- 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
Saturday, 10th September 2022
Early Sightseeing
We still had a few hours left on the hire car, having picked it up at midday yesterday and needing to return it at the same time today. Mum and Dad decided to relax at the hotel while Marion and I used the car to drive up to Troulaki Monastery. It’s in a similar location to Agios Simeon but slightly further west. Unlike Simeon, you also can’t drive right up to it and instead have to park on the road and hike for 10-15 minutes. It’s not a challenging walk, but my parents didn’t fancy it.
Troulaki Monastery
The monastery itself is smaller than Agios Simeon and not as picturesque. The main attraction is the stunning views down to Kamares:
We spent a few minutes walking around and taking in the views. It had been quite a sweaty walk from the car despite being relatively early in the morning, so we also rested and cooled off in the shade of the building before heading back down.
At the same time, Mum and Dad had walked to the Church of St Catherine in Kamares. It’s situated on the northern side of the bay directly below Troulaki, so we tried to see if we could spot them! We saw a couple of vague shapes moving around, but the distance made it impossible to determine whether it was them or not.
Sunbathing in Kamares
When we’d returned to the hotel and changed into our beach gear, my parents had already reserved our usual spot at To Kohyli. It was our last full day on Sifnos, and the weather was the best so far, so we planned to make the most of our time at the beach, topping up our tans and cooling off in the amazing, cool water.
For lunch, we all shared two club sandwiches. Dad and I had large beers (what else?!) while Mum and Marion both had Fantas. Later on, we got some ice cream from a nearby shop.
We stayed at the beach until nearly 4 p.m., at which point Marion was looking a bit pink, and I wanted to go back to the hotel to sort through my case and get rid of some unwanted bits ahead of our journey home tomorrow.
Captain’s Bar Cocktails and Passione Italiana
For our last evening on Sifnos, there was no mistaking our plans: happy hour cocktails at Captain’s Bar followed by excellent Italian food at Passione Italiana. I fit in three courses and my share of a litre of house white wine on top of several cocktails. Needless to say, we all slept well!!
