- 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
Friday 8th July 2022
A Relaxing Final Day
Two weeks here on Paros have been plenty of time exploring the island, so I didn’t really have much on my agenda today besides relaxing ahead of a long-ish travel day tomorrow. I ate breakfast in my hotel room, packed my beach gear and laptop and headed out to the local beach, grabbing a Freddo espresso from the cafe downstairs on my way out.
No Wind at Last
As I walked around the harbour toward the beach, I noticed how still the air was and realised the wind had finally died down. As a result, it felt several degrees hotter and by the time I arrived at Parikia beach, I was hot enough to head straight into the sea as soon as I’d laid out my towel and finished the last of my coffee.
The beach was quiet as it was still quite early, just as I liked it! I spent a couple of hours sunbathing, reading my Kindle and enjoying the peaceful atmosphere.
Lunch and Work
When midday arrived, I packed up my beach towel and walked to Onar cafe, now my go-to spot for lunch as it’s pretty cheap and the food is reasonably decent. I ordered a beer and club sandwich and then got my laptop out to catch up on some work.
I contemplated another spell on the beach, but as I walked back along the sand from Onar cafe towards the town, the beach had become quite busy and I didn’t really fancy squeezing myself in around other sunbathers. Instead, I headed back to my room and did a bit more work in a quiet, air-conditioned environment.
At 5pm, I had a video call with my parents as it had been a while since I’d spoken to them. Just before the call, I popped to Ragoussis bakery to get another coffee and ended up treating myself to a couple of cakes as well: two mini baklavas with chocolate swirls on top and a larger bit of chocolate cake. The call lasted about an hour and it was nice to catch up. I then headed down to the gym for my last workout on Paros (though I’m contemplating an early session tomorrow).
Dinner or no Dinner
After drinking my post-workout protein shake, plus the cakes I’d had earlier (though I haven’t eaten them all), I wasn’t really hungry but equally didn’t want to spend my last evening stuck in my hotel room, so I had a shower, got dressed and headed out to see if I could find somewhere I fancied eating.
I ended up walking quite a distance around the town, but this only served to convince me that I didn’t really need or want a meal, so I circled back to the hotel and decided to sit outside at the cafe and treat myself to a cocktail instead.
I sat and did some people watching: the hotel cafe is a great spot, being opposite the port and close to the bus station there are always people walking around. I made the cocktail last quite a while, then headed up to my room and to bed.
