Beach Day in Mykonos

After getting settled into our hotel room in Platis Yialos-Mykonos, we ventured off to our first beach day of vacation! Greek hospitality is something special. Our host, Irene, was so helpful and available to us 24/7. Our little studio apartment had a veranda, where we found ourselves checking our email, relaxing, and girl-talking. We felt like the only inhabitants of this amazing island.

The restaurant next door, Atlantida, helped us get great umbrella-covered seats on the beach. They were great until some college students from Long Island sat next to us. There were these chubby Australian girls trying to hit on them. They asked if the boys had seen the Parthenon and the one guy, who reminded us of a classmate at school, said "after seeing the Vatican, I was not so impressed." Sad, but true! The girls were also asking them about the Jersey Shore and if people really do drink out of kegs and red plastic cups. Anyway, we still had a nice time getting tan and skipping meals. We have adjusted now to 4PM lunch and 10PM dinner, no breakfast. M, the perpetual grazer, always had a snack or a Coca-cola Classic by her side.

When we finally got hungry, we hopped on a bus to get to Mykonos Town. Irene had suggested a fish place that her friend owns. When we got there, it was closed until dinner, but we wanted to see the menu anyway. The guy who was there led us into the restaurant and started opening huge metal drawers full of fresh fish on ice! T said "no, no, no, a menu" and he said "this is our menu!" It was so exciting, but we couldn't eat there because of the time :( We settled on a restaurant with a view of the water and had another Greek salad and grilled octopus (finally!). We watched the kitties go by and even saw a pelican that T described as a "bird-rock" at first. Because it was so still and big, she didn't think it was a real animal! Neither did we, until we got a closer look.

After souvenir shopping and meeting a clown who made us balloon animals (T had a well-endowed blue bear; another tidbit, the clown was designing a submarine on his spare time), we watched the sunset near the windmills at a restaurant called Caprice. They served our wine in an ice bucket filled with flowers and basil. It was the perfect setting for the sunset. We then headed back to Esperides Apartments and to a restaurant called Avli. There, we met a nice waiter named Thasos, who was only the third of many waiters who gave us free dessert shots with our meal. This time, T had some lovely baked mussels, M had a Moussaka, and I had grilled sardines. We went home and went to bed, since we knew the next day was going to be our marathon party day to celebrate my bday!