Greek Isles Tour

 This morning it was time to be all packed up and ready to drive to the cruise ship right after breakfast!  We had buffet breakfast again with some of the same strange food - but you can always count on a soft, flaky croissant with the best jam ever - served in tiny screw top jars - I loved it!

We headed down with our luggage and soon headed to the city of Lavrion to board our Celestyal Cruise Ship for 3 nights!   I remembered our Alaska cruise as we got to the port and waited in line to check in - they had loud music playing and gosh, what a festive environment!

After getting checked in, we headed for our walk to the ship - IN THE WIND!!!!  OH MY GOSH - you could hardly walk it was so bad and we couldn't get there fast enough!!  WOW - I wouldn't want to live by that port if the wind is always that bad!!

As soon as we boarded, we were able to go to our room - we were on the 4th floor and I loved that Patty was willing to do the steps every time as it was sure good exercise to go up and down many times a day!  Our room was cute - small of course but room to unpack and get organized!  We took a very quick tour and then it was time for the lifejacket meeting!  Patty and I could NOT figure out how to get in those life jackets so we carried them out on the deck (and about froze as we didn't put sweaters on) and a guy showed us how to put them on - quite a while later we were FINALLY done!

We headed to the buffet for lunch and of course it was packed, due to everyone needing to eat after the life jacket meeting!  It was nice outside so we headed out there, but all too soon the wind came up and started knocking wine glasses around - one broke right beside us so we headed inside!

By the time we got to Mykonos it was already late afternoon - Mykonos is called the St. Tropez of the Agean! Most of the houses and windmills are white - so pretty!  The cruise ship couldn't dock so we took boats to the island - I caught the sun just setting as we got off the boat!

It was quite a walk from the harbor to the town but we had a beautiful sunset to watch as we strolled along - it was gorgeous!

Were there cats on Mykonos?  OH my gosh yes!!  They are everywhere - beautiful cats - well fed - well groomed - we were all amazed!

The ships looked so pretty against that sky!

We walked around the harbor first - couldn't figure out what this building was but we assume some type of a church from the crosses on top!  But there were sure a lot of people around!

Dusk was setting and soon it was dark - we did walk around the little streets and alleys to peek in some of the shops and buy a couple of things!  I really wanted to get to the windmills but it was just too dark to figure out how to get to them!  

The whole hillside was lit up when it got dark - so pretty!

I loved this little church - quaint and very small - just what you would expect to see on an island!

Due to the darkness and the chilliness, we opted to head back to the cruise ship - Pastor and Faith were headed back too so we walked with them and definitely used the flashlights on our phones so we could see where we were walking - lots of stone pathways and uneven rocks!

After boarding the ship, we headed to eat - it was getting later so the buffet wasn't too busy and they actually had some good salads that I enjoyed!  And dessert - always great desserts!

And then it was time to see how we would sleep - I did NOT get a patch to wear on the ship, thinking the Agean Sea would not be rough - WRONG!  I ended up wearing my wrist bands all night and we did rock quite a bit but I did fine - and actually did sleep good that night!