Captain Mercer sped through the night to give us an earlier arrival time into Mykonos than was planned, which originally was to be at 1:00p. Not knowing that we would be arriving earlier, we had pre-booked an excursion through the ship that would allow us to visit the island of Delos as this was the only option for one to visit Delos at that late in the day. We arrived in the bay near Mykonos around 11:00 and just had a relaxing morning and early afternoon enjoying the view until we needed to head down for our departure to Delos. Fortunately, mom and Lyn were back to feeling well and ready to get out and see the sights.
As mentioned, the ship was at anchor in the bay at Mykonos Town, so it was necessary to take a tender from the ship to land. This was a quick and easy five minute tender ride. Afterward, we took another tender out to the island of Delos. This tender took a little longer; about 30 minutes and went as smoothly as the first. It was here that we met our guide, Irene that would be showing us all what Delos had to offer. I wont go into all of the details, as I think that I had a link to some info on Delos on an earlier blog, but it is the mythical birthplace of Apollo and contains incredibly intact ruins from inhabitants from the 3rd century B.C. through 4th century A.D….roughly. This is an incredible place. By law, no one is allowed to live on the island and so in essence, the entire island is an archeological excavation sight. Our guide, Irene was fantastic. It was obvious that she loved what she did as much as she loved Delos. What a incredible island…
After returning back to Mykonos, we headed off to find the restaurant Alefkandra that had been recommended to us. The town itself is a series of narrow winding roads lined with little shops ranging from small grocery stores to fine art galleries and everything in between. It is really a maze and pretty easy to get turned around. So I finally ask one of the store owners if he could direct me to Alefkandra and he points and says just around the corner and to the left…so off we go around the corner an to the left…no restaurant. We keep making our way in what I think is the right direction and occasionally ask where Alefkandra is and always getting the same answer; just up there and to the left. Now I know that we have made several right turns by now…but no...it’s still up there to the left. I even asked how far at one point and got a shoulder shrug and a “not far…just up on the left”. Ah...the shoulder shrug followed by an oblique attempt at direction…no one knows where Alefkandra is. Eventually we found the spot just up on the left known as Alefkandra and what a perfect spot it was. Its located right on the water with tables lining the rocky beach. The sun was about an hour or so from setting, small waves breaking across the rocks…sounds of seagulls and the ubiquitous Grecian cats wandering around. There were very few people here when we arrived so we practically had the place to ourselves. Lyn and I shared a mixed seafood platter, Melauna had a spinach pie and mom had a shrimp dish in roasted tomatoes. Along with a plate of olives, fried eggplant, fried zucchini and bread, we had a feast fit for a king! We all ended up sampling everyone’s dishes and although the food itself was good but not great, the setting could not be beat and was quite memorable. Mine and Lyn’s mixed seafood platter had a whole fish amongst lobster, shrimp, and octopus and fried calamari. Although everything was easily identifiable, we were curious as to what type of fish we were eating, so we asked….We were told with a shoulder shrug and a point toward the object in question…”eets feesh”. Oh…Eets Feesh…okay. Anyway the Eets Feesh had been grilled in a nice lemon butter sauce and was very tasty.
After dinner, and several Grecian cats dinners, we spent the rest of the evening wandering the narrow streets of Mykonos Town, dropping in the various shops that the city had to offer and even finding a few items to take back home with us. Of all the pieces found, Lyn found the most perfect one; a really nice sculpture of a fish skeleton. It is hard to be absolutely certain, as like I said, it is a skeleton, but it appears to be the same size and anatomical structure of that of the prized Mykonos Eets Feesh fish.
After finishing up our shopping, we took the tender back to the ship and as it was getting pretty late in the evening, we called it a night. No shows, no casino, no bingo. We all had a great day and hated to see Mykonos fading in our wake, but tomorrow was going to be an early start in Ephesus, Turkey and so we said our goodnights.
As mentioned, the ship was at anchor in the bay at Mykonos Town, so it was necessary to take a tender from the ship to land. This was a quick and easy five minute tender ride. Afterward, we took another tender out to the island of Delos. This tender took a little longer; about 30 minutes and went as smoothly as the first. It was here that we met our guide, Irene that would be showing us all what Delos had to offer. I wont go into all of the details, as I think that I had a link to some info on Delos on an earlier blog, but it is the mythical birthplace of Apollo and contains incredibly intact ruins from inhabitants from the 3rd century B.C. through 4th century A.D….roughly. This is an incredible place. By law, no one is allowed to live on the island and so in essence, the entire island is an archeological excavation sight. Our guide, Irene was fantastic. It was obvious that she loved what she did as much as she loved Delos. What a incredible island…
After returning back to Mykonos, we headed off to find the restaurant Alefkandra that had been recommended to us. The town itself is a series of narrow winding roads lined with little shops ranging from small grocery stores to fine art galleries and everything in between. It is really a maze and pretty easy to get turned around. So I finally ask one of the store owners if he could direct me to Alefkandra and he points and says just around the corner and to the left…so off we go around the corner an to the left…no restaurant. We keep making our way in what I think is the right direction and occasionally ask where Alefkandra is and always getting the same answer; just up there and to the left. Now I know that we have made several right turns by now…but no...it’s still up there to the left. I even asked how far at one point and got a shoulder shrug and a “not far…just up on the left”. Ah...the shoulder shrug followed by an oblique attempt at direction…no one knows where Alefkandra is. Eventually we found the spot just up on the left known as Alefkandra and what a perfect spot it was. Its located right on the water with tables lining the rocky beach. The sun was about an hour or so from setting, small waves breaking across the rocks…sounds of seagulls and the ubiquitous Grecian cats wandering around. There were very few people here when we arrived so we practically had the place to ourselves. Lyn and I shared a mixed seafood platter, Melauna had a spinach pie and mom had a shrimp dish in roasted tomatoes. Along with a plate of olives, fried eggplant, fried zucchini and bread, we had a feast fit for a king! We all ended up sampling everyone’s dishes and although the food itself was good but not great, the setting could not be beat and was quite memorable. Mine and Lyn’s mixed seafood platter had a whole fish amongst lobster, shrimp, and octopus and fried calamari. Although everything was easily identifiable, we were curious as to what type of fish we were eating, so we asked….We were told with a shoulder shrug and a point toward the object in question…”eets feesh”. Oh…Eets Feesh…okay. Anyway the Eets Feesh had been grilled in a nice lemon butter sauce and was very tasty.
After dinner, and several Grecian cats dinners, we spent the rest of the evening wandering the narrow streets of Mykonos Town, dropping in the various shops that the city had to offer and even finding a few items to take back home with us. Of all the pieces found, Lyn found the most perfect one; a really nice sculpture of a fish skeleton. It is hard to be absolutely certain, as like I said, it is a skeleton, but it appears to be the same size and anatomical structure of that of the prized Mykonos Eets Feesh fish.
After finishing up our shopping, we took the tender back to the ship and as it was getting pretty late in the evening, we called it a night. No shows, no casino, no bingo. We all had a great day and hated to see Mykonos fading in our wake, but tomorrow was going to be an early start in Ephesus, Turkey and so we said our goodnights.
"the prized Mykonos Eets Feesh fish."
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