The Ferry to Mykonos

Our trip to Mykonos started on a ferry ride that we all thought might be somewhat familiar to the ride between Vancouver to Vancouver Island, but boy were we in for a surprise.

After waking up in the dark (first time on this trip), the four of us walked from the hotel to the ferry terminal. The terminal was buzzing with other travelers as we lined up to get onboard. I suppose the first difference I noticed was that there was a lack of vehicles going on, if any at all, to this ferry unlike at home.

We presented our tickets onboard and were in queue to go up a couple of floors. Everyone was on the escalator and as I followed Margaret, Matt and Jim up the escalator, I was redirected to use the stairs running parallel to it! What was that all about?! Margaret thinks it is because I look more fit so could handle the stairs. hmmm I have my own theory. Can’t give the guy a break?! I had an enormous bag on my back!

Second surprise of the ferry ride is the difference in the quality of comfort for all different classes of ticket holders! At home, we all get seats and some personal space with both indoor and outdoor options. On this ferry, we sat outside on deck, with a dirty table and some roughed up hard chairs!

Oh and I forgot to mention we had to endure five hours of second hand smoking! This by far was probably the worst! This would not happen at home! GRRR to all you smokers out there!

Five hours later, we arrived in the Mykonos port. Now I recall Mr Neumann in grade 9 math class saying to everyone “When you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME”. Boy did we ever! We assumed that there would be an abundance of cab to take us from the port to the hotel! Wait, rewind, we assumed that we had to take a cab from the port to the hotel. So there were the four of us, with our luggage, and our smoke soaked clothes waiting for a cab in a line of maybe 20 others.

Thanks for Margaret’s sharp eyes, she spotted our hotel’s shuttle car, and we jumped on. We were under the blazing sun for a good 10-15 minutes!

Ok the complaining is over. Who can complain while on the island of Mykonos?!

The hotel we got was quiet, had an amazing pool, friendly staff, some other homos, and great wireless!

We all got settled in, and headed into town.

And so our five days in paradise begins