Mykonos

Our first port was Mykonos (heads up for all y'all who've read or watched The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Mykonos is the island Lena goes to to visit her Greek grandparents). Mykonos was absolutely beautiful! It looked just like you might picture Greece to look - little white stucco houses accented with bright blue trim. The people must white wash them about once a week to keep them such a brilliant white. We ate some delicious Greek crepes, some with chocolate and banana and some with cinnamon and sugar in them. It's was almost as fun to watch them being made as it was to eat them. After exploring the town Mike and I caught a bus to Paradise Beach while Nona and Papa watched baby Jay. We definitely recommend taking vacations with grandparents! While we were gone they saw this cool pink pelican! I guess they're pretty popular on the island. Mom and Dad were so wonderful to us! Paradise Beach was very nice; the water was a rich, blue color. It's definitely a big tourist party spot on the island. There was a large, mostly under 30 crowd dancing and drinking at the outdoor bar/club on the beach. It was fun to hang out for awhile and wade in the cool water. We made it back to the main town just in time for a beautiful sunset. We also got to see some lovely, old windmills up on a hill above town. Very picturesque. All in all it was a great day!