O.M.Frigging G! (as an Aussie mate of mine would say!) I am unexpectedly sat in a bar in Mykonos, not Athens, which was the original destination. I jumped ship. Not in an overboard, drowning, throw a lifeline type of scenario, rather more one of those “stop the ride I want to get off before I spew” moments!

I was warned the weather was bad before I left Santorini, when I booked my ticket this morning, but as I’d been on a few ferries recently I know I’m ok sat outside, breathing in fresh air and looking at the horizon. Well, that’s all good if you’re not on the Superjet 2 fast ferry to Athens in waters that make that TV series about fishermen look calm!!!! Ok, I wasn’t quite being thrown around like a Trawler man trying to get the catch of the day, but it was very similar to being on a rollercoaster. I don’t like rollercoasters. I was trapped inside that rocking boat for the whole journey, no outside deck, the gross smell of engine fumes, being swayed up and down, left and right, backwards, forwards, all while sitting in a chair, not that that helped to balance me out……….bluergh! I made it through 3 hours and when we pulled in to Mykonos the sight of dry, solid land was too much to resist. I grabbed my bags and legged it! Athens tomorrow maybe, if it’s not stormy….

There's a canny drop at the other side of that wall and the waves are coming over....Mykonas harbour
There’s a canny drop at the other side of that wall and the waves are coming over….Mykonas harbour