Delos/Mykonos

I took the ferry from Samos to Mykonos and got collected by the host of my lodging at Room 11. It is more like a motel than either a hotel or a b&b, well away from the center of town which is, in any event, closed to vehicles. (thank heavens!) 

The next morning he took me to the “sea bus” at the “new port” which apparently receives the cruise ships and commercial traffic. There was a giant Holland-American ship there when I arrived. I took the sea bus to the old port and got the 9 o’clock ferry over to Delos, and saw immediately that I would be okay with walking around as much as I liked. Hot, but a breeze, and plenty of places to stop and rest as I walked. I also was given an annotated map with the ticket to enter. So I walked and sat, walked and sat. The only problem was that I had had no breakfast and the cafe that appears to exist there seems to have been closed for years, so by the time I left on the 1:30 return boat, I was pretty hungry. But I loved the place, stark and dry as it is. The buildings are more Greek than Roman (unlike at Ephesus) and it is obvious that much of the island has been, from the very beginnings in prehistory, a sacred place. Birthplace of Artemis and Apollo. A special place indeed.