3 September Sunday, Mykonos Greece

What a beautiful place - better than any postcard. It's a camera overload! I'm doing wifi in a cafe. We docked here, which was different from the original plan in the itinerary of a tender port, and there were free shuttles to take us the short distance into the town.

There’s a beach right in front of the shops; it looks “white” but it’s actually shale, not sand.

I found a café and settled down with an iced coffee to do my wifi – yes, even on little Mykonos it’s free wifi in cafés.

Yes, the water really is this blue and sparkling clear!

It was very hot ashore, although okay if you could get out of the sun, so I was back on board for a late lunch.

I discovered that the ship’s calendar changed the non-denominational service to 6.00pm, which meant I couldn’t go because I’m on early seating dinner.

Now here’s the second major God story of my trip. Today, having been offered an amazing excursion on shore in Mykonos for Naples on Thursday to go to Sorrento, Positano, the Amalfi Coast and Pompeii, I had to decide whether to cancel the ship’s excursion I had booked to only Pompeii. I was only prepared to do this if I could get the refund ($US95). It took some to-ing a fro-ing, but eventually I found out that I could get the refund. Next step was to book the new excursion (ϵ89, so about the same cost). However, it turns out that when I pay on Thursday it has to be cash. So I was aware I would need to find a cash machine, which I don’t expect to be a problem in Rhodes tomorrow. However, I discovered that I’d brought my leftover $US notes with me - $30; so I went to the desk and got $20 for this (plus some $US change). When I checked my total cash now, would you believe I have ϵ89.25!!! I think that means I’m supposed to go on the better excursion!