Double Dare

Last night was an adventure twice over. After dinner we went back to the hotel for the sunset and more drinks. We met some people from the U.S. Michael from Atlanta, GA (originally AL) walked by our table and overheard some other Americans sitting next to us. Sophia, Lynne, and Joel from Miami. We all chatted with Emil, the waiter, and made plans to go out later.

Around 9 P.M., Tim and I went to Katerinas to meed Adelle and her friends who didn't show. We had some drinks then went to Rhapsody for a draft pint of Stella. We ate dinner at Jimmy's Gyros or something like that. While dining, Adelle made a dare that I walk into the Ralph Lauren store and stick my head between the manaquins for a photo. Not only did I do that, but I also somehow got the shop keeper to open the window from the street and she let me climb in with the manequins and she shut the window. Made for a great photo, despite the fact a 50% off sale sign was on the window over my crotch.

It was my turn to dare so I dared Timmy to take a picture with his pants down at the church, a famous (or perhaps infamous) cruising spot in Mykonos. Adelle tried to get him to throw his balls out, but he wouldn't so he dared her to flop out her tits, which she did. The photos are priceless. We then had another at Katrinas and went to Porta. Adelle tried to steal a washline, but we prevented this madness. Later, she produced a pink clothespin that she did get away with...another photo of course.

We met up with Atlanta and Miami crew at Pieros. Had a few pics at Montos then took some crazy pics. Ended the night on the patio of Miami's room then crashed.

We got up at noon, lounged by the pool, then returned the scooter and meandered through town. Purchased a Greek dance CD and had an afternoon drink at Katrinas. Now we're lounging at the pool. Nik (works at Piano bar) and Jodi (works at Katrinas) were with us and now we're setting under the veranda with Michael deciding what to do tonight.

Delos Excursion

We just finished Delos with Claudia and Lynne. It was a bitch getting up at 9 A.M. to make the 10 A.M. ferry. We didn't nap last night because we only intended to have a few beers. Intended...

Michael introduced us to a few people at the hotel. John, David, and Patrick from Atlanta and David from London. Saw David out later. Had a drink at Katrinas then walked around. Went to Porta and had a drink with Miami. We finally found the Magic Garden, which is properly called Kastros Magic Gard. My intention for beer turned into shots and gin with took us back to Porta. We tired of the wealthy English men bitching about their French maid.

Ran into Konstantinos and his hot friend, then went to the drag show at Icarus where we met Jay and (some girl) from KY. They are here on their honeymoon. After introducing us to their Belgian friends (met on the street) they went home, but agreed to meet us at sunset today at the Elysium. Perhaps we'll do dinner. When they left, we drank with Jodi who got off his shift. When he left we danced with a man from some country who lives in Athens and spends many weekends here. Timmy unnecessarily a bit jealous. Despite the fact Timmy puked (funny) it all turned out OK in the end.

We got to bed around 6 A.M., which describes today's physical difficulties!

Of note today: My cat loves cheese, climbed to the top of Delos and made a wish, we are done with ancient things!

Dining

Since we're shopping, I have my bag and my journal. It is an odd time to eat for the Greeks and we're the only people dining at this place. The Ristorante Casa di' Giorgio is quite nice. We're going for a fee drinks at Katarinas after this!

Moving

We have moved to the Elysium. The room is nice and very large compared to many here. We were actually awake in time this morning to take breakfast at the hotel. We slept with the door open and were awakened by violent rain. Fortunately it is now sunny and beautiful again!

I am completely exhausted and need a nap, but we plan to go into the city to do some trinket shopping and to get a crepe. Last night we went to Katrinas and drank with Jody, Adelle, and Todd? from the UK. We then went to the piano bar where a lounge singer from the US was on the piano. She's going to get the words for my vaforite piano bar song, "My Heart Belongs to Daddy," and sing it for me if we go back. The drinks were quite expensive so I doubt we'll go again. It is one of those places where you feel obliged to stay because the exit is right by the entertainment.

