..Gonna Say I Did It My Way..
Hello to everyone from sunny Mykonos! The weather is scortching, the Frappes are cold, and the pour time for alcohol in a cocktail is 14 seconds!
I have been busting my tail for the past month at work, for the second season! For those of you who need a reminder, I am the VIP head waitress in the disco. Everyone always says each summer is different, and now I can see why. My set of friends have changed, my living arrangements and even my outlook on Mykonos. I have seen Mykonos in all four seasons now, and it is such a 180 between summer and winter.
Winter in Mykonos: Quiet. I mean silent. You will be walking through the narrow streets of town and in the distance hear the faint clicking sounds of the heels of someone’s boots. At night, only a few bars are open, and you must walk through the dark to find them. However, when you do, it is like discovering an oasis in a desert. Everyone is there, drinking, laughing, singing and dancing. It is very relaxed.
Summer in Mykonos: Out-of-control. Cruise ship horns every five minutes, people laughing, screaming and running around. The narrow alley ways of town are snaked with cruise ship tourists following leaders with numbered signs. The clanging of dishes and the smell of freshly seasoned sword fish echos off the buildings of Mykonos town. The roads to the beaches are like Nascar races, and the beaches themselves are half nudist colonies, circus acts, and happy hours.
But what can I say, I love it here. There is something about the island that has been calling me for the past two years…four years if you count the period when I first came here in 2006.
This is a typical day in the life of Lindsey:
3pm: Wake up
3:30: Catch a bus to one of the beaches to promote
5:15: Hop a bus back to town
6pm: Cook dinner or go out
7pm: Take a nap!
8pm: Get ready for work
9pm-5am: Party like a rock star and get paid to do it.
6am: Sleep!
So now my days are filled with promoting on the beaches, Gelato ice cream, and hanging out with my clients in the club. But as Bon Jovi says, “It’s my life, it’s now or never!”
