Mykonos Mykonos Mykonos!

I went to Greece! On a Greek island adventure!
(in case you missed that update...which is highly unlikely since i tweeted every part of the trip like it was my job. sorry. but not really sorry.) :)

First stop: Mykonos!

After crazy long (and semi-lonely) layovers in London and Athens - where my electric converter miiiiight have almost started a fire, ooops - I arrived in Mykonos! A lil sleepy, a lil worn out from all the traveling and a whole lot excited!

My first glimpse of the Greek Islands. Via the window of a very small plane with propellers. Eeeek!

I met Angie our hotel, at the top of a hill overlooking Mykonos Town. We didn't stop talking for at least 4 hours straight. I almost forgot how exhausted I was!

Please note Angie's wish list of necessary items from the states that she was so excited to receive:

-- Contact solution
-- A1 Steak Sauce (what?!? apparently it had purpose...)
-- Dress donations from our friends
-- Nail polish + Nail polish remover
-- Any accessories
-- Treats of my choice (Twizzlers and Pretzel M&Ms, duh!)

Random assortment of requests? Yes. Guess that's what happens when you take off around the world for a year. It's all about the little things really.

Mykonos Highlights --

• ANGIE! She'd been on the island for a few weeks before I got there. She had already made lots of new friends, discovered favorite restaurants, favorite bars, favorite cafes with wifi. And she knew her way around...sorta.
  
• It's blue and white and so beeeautiful
• The food! Never have I ever eaten so much feta in my life. And it was delicious. Feta, pork gyros, tzatziki sauce, salmon risotto, salted caramel ice cream...ohmygosh everything was so good!
• Dancing all night at the "disco." So many characters in Mykonos. This is what makes for an amazing vacation of course.
  
• Katerina's! The restaurant in Little Venice area of the town with an amazing view of the windmills and the sunset. Where the waiter and Angie were friends, the bartender and Angie were friends and the owner and Angie were friends. They are good people.
  

Dinner at Katerina's
"ohmygosh, what did you bring for me to wear?!? new dresses! i feel so pretty!"
Never say I'm not a good friend, Ang.

Disco. Mykonos style. Looks like trouble? Probably.

Ummm, so...NOT really the fish & chips we had in mind...

Table of Grecian people next to us, in response to the look of shock on our faces and complete silence upon receiving our food --
"what's the problem? good white fish. just pick it up and eat it...not with a fork, with your hands. it's very good!"

Oh no. We are not putting those fish in our mouths. No no no.

Spending the afternoon hanging out on our balcony. Laughing, lounging and enjoying the view.

Morning ferry to the island of Delos to visit the ancient Grecian ruins.

Greek people are awfully friendly. Like this new friend from the cafe. Who was quite impressed with our macbooks and iPhones.

New Greek Friend: "Do you have the facebook? Can I see?!"
LJ: "Umm...if you get that cigarette ash on my macbook I'm going to be mad. Put it out!"
New Greek Friend: Immediately puts out the cigarette.

I am good. (read: bossy?)

The view from our room at Bill & Coo Hotel. Sigh.

This pool SPARKLES! Quite literally sparkles. I must have one of these for my own.

A pretty perfect beachy day at Paradise Beach. Pretty perfect.

One of soooo many blue and white Mykonos streets. Quite lovely in photos, no?

Little Venice

Angie was really sad to say goodbye to Mykonos.

Large shades. It's very bright in Greece.

Dinner #2 at Katerina's. And our last night in Mykonos. Cheers!

Mykonos sunset. Perfect view from our balcony seats.

Zoran! Our favorite Serbian. Who kept our wine glasses full and introduced us to lots of new friends.

Pretty!

Told you the boys at Katerina's loved Angie! Every time we walked into a bar or restaurant we were greeted with "Angelena!!" Hilarious and kind of fantastic.

Saying goodbye to Mykonos.

Next up?

Santorini Bound!!