Island Hopping: Mykonos

We finally dragged ourselves away from fabulous Santorini to Mykonos, another famous Greek isle. We hopped off the ferry having not booked and wandered semi-randomly around the maze-like town, trying to find the hotel recommended in our Rough Guide. We never did, as we were intercepted by a very friendly (if a little used-car salesman-like) Aussie/Greek hotel-owner who gave us a good deal on a room in his family hotel. Jonathan was a Sydneysider who had a successful clothing business in Australia before returning to the family business, running the Hotel Zorzis. We won't be reviewing our stay here, TripAdvisor does a great job of that, but suffice to say that our stay seemed to reflect our opinion of Mykonos being a slightly-inferior version of Santorini!


After a late lunch spent people-watching and soaking up the sun near the marina, we ventured back into the maze of the whitewashed stony alleyways. Again we were amused to see the locals frantically re-painting the walls and even touching-up the white paint on the pavements, to make sure they were ready for the tourist masses about to arrive for the High Season.
Perhaps it was because we'd "done" all the touristy shops in Santorini, but Mykonos didn't really grab us as a shopping destination, despite the brochure describing it as a retail paradise. I don't know why you'd come all the way to Mykonos to pay twice the going rate for a Swiss watch! And, aside from a row of 5 traditional windmills (which may well have been assembled last week from fibreglass for all we know ;-) there was a distinct lack of traditional local culture in evidence.


It certainly wasn't a bad place though! We watched the sun go down from "Little Venice" over a couple of drinks, and enjoyed some yummy Greek desserts before finally turning in. We could both get very used to being island-hoppers!