Athens was named after goddess Athena, Mykonos was named after the hero Mykonos, son of Anios, King of Delos, who was born to god Apollo and the nymph Reo. (Again, Greece is kind of romantic this way, steeped in mythology) It’s an island in the heart of cyclades group (total 200 island group in the Aegean sea that belongs to Greece)
A very special town with distinct idiosyncracies… White bordered cobbled paved floor against white walls with different color window trims (mainly blue) and winding roads…. They said the reason the town was built this way was to confuse invaders who can’t figure out which way to go when they were in one of those zig zagging winding roads….
After roaming the town aimlessly for hours, by 2 pm we thought we were ready to leave and actually got on a water shuttle when we changed our mind, jumped off the shuttle and then roamed for couple more hours…. Every where you turn you saw a new shape, a new color, a new silhouette, a new shop….. Our destination expert Jessica told us the best thing you can do in Mykonos is get lost!!…. We laughed about it at that time during her presentation, but now we understand…. Getting lost has never been so sweet before..
