- Greece 2022: Retrospective
- Day 86: Athens Flight to the UK
- Day 85: Sifnos to Athens (Koropi)
- Day 84: Sifnos Troulaki Monastery and Kamares
- Day 83: Sifnos Sightseeing
- Day 82: Mum and Dad Arrive on Sifnos
- Day 81: Piraeus to Sifnos
- Day 80: Athens Airport Meet Up by Metro and More Piraeus
- Day 79: Exploring Athens Part 2: Hadrian’s Library, Roman Agora & Ancient Agora
- Day 78: Exploring Athens Part 1: Acropolis, Parthenon, Museum and Temple of Zeus
- Day 77 Agistri to Piraeus
- Day 76 Agistri Part 2 – Megalochori and Dragonera
- Day 75: Agistri – Chalikiada, Megalochori, Dragonera, Livadakia and Aponisos
- Day 74: Aegina Temple of Apollo, Ferry to Agistri
- Day 73: Exploring Aegina – Aegina Town
- Day 72: Exploring Aegina – Nectarios, Aphaia, Agia Marina, Ancient Olive Grove, Marathonas and Perdkia
- Day 71: Crete to Aegina
- Days 67-70: Last Few Days in Stalis
- Day 66: Day Trip to Agios Nikolaos and Elounda
- Day 65: Gym in Malia, Sunbathe in Stalis
- Days 63 & 64: Malia and back to Stalis
- Days 59-62: More Malia
- Day 58: Malia, Gym and Jogging
- Day 57: Stalis to Malia
- Days 52-56: Stalis Life
- Day 51: First Day in Stalis
- Day 50: Ios to Crete
- Days 48 & 49: Last Two Days on Ios
- Day 47: Southern Ios – Tris Ekklisies, Magganari, Kalamos and Chora
- Days 45 & 46: Exploring Northern Ios
- Day 44: Ios Mylopotas Relaxation
- Day 43: Amorgos to Ios
- Days 42: Kos to Amorgos
- Days 37-41: Kos Town Downtime
- Day 36: Kos Paradise Beach, Kefalos and Zia
- Days 34-35: More Kos Town Relaxation
- Day 33: Kos Lido Water Park
- Days 31-32: Kos Town
- Day 30: Kos Paradise Beach
- Day 29: Kos Town Hotel Move
- Day 27-28: Astypalea to Kos and Kos Town First Day
- Day 24-26: An Unexpected Extension on Astypalea
- Day 23: Astypalea Part 2 – Vatses, Kaminakia, Marmari, Steno, Schinonta and Chrisi Ammos
- Day 22: Exploring Astypalea: Tzanakia, Agios Konstantinos, Livadi and Chora
- Reflections on Paros
- Day 21: Paros to Astypalea
- Day 20: My Last Day on Paros
- Day 19: Exploring Paros by Quad Bike (ATV)
- Day 18: Paros Revisiting Aliki
- Day 17: Parikia Again
- Day 16: Chilling out in Parikia
- Day 15: Antiparos Again
- Day 14: Paros Parkikia Sightseeing and Beach
- Day 13: Antiparos e-bike Experience
- Day 12: Paros Golden Beach
- Day 11: Paros Krios, Marcello and Naoussa
- Day 10: Paros Aliki Beach
- Day 9: Paros Logaras and Punda Beaches
- Day 8: Visiting Antiparos
- Day 7: Travelling to Paros
- Day 6: Back to Kalamata
- Day 5: Elafonisos
- Day 4: Monemvasia
- Day 3: Climbing Mount Taygetus
- Day 2: Mystras
- Day 1: Manchester to Kalamata
- It’s Almost Time… Kalamata Here I Come!
- 2022: Another Greek Summer Beckons
Monday 4th July 2022
Early Gym Session
I woke up before my alarm at 7, having gone to bed pretty early last night. I made up another yoghurt with honey and walnuts for breakfast in my room, then had some water and orange juice. I didn’t have a kettle in my room and hadn’t bought another cold coffee either so I took a detour on the way to the gym via Ragoussis bakery and picked up a freddo espresso to give my workout a bit of a boost. The gym was fairly quiet and I had a good back workout, it felt good to be training again and I was still a bit sore from Saturday’s session too.
I got back to the hotel just after 10, had a shower and decided to visit the town beach in Parikia for a few hours. Having done quite a lot of sightseeing last week with Caroline, I don’t expect these next few days will be that exciting to read as I’ve got work commitments and also a budget to stick to as well.
Beach Bound
I got my beach gear together and headed north from the hotel towards Livadi beach, but decided to continue past it to the main Parikia beach instead. It seemed quite busy though, so being the fickle person I am, I turned around and ended up back at Livadi beach. The sunbathing was fine, but on trying to get into the water, I realised how rocky it is there. Worse still, on getting back out of the sea I noticed several black sea urchins lurking on several rocks! It was at that point I made a decision not to come back to this beach again!!
Wanting a fairly cheap lunch, I walked north again and stopped at Onar cafe, where Caroline and I had eaten on the day we walked around to Krios/Marcello beach. I had a Sprite (resisting the call of a cold beer) and a club sandwich, which was tasty.
Work Time
With my sand, sea and sustenance need satisfied, it was time to go back to the hotel and work for a bit. I had a call with Michael, my friend and work colleague, for nearly an hour and then spent another couple of hours completing some work tasks on my laptop.
Gym…Again
Being the slightly crazy exercise fanatic that I am, I decided to go back to the gym again for another workout before dinner. I arrived just before 6 and had a reasonable leg workout, though it’s not my favourite thing to train. I did decide that I prefer training in the evening, though, so tomorrow I’ll probably skip the morning session and come down around the same time as this again.
Easy Dinner
As I was arriving back at the hotel from the gym, I decided to check out the food menu at their restaurant and spotted a nice chicken dish. I went back to my room for a shower and to get changed, then took the convenient option of eating at the hotel rather than walking around to find a new restaurant to try. The chicken dish was really good and with a beer, it cost €15.50 so it was quite a cheap meal compared to what I’d been spending over the past week.