After, we went through the standard routine and hit Bar Porta, Pieros, and Icarus. We were bloody pissed as the boys from the UK would say. We even had more shots of the red vodka; whatever that is. We should have eaten, but instead we had crepes at Katrinas. I went with Adelle to get them. They are made fresh and quite delicious. I must stop writing and go eat. The piece of bread, ham, and cheese, that they called breakfast was hardly enough to satisfy my tummy. Perhaps we should not have stayed out so late. After two nights in a row, we should be less religious and get to bed earlier.

Psarou & Platis Gialos

We found that 8 P.M. was too early to go out. We fisited the Ramrod and were one of only a few customers. We had a drink and promptly left. After a drink at Katrinas, we jumped in to the scene. Many drinks later at Porta, we were quite juiced up and took ourselves to Pieros where we watched all the boys. We met a man from London and his boyfriend. We chatted for awhile. The two crazy girls from Austin, TX showed up and took us to the Scandinavian Bar. We stayed awhile then returned to Pieros and Icarus (the bar upstairs). We danced a very long time. Timmy went to pee and a VERY hot man grabbed me and started to dance with me. Timmy wasn't amused at first then realized it was all fun. We made it home around 6:30 A.M. and slept till 2:00 P.M. today.


I went to town and got more money and lunch from the gyro carryout down the hill. We hate and fell back asleep till 4 P.M. We spent two hours riding around. We went to Psarou Beach and then to Platis Gialos Beach. The poor scooter could barely run us up the steep and curvey hill, but at least it made it!

Right now we are sitting at the pool bar hearing about the bartender's boyfriend from LA who wants to take care of him. Long and interesting story. Having a banana rum drink. Twelve Euro is too much (hotel prices) but it is tasty!

We are learning to take things at a Greek pace, which is very slow. We each sipped a beer at the beach then left on the scooter. We learned the hard way that our little two stroke scooter wasn't big enough to handle our fat asses up the hill from Super Paradise. Timmy had to walk. We later found out the other road is much less treacherous and we would have made it. We rode back to the city and meandered up a few streets until we found the Elysium Hotel. It is the renowned gay hotel here in Mykonos. We each had several beers while we watched the sun set. Magnificent!

We rode the scooter back to the Mykonos View and I had a few Irish coffees and Timmy a few beers. He really likes the Mythos beer. It is a Greek Lager, available almost everywhere. We are told Amstel is the most common beer here, but I thought it was from Germany or Amersterdam or somewhere. They, however, call it a local beer. Perhaps something is lost in translation.

We also booked reservations to spend our last three nights at the Elysium. It was filled with the most beautiful men and many were speaking English. It seems to be the common denominator for boys from every country in the world. That leaves us two more nights here. We are about to finish our drinks at the Oneiro, which is the main bar at the hotel. After these, we will prepare for the evening. Funny how when you drink throughout the day at times there is no need for a nap. We''ll be dead if we stay out so late again. Tonight we will do it properly with a coffee (to be seen) and then early beers and then we'll hit Pieros again.

We realized today that a German tour company does Gay cruises to remote islands on Tuesdays. Unfortunately we missed this week's, but that is OK. Can you imagine us drunk on a boat with a bunch of gorgeous gay drunk German men. Dirty.

I am sure there will be more to tell in the morning or whatever time we wake. Most likely we'll wake when the ferry comes in. The manager, Costas, says that the horn of the ferry is the official wake up call for the island. Works for me!! I still haven't mailed the post cards home.

Scooterific Super Paradise Beach

We went to Porta, Pieros, and the bar upstairs laast night. We tried to go to a dance bar on the beach, but it was closed. We sat on the water and had a few more. We were binge drinking and completely wasted by the time we got home at 5:30 AM. We didn't really talk to anyone because the Americans all come on cruise ships and nobody was speaking English. We did chat with a German tourist who was here with her two boys on their honeymoon.

