Day 5 - "Just a Little Bit of History Repeating..."

I LOVED today! I took myself off to Ornos Beach early doors. It was before the hordes of sunworshippers arrived, so it was relatively quiet, and it was glorious - I had a couple of dips in the sea and just generally revelled in being at the beach! Then I rejoined Andrew at the hotel to enjoy the sun a bit more, and we had a very lazy morning.

We the went into town for some lunch and on the way we bought some tickets for a tour of the neighbouring island of Delos which would be setting off at 5pm. Perfect time in between for us to have some lunch, and this took us to a different area of town just south of the Windmills. I had heard of a place called Joanna's Nikos' Taverna, and it sits on a beach called Megali Ammos. It's a really relaxed, family run place (in contrast to the poised, chic eateries in the main bit of town) and we had a great lunch there (although the chickpea curry salad was a bit weird...)

From there we scurried back to the old port to board our boat to Delos. It's a narrow strip of an island south west of Mykonos, and there was an ancient civilisation there starting from about the 3rd-1st centuries BC. There are many many archeological delights on the island, and the excavation and the restoration are extensive and impressive. We opted to have a guided tour, and I'm glad we did as our guide, Alexandra, was completely brilliant - she is an archeologist herself so her 2 hour tour was informed, insightful and entertaining.

After our little bit of history, we got the bus back to Ornos and had dinner there. Every day walking to the bus stop we pass a restaurant which is always full, so we thought we'd give it a go. As ever it was rammed, mainly with locals (good sign!) and we got the last table available. It's a lot more laid back and reasonably priced than the Deansgate Lock-esque beach bars, and the menu is a mix of traditional, Mykonian and Cretan dishes. I ordered Prawn Saganaki, and Andrew went for the Mykonian sausage with seasonal vegetables. Turns out seasonal veg means chips, and the exciting sounding Mykonian sausage was...just sausage. So, sausage and chips for Andrew! He was disappointed. My Saganaki was bloody well nice though. There was a good atmosphere in the taverna, and while the two waiters were working very hard the owner was a very jolly chap. I soon realised this was because he was HAMMERED. Lots of the diners were locals who he knew, and he was having a shot with everyone of them! At the end of our meal, as is quite often the case he bought over a shot on the house, and he had one with us too proclaiming the shot to be the "best thing in the world!" Of course it would be rude not to, but it was some kind of grappa-firewater which was LETHAL! He left us the bottle. Huzzah! Despite the disappointing sausages, it was a great night to round off a lovely day.

Only a couple more days left - noooo! We are exploring other bits of the island tomorrow, so stay tuned!!!xx