On the Blue Star Ithaki

So this morning we sailed from the Port of Pireaus to Mykonos on the Blue Star ferry, Athens was cloudy and rainy when we left, there’s a huge weather system over the Greek Peninsula at this time and for the next 3 days. Meaning that the weather may not be ideal for Mykonos or Santorini but we are here to get away from it all. This was how this package was presented to me and that is what I wanted for me and Dad.

The Blue Star line are huge boats, carrying up to 900 cars and have 6 decks of passengers, business class and first class, restaurants and shops and television. At this time of the year, the boat is half full, we are entering the low tourist season. Everyone on staff is nice and things are quiet.

Mykonos port, Blue Star Ithaki

Greek television showing news, talk shows, weather, looks like rain everywhere. We had to get up pretty early this morning but this is the last early morning of this trip. Every other day will be at leisure. So far things are going well.

We made stops of a few minutes in two other islands before we arrive in Mykonos. Finally here we are, the weather is grey and because we are off season the place is deserted, most hotels have shut down for the winter and only one big cruise ship is in port.

Our hotel is quite nice on St-Stephan beach, a white and blue building with little cottages, a pool and a nice view of the bay.

We had lunch at Kapari, the restaurant of the hotel, Dad had fresh grilled sardines with a puree of fava beans and capers.

Grilled Fresh Sardines with white Fava bean purée and capers.

I do hope the weather improves in the next day or so, the sky looks uncertain, but what is nice, is the calm and quiet of this place. Now is the tranquil part of the vacation, nothing to do but read and write up on the computer.