Greek Isles 2019 Mykonos for the day

 The day after our visit to Chania found us in Mykonos, a port we had loved last year.
We woke at 6 and saw the sunrise. We're generally not up with the sunrise on vacation...or at least happy about it...but on this trip we saw more sunrises than we ever have.

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We got off the ship at 7:30 and realized the seabus didn’t start until 9...we were a little in a sleep haze irritation and decided to just start walking. google maps said it wasn’t more than 30 minutes to town. This turned out to be one amazing accident let me tell y’all!

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We got to old town and it was vacant! The only signs of life were the fishermen and shop owners getting ready for the day. This was prime photo opportunity. I knew I wanted photos of little venice that we had missed last time so I told Nate to navigate and find it for me.

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 It was so quiet! So incredibly peaceful.
The only sound was the water hitting against barriers of the homes.
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 The man in the shop under the windmills was so kind! I told him I remembered his little shop from our visit last year and had to come back for another magnet...after I checked out he gave me a keychain and thanked me for returning.

This beautiful Windstar yacht was tendering

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There were still very few people out! We were able to get people free shots at the windmills!

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Nate bought some olive oil wood gifts from this shop
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We’re just wandering along and boom...Mykonos' pelican mascot walks in front of us
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There’s a windmill at the very top of the hill and we decided to hike up there
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we got back down and paid the 2euros each for the seabus back to the ship

 We got back on ship, ate a snack, hit the gym n then we’re going to go to the pool but Nate suggested we go down to the little beach directly in front of the ship. It was 4pm and BOB was 6:30. Off we went and it was incredible! Mykonos could not have been any better

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