On Sunday, I got myself up early and bought a ticket to Delos. Everyone clambered onto the benches on the top of the boat to soak up the sun. As I waited for the boat to leave, I realized that although I'd applied sunscreen, I forgot to bring any with me. Damn.
After a pleasant 30 minute ride we arrived at Delos. The island looked huge! I wanted to avoid getting on the last boat back, so I had about 3 hours to see the sights. And the sights were amazing. Thinking of how the island must have looked in its glory, with the huge populace, was just mind-boggling.
It was also mind-boggling how it was so sunny and hot there!!! The sun just beat down on us. I got to the museum at the midway point and was grateful to be out of the sun for a while. The exhibits were amazing, especially a mosaic floor that was just gorgeous; it's hard to tell from the picture but the tiles are tiny, the size of a pencil eraser or smaller.
I set off again to wander the ruins. Houses, temples, stores... all amazing to imagine. I met a woman from California in one of the temple ruins and she had an excellent guidebook, so for a while we were at the same pace and she would tell me about each ruin.
At this point I was so hot that I was standing up against walls and pressing myself into corners of ruins to get into shade. If I found a big patch I would sit for 5-10 minutes and admire whatever view was provided. At 1:10 or so I gave in and made my way to the boat, bought a beer and a water and guzzled down what was the best, coldest beer I'd ever had - it was so refreshing!!! As I waited for the boat to leave I had to laugh - everyone was now crowding inside, having had more than enough sun!!!
When we got back to Mykonos, Charlotte was waiting at the dock and we wandered the town again - she'd gotten red on the sunbeds the day before and I had had enough sun for the day!!! We came across a restaurant that we liked the looks of for dinner. After buying wine and after-sun lotion, we headed back to the room for sunset drinks then went back to the restaurant, where we had a fantastic meal of modern Greek cuisine.
After dinner it was time for bed - we needed to be ready for the beach the next day!

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