I've had a wonderful summer vacation...no TV, no computer, no plans, of course I equipped myself with several books and my camera as always.
A vacation getaway is always great fun!
It was almost noon when we finally arrived at my good friend Anne's beach house on the beautiful island of Mykonos, Greece,
and we decided to jump in the pool and chill out.
ABOVE A gigantic cruiser getting ready to leave port.
We also visited Katrine's, a cozy little restaurant with its sophisticated setting and cuisine which we enjoyed quite a lot. Needless to say the food was absolutely delicious and glowed with the strong, warm flavours of Mediterranean!
The bottom line is this: I finally managed to get some time to rest and relax with family and friends. The best part is, the joy I felt in the tiny bits and pieces of life because I truly took time to stop and smell the roses.
So that's pretty much how we spent our summer vacation.
Thanks, Ann, for making this a very pleasant vacation for all of us.
How was your summer? How did you spend it? Did you go on vacation? I'd love to hear. xx
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looks like a beautiful place to rest and relax. me? i spent a good part of this summer indoors in the A/C as it was incredibly scorching here! looking forward to fall!
Wow great pictures, and the beautiful water, a dream!
Greetings Crissi
A great holiday.
Wonderful photographs. Almost paradise. Happy weekend. :)
beautiful beach and the water looks wonderful. the ship looks as big as a mountain. great photos and looks like a wonderul place to vacation.
we live in FL 10 miles from the beaches and we are both retired, so our vacation time is the same year round
So many wonderful places :) Got any special places there to recommend? Food, shops, beaches?
What a lovely summer you had :)
What a dreamy spot.. the colour of the water is just incredible.
Your picture show a simple, light-hearted place and time. The ship is a sea monster, seeminly friendly but much too big to come so close. I took most of June and visited family and friends in Northern and Southern Claifornia with a little sight-seeing.
Welcome back! Your vacation sounds like a dream and your photos proves it.
That water looks beautiful and so inviting! Sounds like you had a lovely summer vacation. I visited family in Wisconsin and enjoyed seeing green grass and tall trees.
Looks a beauty spot there my friend, can I join you?.
wow, amazing photos
lol. imac, be my guest!
The beach and water looks so refreshing and amazing! We haven't had a vacation in several years and even the last one was the first in a very long time and was more of a business trip, than relaxing time. It's too hot to be outside, here.
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Sounds (and looks!) like you had a wonderful vacation!! I went to Mykonos once long, long ago. *sigh*
Nothing special around here, but it was a pleasant (although excessively hot) summer.
So glad you got a chance to relax!
I want vacations too :)
nice shots
Aaa, Mykonos!!!
Once upon a time was always on our
vacation plan...
And now I read about all the beautiful beaches (I remember!!!)
and the restaurant "Katrine"...
Is the food there still so good???
And did you meet Katrine herself?
My vacation.. you know.. I had posted all about...
First Pelion and now to Mani...
Beautiful places...
Kisses from me!!!!!
Um, clearly my summer was NOT as great as yours!! I hope you have a fab tan to match!
WM
YAY! SO happy to have you back finally - you have been VERY missed! The pictures are absolutely breath taking and I am SO jealous! I didn't take any vacation this summer because we moved back "home" - but I will gladly forgo a vacation to get us back home! :) Thanks for stopping by to say hi earlier today and welcome back my bloggy bff! xoxoxo
What a spectacular place! That water is unbelievably blue and the beaches look so pristine! Glad you had a wonderful, peaceful time!
working mommy, actually i don't like tanning.
sorry your summer didn't go the way you expected:(
Mostly making tea. A few days at the beach as well. Thank back home. Enjoying crossing the street to the playground without having to look ;)
Reading four books during the nights.
Yes, worth and much needed as well. Wishing you a good weekend.
Wonderful vacation photos, it looks like paradise.
It looks and sounds as if you had a perfect vacation. Relaxing with a good book and a glass of cold orange juice sounds like heaven to me.
