Mykonos, Part I

Updates from Mykonos! Aka Paradise. And we haven't even been to Paradise Beach or Super Paradise Beach (we should be hitting one or both of those spots tomorrow)! There's not so much to say except to suggest you google-image Mykonos and then sigh and ooh and aah and wish you were here. So, go ahead.

Okay, are you done? Doesn't it look MARVELOUS?!?!?

Were staying right in the "main town," Mykonos Town, at Poseidon Hotel Suites. It's a dream. Blue and white everything and a sea-salt pool and an ocean-view balcony and plenty of cats and kittens roaming around! I could live here.

The "town" is more like a series of alleyways, twisting and turning in impossible directions around graying cobblestones and white curbs. Definitely one-way walking, even as you stumble past designer, luxe shops! I can't believe there are Diesel, Sephora, Juicy Couture, designer jewelry stores here when that old Greek lady is mopping her porch and the creepy Mynokian clown keeps walking by and there you go, you just bought an Hermes bag and it all happened right next to each other! It doesn't make sense, but nothing does in Greece so, actually, maybe it makes perfect sense!

Mykonos is a lot like Vegas in it's attractions and clientele. I've decided Mykonos is Vegas and Isla Vista combined... If those places were European... And on crack....

We have been eating well and enjoying the sun, today hitting Ornos beach. There is truly nothing like laying out in the sun. I love jumping in the salty ocean and then feeling the salt crackle on my skin as it dries. I hadn't been in the ocean in a really, really long time, I realized. Sand between your toes and Greek people screaming in your ears. Perfect.

Then, tonight, as we went out and bought some gifts (!!!), we entered some sort of gay-heaven. Now Mykonos is known as being a hugely gay-friendly destination, and who doesn't love a good party island, especially the gays, but this was unlike anything I've ever seen before! I would say every third person was an extremely buff gay man in a sparkly Armani shirt and tight swim shorts. I try not to stereotype but these boys were, like, the gayest I've ever seen as they strutted into the bars kastro, Diva and Space. We hypothesize that a gay cruise ship just landed (that's not a joke) because last night there were gays, but tonight it was on another level! And with only a slightly above-average number of lesbians, interestingly enough. I think there are like 2 straight, single guys on this island. The other men are with their spouse, their family or they are super super gay. Oh Mykonos.

More updates later, two more glorious nights here, then off to Santorini. Who knows what tomorrow will hold? Either way, I'm guessing there will be sun, ocean, bikinis involved. Until then!