Monday, 28 May 2012

The Happy Island

I got to say that the best memory of my last holidays in Myknos, Greece is definitely the Greeks. They are by far one of the nicest people I ever came across.
They are so happy and they show this on the way they talk to you and interact to you. There was a bar in specific, called Lola, and entering that bar it's like entering a house party. The owner, Demetrius, welcomes everyone, one by one and shows around. Once him and the other staff members met you they will then always remember your name. Every night we went there was the same feeling. It felt every night as going to someones private house party. On the first night I noticed that they were playing some Brazilian music and that intrigued me. When I asked Demetrius about the songs he then smiled and told me he is a passionate about Brazilian music. That was it. He played Brazilian songs for the whole night and explained me everything he knew about Brazilian artists and the concerts he had been to... Everything in that bar was special and make in the way to make every client to feel special. The way they would call you by your name and even by serving glasses of water and nibbles with every drink free of extra charges...
The service in the Island was over five stars... I would say a luxury superior service. And the best thing was that it didn't feel forced or fake at all..
On our last day we had booked the van service from the hotel to the airport and instead the hotel owner drive us to the airport. He explained that the van was going to be five (5!!!) minutes late and he then decided to take us to the airport on his own car. Once we arrived he carried both of out suitcases inside the airport and left us at the check in desk. Again, like with everyone in the Island, he had a very welcoming and warm smile.

This is not a 'tripadvisor' type of review...  It's just that it's so nice when you spend your holidays in a place where people go the extra mile to make your time very pleasurable. And so they did in Mykonos. It was like a Happy land where they Happiness was very contagious...