Mykonos

We arrived in Mykonos safely, in the middle of a heat wave, and once I changed into a beautiful turquoise mumu (just for you, Drew), we started having so much fun.

I'm so glad we followed the advice I got from a Greek man I met on our last day in Rome: don't book anything before you get to Greece. We got off the boat and walked into a swarm of local women offering rooms to rent out of their houses. The first woman to approach us tried to muster all of her motherly charm, cooing us with sweet English phrases only to snap in Greek at the other women around her, competing for business and shouting out cheaper prices to us. We did not settle with the Greek mama, but instead with a woman named Maria who strongly resembles Marissa Tomei.

Now, sit down if you're not sitting already because you will not believe what I'm about to tell you. We rented an ATV and rode all around the island. That's right, WE. Do you have any idea how dangerous those things are?! Maybe it was peer pressure, or maybe I'm embracing adventure, but I have to admit, it was pretty fun, definitely more so on the second day when we had helmets.

The beaches are beautiful, but that's to be expected. I'll keep this post short and try uploading a video I took while on the ATV. Tomorrow we're off to Delos island, just 10 minutes away to look at the archeological sites they have there.

OH!! And I almost forgot! I've met some nice Greek kitties finally! The first nice encounter was at the port, but the cat had a tape worm hanging out of its butt, so that was disappointing. However, the cats that hang out at the restaurants are well groomed and quite social. One even licked tomato sauce off my finger! I almost died. For the most part though, the wild kitties that walk amongst the wild chickens, roosters, ducks, goats and sheep are pretty skittish. I think it has something to do with the confused roosters that crow all day and all night, disrupting their cat naps and making them grumpy.