Day 6 – Friday, July 5: Start our 3-night Aegean/Mediterranean Cruise
It was a little later start today, with a departure time of 9:15. We enjoyed a relaxing breakfast on the top of the hotel. It provided an incredible view of the Acropolis and Parthenon (we will visit this on Tuesday morning next week). Tasos (our Greek agent with us for the 3 day cruise) gave us tags for our bags for the cruise boat. We loaded the bus for the drive to the Laurion port of Athens (not the usual port of Piraeus). The drive to the port took a little over an hour and fifteen minutes.
Following the standard procedures of boarding the ship, the ship pulled out of the port in the early afternoon. We enjoyed the standard life-jacket drill and then lunch on the ship. The rest of the afternoon was a leisurely one as we sailed about 66 miles to our first Greek island, Mykonos. The deep blue waters of the Aegean was beautiful! Today’s weather also made it perfect, with full sun once again and highs in the 80s.
“We began our three-day cruise today! The blueness of the Aegean waters is remarkable! It was a leisurely day on the ship that holds about 1,400 people. We docked at one island, Myconos. It is famous for the white buildings and windmills.”
Mykonos
We arrive at the island of Mykonos about 6:00 p.m. We disembarked the ship shortly after, taking smaller tender boats towards the main part of the harbor. We then strolled through the maze of walkways and white-washed buildings before arriving at the famous windmill area. We enjoyed the waterfront (called Little Venus) lined with shops and cafes. The sunset over the Aegean Sea was spectacular! After time walking around on our own, we returned to the ship on our own for a late dinner. While we sleep tonight we will travel to Kusadasi on the western coastline of Turkey.
Day 7 – Saturday, July 6: Kusadasi, Patmos
