Mykonos, Greece

So we flew from Paris to Athens. We spent a couple of nites in Athens. Athens is cool, but is simply a big city. It has the old part (the Plaka) that is very pretty, but is so touristy now that we were happy to be on our way to the islands.

Our first stop was to Mykonos. We were to spend 3 days there then take a cruise from there to see Kusadasi (Turkey), Patmos, Rhodes, Crete and Santorini. Note: The best way to do the islands is take ferries, island hop and stay a few days on each.

Mykonos. Paradise. We stayed at the Princess of Mykonos hotel...oh my. A bit up the hill from a small beach that would have about 20 people on it at a time. It was about 2 km out of the town of Mykonos, which was nice, relaxing and....heaven.

Great cuisine, great chill out music playing by the pool side. Sipping on Ouzo, nice people from all over hanging out...God smiles a knowing smile. Yes God! Yes!

Our last day there, Jimmie and i decided to rent scooters and go see the island.

First stop: Paradise beach. So cool! Awesome bars and restaurants right on the beach. Couches on the sand under linen tarps. Beds with mattresses to lay down on in the sun, open tents with carpets and cushions to sit and chill out on....cool beach electronic music, the beautiful coast, the naked beauty all around....Paradise Beach? Yes, i can see why.

Our next stop was to be the other side of the island, but as we were going around a curve, Jimmie slid off his scooter and scraped himself up pretty badly as a truck was coming the other way. Thank God he was okay, it could have been a lot worse. He needed some stitches, but he is okay. That was a VERY scary moment in my life.

That evening we got on the cruise ship....

Sami 09-20-05