Today's blog brings us to the third of the three Greek Islands on our trip: Mykonos. It's known as a beach and resort island. The hotel we stayed at was really beautiful. It was located at the top of the highest peak of the island, had a nice view overlooking the town of Chora, and a beautiful pool. Everyone's hotel room was perfect... except for ours. Here's the story:
(View of the hotel from the 2nd floor restaurant - atop our 1st room).
ABOUT MYKONOS - Travel websites say that Mykonos is a favorite summer destination and has a cosmopolitan aura (didn't feel that), award-winning restaurants, and enchanting beaches. It's also known as the "Island of the Winds," and has a few working windmills which you'll read about in the next blog.
HOTEL ROOM CHALLENGE
When the group checked into a beautiful hotel called the Damianos Hotel, we were the last 2 of the 17 to get a room assigned. The hotel consisted of single-floor rooms with the exception of 2 rooms located down a stairway and situated directly under the restaurant.
Guess where our room was located? Directly Under the Restaurant. Everyone else got a room on ground level with windows. Not us. I had already had enough with all we put up with on the trip with the bad behaviors of the group and I wasn't about to take the cave-like room under the restaurant so I asked to change rooms. The staff was very accommodating and apologized. They moved us into a room on ground level with two twin beds and a window in the room (it was very nice).
(This is what everyone's hotel room looked like, and where we got moved to after I asked)
AN OPEN SHOWER - The room that we were initially put in (under the restaurant) had a large shower with a glass frame around it. We realized that's why they put us there. In this room, the Shower consisted of a 2 1/2 foot by 2 1/2 foot square of tiles on the floor with a drain, and no shower curtain or glass around it. It was open to the bathroom. When Tom took a shower, the whole bathroom was soaked! I learned from that, so I hugged the corner of the shower (against the walls), so the water wouldn't splash through the bathroom.
HOUSES IN MYKONOS / TOM SKETCH - Many of the homes were white in color and it seems they were mostly one story with a loft. Tom sketched a house from the island of Mykonos during dinner one evening. According to Greeka.com, Traditional and cubic houses with flat roofs, wooden colored doors and windows create a unique atmosphere that reflects the main features of the traditional style which is today popular worldwide. Despite its tourist development, Mykonos island is proud of its strong Cycladic identity.NEXT: Lost in Mykonos
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