Day 14 - Mykonos
Basically woke up feeling like shit. Nose was running, throat was sore and my head felt like it got stomped on the night before. We drag ourselves out of bed and head out to "breakfast" around 12:30. We went back to one of our favourite cafes from the previous trip because they made kickass greek coffee and also because they have a super breakfast special. Getting the works, we ended up with more food than we can finish. But thats also because they served us a huge glass of yoghurt that tasted like fermented cream that's been frozen too long.
We ditch the rest of the food and start chasing the peeing dog around the streets again until we get bored of that and decided to do some more shopping. We stroll around buying random crap when we realise that there was one thing we haven't bought yet. An oil painting from the $40 woman. Those of you who read our blog entries from last year will remember what happened with the $40 woman. But lets just recap WHY she got the name, The $40 woman.
*Flash back to October 2004*
We walk into a store hunting for more oil paintings to add to the collection. We ask the woman the price for a series of painting. The one Moishii wanted was $40, and the one I wanted was $15. I decided to buy my $15 painting and handed over a $50 note so I could get some change. This is what happened.....
*hands over $50*
Old Woman: *GASSSSSSSP* NO MONEY!! *sucks on something*
Me: Ok..... *Hands over a $20 note instead*
Old Woman: *sucks on something* $40! *sucks on something*
Me: Isn't the painting $15?????
Old Woman: *Gasp* No no no *Smacks head repeatedly* Yes yes $15. *sucks on something*
What the hell? First she tells me its $15, then tries to charge me $40, but doesn't even have $10 to give me change! And the whole time she's sucking on something, but theres nothing in her mouth!! Maybe she was sucking on her dentures? Because of this, we have dubbed her the $40 woman.
*Back to September 2005*
I exchanged a big batch of Euros before I headed overseas, this was to save me the hassle of arriving in Greece and not having any currency. I also owned Moishii money for all the accomodation he booked. Instead of messing around with the conversion rate and paying in AUD, I decided to just pay him in Euros and USD. This is how he came into the possession of a $100 Euro note. If she practically had a heart attack seeing a $50 note, we wanted to see her reaction when she saw a $100 note.
Now I've been watching ACA since I was a kid, so it was no surprise that I could do the whole secret camera thing. With the camera discretly hidden, we walk into the store and immediately head to the back of the shop where the oil paintings are located. We start grabbing random paintings asking the $40 woman how much they are. This is the most confusing conversation we've had......
E: How much?
$40w: $15
E: $15?
$40W: Yes $15
Me: Did you want that?
E: I might as well get that.....what about this one? *Turns to $40 Woman* How much this one? *Points at a different sized painting*
$40W: They same (price)
*The $40Woman walks closer to take a look at the painting"
$40W: $15
E: $15?
$40W: $15
*The $40woman grabs the painting off Moishii and shoves it against the wall measuring it against the first painting we asked about*
$40W: $14!!
E: $14!?
$40W: $14!!!!
*$40Woman starts to walk away*
E: What about this one? *Points to another painting to add confusion to the situation*
$40W: Ehhhhh.......$14!!
*She pauses and then slaps the painting*
$40W: Ehhhhh......$10! $10! I'm sorry $10!!
*Confused as hell*
E: This one $10, this one $14??
$40W: Same size (e.g. both paintings are the same size, but she's telling us different prices)
E: O...k.......$10????
This kept going on for awhile. No one had any idea how much each painting costs. The funny thing is, some paintings actually have the price on it. And she either over quotes or under quotes us. Not being able to hold back the laughter anymore, we agree that we should get the $10 painting. Moishii reaches into his wallet only to notice the $100 euro note missing!! He'd forgotten that he asked the exchange woman to break it into 2 x $50. He freaks out thinking the whole thing is going to backfire when I point out that $50 will be like what happened last time. And this is what happens...............
*Moishii hands over $50 note to purchase the painting*
$40w: *SLURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRPs her saliva* No more Money!?
Moishii: *Bites his lips* No more money???
$40w: This one too many *Points to the streets* more shops
Moishii: No money?
$40W: No! No! I'm sorry!!