We awoke today at 1 Pm to the sound of the ferry horns coming into port. We were up and out by 2 PM. We had a nice lunch on the beach and then rented a scooter. Many of the shops and restaurants are closed. By mid October, I hear nearly everything is shut down. There are still beautiful men here.

We took our scooter to Super Paradise Beach. It is very under-powered and the roads are very curvey and steep. I have no idea how we will get up out of the beach with both of us on it. We're having a beer here at Super Paradise and then we'll head back. There is no sense in getting drunk, especially since we didn't take helmets. I know...Catrina will bitch since we are drinking and riding and not wearing helmets.

One funny thing is that regardless what you are looking for, the directions are always 'go straight that way and you can't miss it." First of all, there is nothing stratight here except one road that runs parallel to the airport running for a brief moment along a runway. Second, none of the signs match. Some in Greek, some in Latin, some are Greek words written in the Latin alphabet. Many places take down their signs and close the sutters at night so any reference point established during the day is not always there at night. On final funny thing is their equivalent to Fed Ex which is Super Ex or Fast Ex or something like that. It is the smallest "truck" I've ever seen with a giant man crammed into the one person closed cabin.

The beach is kinda dead. It is about hte time people head out and I believe it may have rained this morning while we were sleeping. This could have deterred some people from coming out today. Regardless, it is very relaxing and beautiful.

Mykonos

We arrived in Mykonos at 1 PM on Monday. We wandered the streets and became oriented with the center of town. The view is amazing. It is strange to think it is the same view for the last ~400 years. We ate ate Nikos Tavern and watched the sun set with our pool bartender, Konstantinos. I'll tell you about him later.

We slept from 8 PM to now so it is time to take our well rested bodies to do the city. It is a bit chilly.

Lykavittos

After coffee last night, we went back to the hotel to change shoes. It was a bit cool so Timmy also put on a shirt. We were to meet Panos and were in a hurry so we ate at a Subway restaurant near the hotel. Kind of funny, but it was at least quick. We had short cans of Heineken in respect to Michael and it made the Subway worthwhile. Steve will be pleased to know they serve Lays potato chips, even here in Greece!

We took the train to the Evagelistra Station where Panos & Vasilis met us in the car. We drove up to the parking area at Lykavittos near the theatre and walked up to the Agles Georgio (Church) with a great view of the city. At tht top, of course, was another cafe where we spent a good hour or more having a cup of coffee (Irish for Tim & I). We ran into some friends of Panos and then we dropped Elena off at home. Vasilis, Tim, & I had a few drinks on the roof of our hotel. We were in bed by 11:30. I didn't sleep well and finally checked email at 3 AM. We were up at 5:30 AM and are now on the Blue Star Ithaci enroute to Mykonos.

Coffee

Finished most of the ancient stuff and we are having coffee in Psyrri. We toured the Acropolis, Plaka, Thissio, Aeridis, & Psyrri areas today.

Here's a map that shows all these things!

Happy Birthday Timmy

Good Morning! Elena is on her way with coffee. Thank God. We were invited to Panos' house yesterday for dinner. We ordered in Souvlaki...delicious...had french fries in it. His friend, Vassilis, who they call "Billy" joined us after dinner and went out with us. He's an actor. I'll have to get his full name and google him when we return home. We rode in Panos Peugot to the bar and parked on the sidewalk as everyone does. The club we intended to go to had strange Gay Greek Mafia looking men outside (if there is such as thing) so we went to another club. It was packed wall to wall with hot men. Panos said it was good that the summer was over because it wasn't packed. Strange. They all dance like clones which works for me because I can actually dance in this country. Elena was tired and went home after the first bar. We then returned to the most popular club, Sodad, where it was VERY packed. It was like the busiest day ever in a bar in the states.

Elena just showed up with cheese in filo dough (sp?) and Starbucks. It is time to go see ancient things!