Betsy and I took a trip out west which we really enjoyed. We've been posting pictures off and on since we got back.
Looks like a glorious trip. The water is so crystal clear. Glad you had a great time, Betty.
It's been years since I took a real vacation. I hope to be able to afford it again sometime.
xoRobyn
Will bookmark this post, so I can check it out if I get the chance to go there too ;)
I missed you. I'm so glad you got to recharge.
Your vacation photo's are beautiful!! This summer went by way too fast!
Wow that is an exotic place for a vacation.
Our summer is coming and we are off to Western Australia. In our winter we went to USA summer for a tour, which I have made many posts about.
The beaches are beautiful and the crystal blue water looks so inviting. What a great place for a vacation.
Beautiful pictures, I love all have a good light, the light of the Mediterranean. I love those beaches ... that envy, I must have passed very well.
A wonderful way to spend one's summer. Your photos were lovely! I seem to remember a Hayley Mills movie set in Mykonos. I remember seeing those unusual windmills that I thought so beautiful. It still looks very beautiful and I still want to go there. Thanks for this great tour.
awesome Betty - I've always wanted to go to this island. Sadly am now back from the UK
lovely shades of blue!
we are going on our holiday tomorrow for 3 weeks to the colourful state of rajasthan!
It is so sunny in your blog, what a joy to see and read. Bravo!
How Nice!
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It seems you had wonderful vacation!I had gone in Mykonos some years before for a few days.I remember that the water of the sea was cold enough but clean.This year I went for vacation near my hometown in Gytheio for 9 days.For a further destination,money wasn't enough but we found there some nice beaches.I like bath in the sea-I stay there for 3 hours.Generally,I relaxed for 1 month and I wasn't thinking about my duties.Lets hope the next summer be also nice.
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The color of the water is so refreshing. Sounds like a wonderful trip ~ thanks for visiting :)
You lucky girl you, what a fantastic place to get away from it all and re-charge those batteries.
Awesome photos! Sounds like you had a fun summer!
Beautiful beach shots! The water looks so inviting!
Hi Betty,
So glad that you had a wonderful vacation with a great friend in a beautiful setting.
I had visited your blog this summer and saw that you were away on vacation.
I love all your pictures ...thanks for sharing and dropping by my blog this morning.
Welcome home...we missed you!
Marcia Murphy :)
Hi Betty -
Thanks for coming by my blog. Love these photos of your time in Greece. I've always wanted to go there.
I have mostly worked, but took some mini-trips that were nice.
Gorgeous photos!
Such peace and beauty. A wonderful vacation. I stayed home and farmed all summer.
So sunny, so relaxing, the photography is lovely... sigh...
BM
simply beautifully captured shot...lovely place to visit!
What gorgeous photos! Next time take me with you. haha.
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Hi Betty! Such gorgeous photos!! You are so lucky you had a wonderful vacation. My summer was awful to be honest, we had such a heatwave, & the humidity level was so high. Finally the weather is cooling down before fall gets here. I don't have money to go on vacation as of now, plus the last years I am suffering from breathing problems, so I can't fully enjoy any summer. Hopefully next year will be an improvement!
Betty, I loved your vacation photos... so colorful and so alive! And this is true because you enjoyed your vacation that much, and those moments were that beautiful for you.
I'm so glad to know you had a wonderful time. Summer escapes are just an addiction for me. What would life be without them?
I hope you have a lovely week, and I can't wait to see more from your time away!!!
Big hugs,
Nevine
So beautiful! I want to go to Greece badly. My parents met there.
Betty - thank you so much for this. Apart from my short break to Wales in June, my summer was filled with chaos at work and it wasn't as much fun as would be expected.
So thank you - I was able to look at your photos (each twice) and imagine that I had joined you n your holiday!
Hi Betty ...
Love your pics too!!! Great blog...
big hug
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This is awesome!
Sounds like you had a great time.
That island looks such a beautiful place to rest and relax.
:-)
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