My recent travels and upcoming plans.

Greece was everything I expected it to be. The best of friends, sun, beach, and late night fun. Add copious amounts of alcohol, countless beautiful women,  a bit of belligerence, and a few sea urchins here and there and you get yourself a trip which you won't soon forget. But never mind all the belligerence for now, actually scratch that, I'm sure that's what most of you would like to read about :-)

My whole trip began 2 Friday nights ago when I met with my friend Andrew (and 2 of his friends) in Munich as they were beginning a month-long European trip. Naturally, I took it upon myself to show them around what is easily one of the best cities in the world...and sure enough our evening didn't disappoint. After consuming immeasurable liters of beer at Augustiner-Bräu München, we made our way to Kultfabrik to party our asses off. After a while, I approached 2 blondes at the bar that practically had opportunity written all over their faces, among other places, and instantly hit it off. Much of the night consisted of talking them up with my boy Tim (one of Andrew's friends), but after he fell off the map I found myself in a situation that I hadn't experienced since junior year of high school. Long story short: we had our way with one another, all three of us. It's fair to say this set the tone for the remainder of my trip.

Since that Friday night, I believe I didn't stop drinking for the following 10 days. Unhealthy? Yes. Worthwhile? You bet your ass it was. That Sunday afternoon I found myself in Kos, Greece partying amongst my two fellow travelers and some of the most beautiful people in the world (Scandinavians.) Monday morning we arrived in Mykonos and met up with Eugene and his entourage. The ensuing days were spent becoming sun-kissed on the beach, while the nights proved to be what Mykonos nightlife should be. On one of the nights, after recklessly and incoherently walking the white narrow alleys of the island, some of the girls, guys, and myself made our way back to our beach-front hotel for further mind-inebriating, plus swimming in our pool and the ocean too. Clothes may or may not have been worn, but I "promised" not to tell because what happens in Mykonos, stays in Mykonos. Man of my word.

The next morning I woke up completely ass-naked on my bed with a bloody foot. I later recalled having stepped on several sea urchins and my great friend James performing foot surgery in order to remove the spikes, in the nude, while chugging out of a vodka bottle and passing it to me back and forth until I blacked out. Fuck my life. The only thing that could make me feel better was to do it all over again, we did, and more stories, albeit different and less absurd, were created. I did manage to spend another night with 2 other blond Swiss girls, although nothing happened this time in the end as one of them got completely trashed and kept her friend and I from doing the damn thing. After the previous encounter the week before, my ego was über boosted, but you can't win 'em all right? Grenades I tell ya...

In all seriousness though, a beach vacation was exactly what I needed. I'm most grateful for having spent time with friends though. Unfortunately, my summer has officially come to a depressing finish as I will be spending the next month (literally!) away with work. Staying in touch with you all with be a little more difficult than usual, but again, email and Facebook always work. The bright side of all this: once I'm back I'll only have 2 months to go until my return back home to D.C. for a fort night. I seriously can't wait to see everyone in November. Upcoming travel plans in September: South of France the first week of the month, and Jackie and her boy-toy Tony will be visiting me for Oktoberfest. Thanks for reading everyone, more details over the phone as always. Cheers!

Out in Mykonos.

Our Hotel.

Beaching it out!