Mykonos Island

Arrived in Mykonos around 7pm on June 17, 2007. Had to haggle with hotel reps on the dock to secure a hotel room. Had six conversations going at once. Every place was between 40-50 Euro per night ($54-67) for 3 beds. not bad. The only difference in each of the six hotels was the location on the island. We decided to go with a nice young lady that had rooms available at a small beach or in the heart of Mykonos Town. After looking at the beach room we decided it was too isolated, so we asked her to drive us to the main town location. When we arrived at our room, I thought she was taking us into the reception office. The doorway was right on top of a busy road and intersection. But when we walked in we found a front room/kitchen and two bedrooms split off behind. Every room was filled with old marble and odd angles. The TV was on the kitchen counter and there were two small chairs and a coffee table directly below faction the other wall. There was an armoire and two more chairs and a small round table pushed up against that wall. 4 chairs in a tight space. Bedrooms were large and spacious tho. Each had a full bath. My bathroon even had two toilets. The only problem with the room was that it faced the busy road and intersection. The noise from the passing cars, motos, ATVs, taxis and vans was quite unbearable. The girls' room had two windows facing that street, while my bedroom was on the opposite side. So since my room had a double bed and a twin bed crammed into it, all three of us slept in there on the second night.

The first night in Mykonos Town was very unsuccessful. We ate a nice dinner, I ordered Rooster with Pasta. It tasted like chicken. Fresh and Delicious chicken. I was excited when I saw it on the menu because I had grown extremely frustrated over the course of this trip with all the goddamned roosters in everyone's yards on these island towns cock-a-doodle dooing every five minutes of every day. I felt like a good way to release my frustration of these roosters would be to just eat one. and I must say it was an extremely enjoyable experience.

After dinner the girls got dolled up and we tried to hit the town. Only problem was that we weren't quite sure where the nightlife was. We walked down the hill towards the waterfront and asked a visibly drunk couple where the crowded bars were. They pointed us in the right direction and we found ourselves in a maze of narrow, brightly lit pedestrian streets. After a couple of turns into the maze we got slightly disoriented and confused and had to ask a couple of nordic ladies where we should go. They pointed us to a couple of places and we found a couple of empty bars blasting dance music. It was midnight, so we hoping to find something a little more happening. We kept walking around until we located a quiet yet crowded patio bar with very expensive drinks. We asked the waitress if there were any cheap places nearby and her response was, "No, no. This Mykonos!" She was extremely beautiful and she got very close to me as we spoke. I really enjoyed this until I realized she had very bad breathe. Still, that was probably the highlight of my night. After one expensive drink, the three of us are really tired and frustrated that we can't find a fun club. Katie appears to be unraveling a bit as she guides us into a convenience store, purchases a bottle of vodka and a carton of pomegranate juice. Then guides us to an outdoor crepe restaurant and orders a spinach spanokapita. We all sit down on the front patio and Katie pulls out the vodka and juice and begins taking pulls on each one in between bites of the spanokopita. Its her version of the old Carl Spackler Cannonball in Caddyshack, "Cannonball it, Cannonball. Cannonball comin thru." Katie offers Christine and I both the Cannonball option, we both take a bite of the spanokopita and ignore the beverages. Katie has a wicked cold and Christine and I aren't interested in sharing drinks with her.

Shortly after the cannonball debacle we all lost our will power to stay out on the town and decided to walk back to the hotel. The next day we wake up refreshed and ready to scope out the island. We secure our ferry tix to Athens for the following day and find a bus to Paradise Beach.

Paradise Beach is compact and full of people, beach chairs, umbrellas, a restaurant, and dance club. The water is pristine and clear blue. There is white pebble and dark rock in patches under the water. It gives the appearance of coral and alters the color of water into two different colors; dark blue and turquoise. It is quite beautiful. Might be the most beautiful of all the beaches we have seen on this trip. We stay all day because it is fun and crazy and drinks are cheap. All day long the MC - a overly tanned dude that wore nothing but a g-string - kept saying, "I love crazy people!!!" over and over again all day long. I don't think I heard him say anything else. Somehow he persuaded a couple of topless girls to dance with him on one of the tables for a solid hour or two. I'd say that was a highlight.

It is just like Spring Break here. We love it and end up staying till midnight. Katie seems to have contracted pink eye over the course of the day and her eye is swollen shut. Christine tries to put an open bottle of wine in her messenger bag and when she throws it over her shoulder the wine gushes out onto the ground. I somehow seemed to have lost my t-shirt and one flip-flop. We are a mess. We take one of the last buses back to Mykonos Town (10 minute bus ride). When our stop comes, the three of us can barely get off the bus. The other drunkards make good sport of us and we hardly even notice. We make it back to our room and crash hard. Fun night.

Ready to go to Athens tho. Can't wait to get back to city living!