Greetings from scenic Mykonos, where we are spending one evening. I would have posted sooner but internet access aboard the Perla is too outrageously expensive even for my extravagent tastes. So I waited until we got into port here before writing another entry.
It is not peak season yet so the scene has not really picked up yet here in the 'little Venice' section of Mykonos. Still, the white and blue adobe houses are gorge and the bay is quite lovely. This is an island I'd be interested in returning to during summer, when I'm told there's an amazing gay beach called Super Paradise.
This morning very early we were in Patmos, the so-called "holy island" of the Greek Isles due to the fact that John the Evangelist wrote his portion of the Bible there . It's also home to this amazing monastary where he spent some time. We toured that plus an interesting nearby grotto. To get to shore we had to disembark from the cruise ship in these tiny slip boats, which felt very adventurous as we stepped from the wobbly gangplank on the deck. We had just enough time to get up into the hills and see those sites plus the most captivating views of the hills, bay and islands imaginable. The seclusion of Patmos has attracted stars like David Bowie, Bruce Willis and Tom Hanks who have come here in the past for privacy and quiet.