*Moishii bites lips and walks to the back of the shop to stop himself from cracking up*
Me: I might have $10 or $15 in my wallet
Now remember I'm trying to hide the camera, so with my one spare left hand, I managed to unzip the inside pocket of my bag to grab my wallet which I basically chucked at Moishii so he could pay for the painting. He quickly pays for the painting and we stumble around the corner and burst out laughing as we run through the streets trying to get as far away from the $40 woman as possible. We run the whole way to the Skandanavian bar where we plonk ourselves down in a bench and piss ourselves laughing. We quickly rewind the tape and watch the whole incident again ACA style. We laugh some more before passerbys start to stop and stare. We get up and make a swift exit.
Feeling so much better at being able to relive the 2004 incident, we decided to follow up with a big spending spree on more postcards and souvenier books. We roam the streets again and end up at the Exchange woman's office where we tried to relive last trip's incident regarding the tours.
*Flash back to 2004*
We're stranded at Mykonos because all ferries have been cancelled due to weather conditions. We decided to kill some time by asking the exchange woman for some one day tours we can sign up to. Before I even finish talking, she tells us off for not coming earlier because all tours start at 9am. Its now 11am. And the reason we got told off was because she told me the day before that the tours start at 9. The thing is, I didn't even talk to her the day before!!!
*Back to 2005*
We walk into the exchange woman's store and start asking her about tour packages which we weren't intending on joining anyway. Then we started talking about accomodation and how she reckons we got severly ripped off and that she can get us a better deal. This is before she finds out what we paid. When we told her, she just kept insisting that she could get us a better deal next time without telling us how much it would cost. Chances are, she couldn't give us a better deal but just wanted our business. She gives us her personal email address right before we leave. This is when we found out that the Exchange woman has a name. Its Evelyn. I think we'll just keep calling her the Exchange woman.
We grabbed a quick bite before heading back to the apartment to nap. I think we've been up for a total of 3 hours and we've gone back to bed already. I wake up with a fever and shivering. I feel like crap and I'm not sure if we can go clubbing tonight. The original plan was to catch a bus to paradise beach as they were having a beach party tonight. With the way I was feeling, there was no way that I am going near a beach. I rug up and head out looking for food. We ended up at a restaurant opposite Nikos seafood. This is the same restaurant I walked up to at the previous trip to check out the menu, when the waiter runs out and grabs me and spins me around so Moishii could film us. We went to the restaurant searching for the same waiter but he was nowhere to be seen.
We sit down and decided to order an oven baked lamb pasta (Lamb supposedly keeps you warm) and a greek salad (Our last one and the fact that its the cheapest salad they have). The guy comes to take our order, and when he heard greek salad, he asked if we wanted the house specialty salad or the greek salad. He explains that the house salad comes with mixed vegies and a very nice sauce. Without thinking, we ordered the house salad. He grabs our menu and runs away. This is when I asked Moishii how much did the house salad cost? It better not be 9euros because our lamb dish was only 7.50euros. Thinking it can't be that bad, we wait for the food to come and devour everything in sight. Feeling content, we ask for the bill and practically threw everything back up. The salad was 9euros and the whole meal costs us about 30euros which was close to $60AUD!!
I practically have a stroke when we walked out of there. We console ourselves telling each other its our last proper meal in Mykonos and we'll never be back. This is when we headed back to MexCafe for some alcohol to drown our sorrows.
Moishii, being totally addicted to wine started sculling every glass of white wine put infront of him. I decided to head for the cocktails. I walk up the bar and scan the list of cocktails and decided to order a "Sex on the beach" since I've never had one before. I give my order to the bartend who goes:
Bartender 1 to Bartend 2: Sex.....?
Bartender 2: Sex.....!
Both turn to me and winks before making me my drink. Good grief!!!
I grab the drink and hide in a corner watching a soccer match on TV. A whole bunch of pommy guys were sitting next to us screaming and swearing whilst jumping in and out of their seats. I turned to look at the commotion only to notice that this group of 6 pommies, had smoked about 14 packets of cigarettes with another 2 packs on their way! I have never in my life seen anyone smoke that much before! Its not viagra you know? Some people...