Athens 101

I guess it didn't matter that the Greeks don't serve liquor with breakfast (bloodies/mimosas) because we didn't come alive until 1:30 when Elena showed up. She was so kind to go and purchase the electric converter we needed for this region. She also bough us beautiful bracelets with some sort of black string and aquamarine evil eyes. Mine was too tight so we stopped by Marios' store and he made me a new one. We went for coffee where I had my first frappe. This is really just Nescafe instant coffee whipped up. We then went to Kolonaki where all the fashionable shops are located. We ate at an Italian restaurant, La Pasteria. Unfortunately it rained all day. It is now six PM and we are getting ready to nap. Oh yes, we also went past the Library and the University. Beautiful buildings but I didn't get very good pics due to the rain. We continue to be amazed by the little tiny cars here in Greece. We purchased post cards which I'll write and send tomorrow. Time for a nap.

Raining Men

7 AM, Gin, Raining Men, Called Catrina, Drunk (this is what my journal said - I translate below)

We arrived home at 7 AM. Elena has introduced us to many very wonderful people. We have had an enjoyable time. Last night we went out the Gazi which has several gay bars and clubs. Our friends got tired and bailed at a respectable time. We, however, partied on (shock). At the end of the night a familiar tune came on and the crowd went wild. When the words started coming out I realized they were singing, It's Raining Men, in GREEK. How funny. Tim and I about pissed our pants. Well we about did that anyway because the place was so packed we couldn't hardly get to the bathroom. It took us about an hour to find our way back to the hotel in the rain because we couldn't get a cab. The cab driver said the Monastiraki was too busy to get in and out of. Really...at 6 AM it was! We realized that it was only 11 PM in the US so we called Catrina. We got the voicemail and left a brief message. Unfortunately this cost me $42 on my credit card - oh drunky why no calling cards????

Time for bed!

Welcome to Athens!

We arrived and found Elena outside the gate. No immigration or customs at the airport and you can smoke anywhere! I guess when traveling between the EU countries there is no issue! Funny how limited it was when we landed in Germany. They must hate traveling to our country with all the madness we go through!

We set the camera on the bed and took a picture of us as we arrived at Hotel Attalos. It was a small hotel, but nicely located in the city! It was so great to see Elena again after 8 years!

European Touchdown!

We just landed in Germany and had our recovery cigarette at a Thai Restaurant. We then viewed some amazing boutiques and I found a binary watch that was really cool. At the gate there was a mini model of the Star Alliance Arena? in Munich and a little smoking room with four stand up tables. The built in ashtrays took the butts down and a fan sucked the smoke out from each station. Not a tight closed smoke pit like the few smoking rooms in US airports. I had to go through the regular line to process the luggage tickets, but Timmy was able to go through the auto attendant which works much like inserting a metro card. It took the whole ticket in one side and spit out the stub on the other. We are waiting to depart and will be in Athens in 2:55 hours

German Duck

I awoke to a Donald Duck cartoon playing in German. Apparently either I or the drunk on the other side of Timmy changed my channel to German while I slept. A lovely breakfast snack has just been served and we have about an hour and a half to go :-)

Taking Flight

We are on the flight to Munich. The ass next to Timmy is piss drunk, constantly changing Tim's radio, tv, lights, paging the attendant, etc. Unfortunately he doesn't realize that his controls are on the right...the ones on his left are not his. He paged the flight attendant so many times that she knew to bring a full glass of vodka/rocks every time his light came on. He spilled a glass of cognac after dinner and constantly threw paper, plastic, magazines, and practically everything he could get his hands on at his friends two rows up. Unfortunately he was so drunk that he usually just hit the lady with her two kids in front of us.

While the flight was non-smoking, I found it odd that they came around with a duty free cart selling cigarettes after dinner! Speaking of dinner, the option was barbecue beef or spinach something or another pasta. Pretty good for flight food. I watched Aquila (sp) and the Bee about the South LA girl who beat the odds and then I fell asleep.