With a bit of rest & a shower we wandered out into Mykonos town. It’s a short drive from the hotel’s Platis Gialos beach, and the town’s houses of whitewashed plaster hugs the bay. The sky and clouds treated us with a pretty awesome show as the day headed towards sundown:
Archive for October, 2009
Greek Isles Day 1 – Mykonos (2)
Posted in Greece, tagged Greece, Greek Isles, Mykonos on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Greek Isles Day 1 – Mykonos (1)
Posted in Greece, tagged Greece, Greek Isles, Hotel Argo, Mykonos on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My first day in the Greek Isles began with a midday flight into Mykonos. No sooner than five minutes after checking into the hotel, and putting down the bags, there came a knock on the room door. “A complementary cold drink, enjoy your stay in Greece” At that moment I knew my holiday has begun [...]
Livin’ in London – Gettin rid of 1p and 2p coins
Posted in London, UK, tagged 1p coins, London, London Life, Pennies, Self Checkout, Supermarket, Tesco, UK on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the banes of my existence in London has to be items stupidly priced ending in odd pennies like £4.98, £5.99, etc… In Oz these would have been sensibly rounded up or down to the nearest five cents. Not so in the UK – which inevitably loads me with dirty, near-worthless penny coins. In [...]
The best sunset in the world – Santorini
Posted in Greece, Travel, tagged Fira, Greece, Santorini, Sunset on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To me, the sunset view of Santorini has to be the best in the world. At around six on a September evening, in the island’s major town Fira, tourists jostle for position to see the white-washed houses of the bay turn a pinkish hue, and the great yellow fireball sink into the caldera island.
