In front of the Acropolis
We have been fortunate to have Michelle and Nico visiting Greece for the past week! Last Thurs. Brian and I met them in Athens for a full day of sightseeing. We saw everything there was to see and saw as much of the city as we could. We even found some great live Greek Bozuki music! On Fri. we left for Mykonos. We were so excited but had seen the weather forecast showing lots of rain and we were happy when we landed and there was none. The three of us checked into our hotel and Michelle and Nico got upgraded to the honeymoon suite! It was a really nice hotel and we were the only ones there, haha. We realized shortly after check in that pretty much the whole island was shut down. Unfortunately this country really functions on a seasonal schedule and when it is not summer time it is hard to get the full experience. We were still optimistic though b/c we had heard that Mykonos was the party island! We thought, people can still party when it's cold out! Apparently not though and that night, after a delicious Italian pizza dinner, as we strolled through "Little Venice," the part of town that is supposed to "go off," there was hardly a soul in sight. We did find one little bar that we could hear Greek music emanating from but as soon as we walked in every single person in the bar turned their heads and stared at us and as Nico said it felt like the music was going to come to a screeching halt. We decided to move on. We gave up our Mykonos party search and headed back to the hotel hoping the next day to get more out of the island. The next day the rain did decide to show up. Brian and Marco were headed to the island via the ferry and we decided to rent a car so at least all of us could see the island this way. We thought we could at least drive to the beaches to check them out and after picking up B & M from the port we got on the road. We drove to a few of the infamous Mykonos beaches but they were shut down and locked up as well and from what we could see they weren't anything impressive. As we had heard Mykonos really only has one thing to offer, and that is a really good time, in the summer. We were disappointed but we still took lots of pictures on our last day there to take advantage of the shining sun and we headed back to the main land and finally to Patras. Brian and I showed Michelle & Nico our life here in Patras, eating and drinking lots of coffees. We were able to take them to the Achaia Clauss winery, Brian and my favorite place in this city. The people there are so friendly and the woman took us on another delightful tour. Since Nico is from Napa I think he especially enjoyed the tour. The next day I drove them to see Delphi, another favorite spot of mine, a 2hr beautiful drive from Patras in one of the most picturesque spots for any town. Finally, on their last night with us we took them to Bozukia. They had been dying to get a night out on the town in Greece and it doesn't get more authentic then Bozukia. I think it was quite an experience for them and I am glad Brian and I had another opportunity to go b/c it will probably be our last time. Our time here in Greece is boiling down and we need to take advantage of every minute. This morning, after about 3hrs of sleep I drove them to the bus station and sent them on their way to the airport from where they will head to Santorini! I hope the weather is better!
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