Today, Saturday the weather was suppose to be variable cloudiness and possibility of rain with strong winds, not exactly the type of weather you want on a small island like Mykonos with limited things to do at the end of the Season. This morning the wind was around 40km per hour at sea, rough really and the fast ferries might not come to the island. At 10am we decided to go into the village of Chora which is the main town of Mykonos where all the cruise ships disgorged the hordes of tourists. Most of Chora is now boarded up and close because it is the end of the season and everyone who has a business here is returning to Athens for the winter.
Do you see Zorba at the windmills in Chora.
Chora is a bit of a lovely tourist trap, coffee is 3.50 euros and tea is around the same price, when you consider that on the mainland it’s 0.80 cents. There are also lots of shops selling 3 things, T-Shirts, expensive watches like Rolex or Cartier and table cloths and cotton clothing. In a 5 minute walk around the village we encountered no less than 25 shops selling expensive watches. We had bright sunshine but the wind was freezing. So after having a coffee we decided to return to our hotel on the other side of the bay. It was lunch time and now the weather had changed to hot bright sunshine and no wind at all.
Small street in Chora.
I hope that tomorrow as we sail to Santorini some 3 hours away by boat the weather is the same. I am told that tomorrow will be really hot, which is fine by me.
I prefer Santorini to Mykonos, why difficult to say maybe because it does not have the disco bunny reputation of Mykonos. Santorini is more elegant, less jet-set, more quiet though it is also visited by the cruise ships, it’s a different atmosphere.
Dad is doing better is coughing has almost disappeared, the hot sunshine helps a lot. I think we are the last guests in the hotel, we are leaving tomorrow and then they can close-up.
Apparently this was not a good season, less tourists due to the economic crisis in Greece and in the world.
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