Delos, Mykonos & a brief glimpse of Naxos!

After departing Loutra with little wind, we decided to stop once again at Finikas where we dropped our pick for the night and ventured ashore in the dinghy to meet up with Connie & Dirk for our last meal with them until September, as they are heading home for their daughters wedding.

The following day we set sail for Rinia, a tiny deserted island to the west of Delos and once again dropped the anchor with nothing around us, no tavernas, no habitation, and no wifi, just us, the sea and a smattering of other boats with the same idea.

In the morning we motored around the corner early to drop the anchor and go and visit the famous Ruins of Delos  before the hoards. We have to say, as the pictures will show, they were rather disappointing after seeing the Akropolis, Delphi & Olympia last year.

It took us all of 45 minutes, before we were back on board and setting sail for the south western tip of Mykonos, where we anchored in Ormos(Bay) Ornos for the night. This was the first view of just how much the island attracts the wealthy.

16th June arrived, and with strong northerly winds and the possibility of meeting up with Emma, we left the bay and headed around the corner to Mykonos itself, passing the old town by sea and then, as we are no longer permitted in the old harbour, found a spot in the new marina at lunchtime.

Mykonos

As Emma and Ryan weren’t due to arrive until 6 that afternoon, we jumped on the bus to go exploring and wow, so pretty, so quaint, all whitewashed, blue shutters and tiny cobbled streets, a complete maze we managed to get ourselves lost in!

By 6, after jumping on the sea ferry to the new marina, we were back on board nattering to our neighbours who were already rather inebriated, when I spotted a blonde bombshell scouring the quay, yes you got it, it was Emma! Finally David got to meet the one friend of mine he has never met and we had a giggle for all of half an hour. Their Catamaran, or should I say, their skipper had decided he was leaving in half an hour so time was shortly sad. I ventured over to meet Emma’s partner Ryan, who was lovely and his family, who were also very welcoming, also in the hope of getting an itinerary from their skipper in case we could meet up somewhere later in the week. Sadly, he would not be committed, not that I didn’t sympathise, the weather forecast for the next few days was the dreaded Meltemi and he had no idea how his guests would cope! And with that, she was gone!

Having returned to the boat, David and I got ready to go back into town to experience the Mykonos nightlife, not before the son of our neighbour asked for Emma’s number, rather taken he was with her, despite the 20 year age gap!.

Mykonos was fab, and as everyone says, has to be done at least once, even though the other islanders don’t care for it. We had a wonderful dinner (not the usual stifado, mousaka, and souvlaki) and a superb bottle of wine in a tiny courtyard, that you would not know existed and we managed to catch the last sea ferry back.

Sadly the next day brought very cold northerly winds and lots of rain, which saw us staying safely tucked up in the boat in the Marina until the following morning, when we set sail for Naxos, downwind in 20 knots, great sailing, but sadly no room in the inn for us, but we managed to drop anchor outside, gaining shelter from the breakwater and watched the sun go down. Perhaps tomorrow we will get a place, if not, there is always the dinghy to go exploring the town in.

Naxos