but supposedly this is supposed to be some famous pelican and the only one of the island, which when you think about it, makes absolutely no sense. But hey, there were tons of souvenirs with pictures of the dumb bird on them, so I guess I should write off this pelican’s accomplishments too soon. Maybe it’s worth researching when I get home…but probably not. I wrapped up my walk and caught a shuttle back to the ship where the day played out as usual. Thanks!