- 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 27th June 2022
The Working Week Begins
I had some work to catch up on before I could relax, so Caroline decided to head off alone on the 9 o’clock bus to a beach called Logaras, located on the eastern side of Paros. I would join her later in the day once I’ve finished working. Before starting work, I popped out for breakfast and found a fantastic place called Symposium purely by accident. Then, I learned via TripAdvisor that it’s one of the most popular places in Parikia, not far from our Hotel (Oasis) and does amazing food and coffee. I had Greek yoghurt with honey and walnuts, plus a latte. It was delicious.
Back at the hotel, I managed a couple of hours of work and then checked the bus timetable to see when I could next get to Logaras. A bus was due to depart at 11:45 which gave me just enough time to get my beach gear ready and walk over to the bus station.
Logaras and Punda
The bus ride took about 35 minutes as it stops at several other resorts on the way. Caroline had moved from Logaras to a beach just south of it called Punda, so I walked from the bus stop down to meet her at a beach bar. I got a beer and we chatted for a bit, then decided to head back up to Logaras for lunch as there was more choice of tavernas.
It wasn’t easy to choose which taverna to stop at, but in the end, we picked Cactus and were very glad we did! The food was amazing, a little expensive but totally worth it.
Piso Livadi
After finishing our meal, we decided to walk north past the end of Logaras beach and on to Piso Livadi. Here we found a small beach nestled into the corner of a harbour. Quite pretty but quiet compared to the other two beaches we’d visited. We decided not to stay, however, and when I checked my phone and saw a return bus scheduled for 15:20, we decided to get on it and head back to Parikia.
Rather than heading straight back to the hotel, we headed south from the bus depot and walked down to another small-ish beach that I hadn’t seen before. I stopped for ice cream and Caroline bought some more water. I thought about having a swim but it was quite windy on this side of the island and the beach also looked quite stony near the shoreline, which put me off a bit. We turned around and strolled back to the hotel.
Dinner in Parikia
After a brief nap, I had a video call with my parents to catch up with them, then got ready for dinner and met Caroline on her balcony to do some people watching before setting out for food. Her balcony has a great view of the port so it’s fun to watch people coming and going.
We walked north from the hotel and chose Aioli taverna for dinner. Caroline had been here on her first night and said it was good, so I wanted to try it for myself. I ordered the salmon linguini with lemon in a cream sauce. It was pretty good, though could have done with more sauce as I found it a tad dry.
Rather than head straight back to the hotel, we went for a post-dinner drink at a bar called The Mad Hatter, just behind our hotel. I had a strawberry daiquiri and we sat and chatted for a while then decided to call it a night.