We head on over to the Skandanavian Bar where Moishii continued to have his wine, I was hoping to get a singapore sling only for them to run out of the ingredients and made a pina colada instead. This tasted like shit. They basically poured vodka and milk into a glass of ice for me. Everyone who knows me know that I would never waste alcohol, I couldn't even drink the shit they gave me. Being our last night at Skandanavian bar, Moishii was smart enough to bring his camera. This turned out to be the best decision he's ever made! As we were dancing, Moishii suddenly leans forward and screams "THE ASIAN WOMAN!!!!!!!!!" The camera comes out and the flash goes off. When I finally regain my eyesight, I finally realised why no one had hit on the asian woman the first night we were at Skandanavian bar. THATS COS SHES 45Y.O!!!!!!!!!!
We also managed to get a photo of the freaky guy who kept appearing behind me all the time.....
This is when we turned around and noticed the Hat Chick who was dancing with everyone around her. Suddenly she grabs me and starts grinding herself all over me. We dance for a few minutes before I made a get away to the toilet where Moishii was waiting in line to pee. The line to the toilet was longer than the line to get into the club. He ended up waiting for about 15mins just to pee. That would teach him to drink 3 glasses of wine in one go. We get back onto the dance floor hoping that Kylie would rock up so we can get a photo of her, instead, guess who walks into the bar? The French Guy!! Yes!!! I can't believe it!! The chances of bumping into him (Who is also a tourist and visits Mykonos only a few days a year) is ridiculously low. We quickly grabbed a photo for closure. And this is him...........
Scared of a repeat of 2004, we quickly move to the other side of the dance floor. We're enjoying the music as they had a great mix of RnB, Pop and Retro when all of a sudden, the Italian Guy is next to me. Now remember how crowded the Skandanavian bar gets.....I couldn't exactly get away and was obliged to dance with him. This is because Moishii conveniently decided to explain that when you turn your back to a guy you were dancing with, its an invitation for them to get friendly with your ass. (Does anyone else know about this rule!?!?) Next thing you know, the Italian Guy (Tony) does get friendly, and its not with my ass. And lets just say he was even happier to see me than before. ALOT happier. And I knew he had been drinking vodka OJ...don't ask. I turn around hoping to get rescued by Moishii, only to find that the bastard has left me on the dance floor and ran off without telling me. I'm trapped!!! I kept moving back into the crowd trying to get away when I bump into the Hat chick. I kept trying to edge past her when she realises what I am do, grabs me and starts dancing with me. She pushes herself AND her friend between me and the Italian guy. I yell a quick thank you, turned and made a run for it whilst she held the Italian guy back.
I manage to locate Moishii at the queue for the toilet practically wetting his pants. This is when I start screaming abuse at him for ditching me on the dance floor in my moment of need. He responded by giving me a glazed over look that was something between "Who the fuck are you?" and "If you don't get out of my way, I'm going to pee on you". I hang around the toilet waiting, not ready to go back onto the dance floor by myself. When we finally hit the dance floor again, the party had heated up and people were on the bar having the time of their life.
Meanwhile, I was standing there trying to protect my chest from Moishii who kept falling onto me again and again because he was too drunk to stand up straight. During this whole incident of me shoving Moishii and him falling straight back onto me, the Italian guy somehow ended up standing behind me again. I quickly try to make a get away, but not before he could grab me. This is when he tells me he's leaving and throws in a "I'll see you next year" before he leaves. Oh shit.....is that a curse?!?!
We had danced for 3 hours straight by this point, well I had, Moishii has been stumbling around for 3 hours. I grab him and drag him out of the bar and straight to a Pita shop where I practically throw him onto a seat and start screaming at him whilst I sculled my ice cold drink. He's too drunk to give a shit as to what I am saying. He managed to somehow stumble back to the apartment and up the stairs. How he made it up those stairs I'll never understand. Look at the damn thing!!
We get into the apartment and Moishii literally collapses into bed and passes out with his clubbing clothes still on.



















