{"id":59960,"date":"2023-06-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/?p=59960"},"modified":"2023-08-25T16:45:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T20:45:41","slug":"mykonos-round-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/2023\/06\/18\/mykonos-round-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Booking a Last-Minute Trip to Mykonos to Meet My Sister After My Breakup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a complicated breakup, I flew out of Madrid to see my sister who was on vacation and headed to Mykonos, Greece. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coordinating our meetup was a bit difficult because it happened so last-minute. My plans to see her came together within 24 hours of me landing on the island.<\/p>\n\n\n

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As excited as I was to be returning to Mykonos for the second time, this visit I was traveling there with a different purpose and mindset than the first time I went to Mykonos one year prior.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the year I lived in Spain, I uprooted my life to move abroad in hopes of making a long-distance relationship work by eliminating the most challenging aspect of the relationship: the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After things went south in that relationship, my whole life was in disarray as I tried to figure out what to do, where to go, and who to turn to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I heard my sister was going to be heading to Athens and then to Mykonos with her significant other at the time, I asked if it would be okay for me to meet up with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you can imagine, coping with such a heavy heartache and living alone was not an easy transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My sister and I are incredibly close. She’s not only my sister, she is my best friend. We’ve been through so much together over the years. If there was anyone who could lift my spirits after such a depressing time in my life, it was her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to seeing two familiar faces, I loved the idea of returning to one of the most famous gay meccas in the world. Mykonos is one of my favorite islands I’ve ever been to. It will always hold a special space in my heart for the memories I have from staying there.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Photo taken during my first trip to Mykonos<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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Excited about the prospect of seeing my sister in person, I hopped online to begin booking my trip. I didn’t have much time to look for a suitable last-minute accommodation on the Greek island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn’t want to intrude on their vacation so I asked if I could join them for just 2-3 days. I began trying to coordinate a visit so I could see them in Mykonos once they had already completed the first portion of their vacation which was being spent in Athens.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Better hurry, 1-star hotels are running out!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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I still get a chuckle of this screenshot I took at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think this was one of the first times in my life I had intentionally sought out a 1-star hotel because my goal was to ESCAPE EVERYTHING AND GET TO MYKONOS FOR AS LITTLE MONEY AS POSSIBLE TO SEE MY SISTER TOMORROW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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