Mykonos but not Patmos

In the night Patmos was ruled out because of the weather, which seemd a bit strange becuase the morning weather was some of the best we have had.In the afternoon we set off on an excursion called "Jeeps on Mykonos". Now this was interesting because the detail which had been missed out was that we the tourists would be the drivers! Both John and I felt that there were certain fishhooks to driving other people so we took the passenger role.Our driver was an Austrian - so no communication;he also had limited knowledge of manual let alone 4 wheel drive. However, apart from one heart-stopping inciddent on a very steep piece of road with a long drop into the Ionian Sea it all went well. We got to see all kinds of things we would never have know about - the rocky, arid landscape with no trees and very little vegetation. We saw a couple of donkeys, a few cows, some goats some bougainvillea and some flowerpots with red geraniums. However we did not see the southern beaches where all the tourist hotels are. We were taken to a monastery at Ana Mera The hostess kept an eye on us as we admired the beautifully kept icons and chandeliers. Next came a stop at a taverna where ouzo, taramasalata and olives were laid on for us. And there were about 8 cats!Momma was making little cheese cakes by hand in the taverna proper. (We have seen some interesting H&S habits here. The baby pig in a display chiller where they kept the desserts was a feature of one restaurant in Rome.)
Our afternoon finished in the port town where we had Greek salad, baby squid and drank Greek wine to our friend Barry sitting on the waaterfront.