Day 26 - Saturday July 24, 2010 - Mykonos, Greece

Day 26 in Mykonos

Top: Super Paradise Beach from the boat returning to Plati Gialos.

We slept until 10:30 - now that's unheard of. Perhaps we are getting on Greek time now.

We went to the breakfast before they shut it down at 11 am. Just what we needed - more food!
We sat in the lobby and finally got a fairly good connection to the internet and updated my blog, email, etc. Tim got us chairs by the pool and I joined him about 1:30 and we relaxed by the pool for the day.

Tim got us some lounge chairs by the pool under an umbrella. We had a great location and were glad to get these as other people come to our hotel to use the pool during the day and there is no preference given to hotel guests which doesn’t seem exactly right.

So the day was spent lounging by the pool – that was it. We read, slept, listened to music. The hotel has a fabulous sound system and they played some Sarah Brightman sounds so I ended up listening to her most of the day. We enjoyed a Mythos beer (Greek) by the pool. About 4 pm we were getting hungry so Dimitri set up a table in the shade with our lunch and a bottle of Greek wine. It was good although a bit pricy.

We stayed by the pool until about 7:30 and then freshened for the sunset and show. Sunset draws a HUGE crowd here as this is a great place to watch over the city while the sun sets. We had a couple of drinks (Tim is exclusively doing “Rose Kennedys” now. And of course none of the bartenders know what that is!).

We headed into town about 9:30 for our 10 o’clock reservations at La Maison de Katrin (again!). We were seated right inside the front door where we had sat on our first visit here 10 years ago. After much consternation we settled on the chateaubriand for two and we were not disappointed. I started with the prosciutto and melon. We ordered a bottle of Argentinian red wine that was really good with the meat. This place is great – and we love it. We had tarte tatin (upside down apple tart) and chocolate mousse for dessert. Yum!

We got to meet Katrin herself. We had never seen her in the background. But there she was preparing some things for the kitchen and resting in between. She opened Katrin’s in 1971 and we imagine she is in her 80’s. We thing “Mrs.” is her daughter – there is a resemblance. “Mr.” definitely runs the establishment though. What a team they all make here. So enjoyable.

I paid the bill and we made reservations for Wednesday (under my traveling name of “Mr. Lorenzo” of course!). They offered us a free ouzo shot for our patronage. We accepted and somehow got it down.

We then roamed around the alleyways of Mykonos City and ended up at Mona’s for a drink. By this time it was about 1:30 in the morning – we never do this at home! But it’s the Greek way! So we headed back up “the hill” for a good night’s sleep. The walk seems to get harder and harder – there has to be a better way!

A fun filled day of relaxation, sun, good food, good drinks – enjoying life. Isn’t this what it is all supposed to be about. A great time of reflection and enjoyment.
"La Bon Vie"! Lovin' it!