- An Exciting Journey Begins
- Touring Greece Without a Plan
- Day 1: Crete Arrival
- Day 2: It’s Windy in Palaiochora
- Day 3: Palaiochora Morning Exercise
- Day 4: Exploring South-Western Crete
- Day 5: Grammeno Beach Again
- Day 6: Finally the Wind Dies Down
- Day 7: Elafonissi Beach
- Day 8: Last Time at Grammeno Beach
- Day 9: Last Day in Palaiochora
- Day 10: Road Trip Across Crete
- Day 11: Preveli and Agia Galini
- Day 12: Phaistos and Matala
- Day 13: Gortyn, Heraklion and Sitia
- Day 15: Karpathos Arrival
- Day 16: Karpathos Beach Day
- Day 17: Karpathos Beach Day…Again
- Day 18: Ammopi Beach by Bus
- Day 19: Exploring Karpathos by Car
- Day 20: Rhodes Arrival
- Day 21: Exploring Rhodes Town
- Day 22: Rhodes Town Beach
- Day 23: Rhodes to Tilos
- Day 24: Cutting Tilos Short
- Day 25: Kos Town Beach Day
- Day 26: Kos Car Hire
- Day 27: Kos Beach Day Again
- Day 28: Kos Town Hotel Move
- Day 29: Why I’m Still on Kos
- Day 30: Ed Arrives on Kos
- Day 31: Boat Trip with Ed
- Day 32: Road Trip (with Ed!)
- Day 33: Ed Departs, I Remain
- Days 34-36: Nothing But The Pool
- Day 37: Back to Kos Town
- Days 38-41: Living Life in Kos Town
- Day 42: Visiting Tigaki
- Day 43: Moving Hotel Room
- Day 44: Moving Hotel Room Part 2
- Day 45: Last Gym Session on Kos
- Day 46: Kos Final Full Day
- Day 47: Kos to Amorgos
- Day 48: Amorgos to Naxos
- Day 49: Relaxing in Agia Anna / Plaka Beach
- Days 50-51: Agia Anna
- Day 52: Exploring Naxos by Car
- Day 53: Naxos to Ios
- Day 54: Exploring South Ios Magganari Beach
- Day 55: Ios Agia Theodoti Beach
- Day 56: Ios Chill Day
- Day 57: Ios Psathi Beach and Palaiokastro
- Day 58: Ios Last Full Day
- Day 59: Ios to Sikinos
- Day 60: Relaxing on Sikinos
- Day 61: Sikinos Sightseeing
- Day 62: Sikinos to Sifnos
- Day 63: Sifnos Cloudy First Day
- Day 64: More Clouds Over Sifnos
- Day 65: Sifnos Sunshine
- Day 66: Mum and Dad Arrive on Sifnos
- Day 67: Mum and Dad’s First Full Day on Sifnos
- Day 68: Bus Trip to Apollonia
- Day 69: Sun, Sand and Sea on Sifnos
- Day 70: Exploring Sifnos by Car
- Day 71: More Sifnos Sightseeing
- Day 72: Our Last Full Day
- Day 73: Homeward Bound
- Greek Odyssey 2021: Retrospective
Wednesday 1st September 2021
An Easy Last Day
Though I could have made an effort to explore the northern part of Ios, there isn’t a whole lot there to see aside from the (alleged) Tomb of Homer – which I visited during my previous time on Ios back in 2017 – and a few small beaches. As a result, my plan for today was pretty relaxed and consisted primarily of sunbathing at the hotel pool and down on Mylopotas beach.
Breakfast Pancakes
For a bit of variety, I swapped my usual yoghurt and honey breakfast for some delicious pancakes with maple syrup. They were amazing, if rather sickly, but totally worth it!
Sunbathing
Feeling rather sluggish after my carb explosion of breakfast, I spent the next few hours down at the hotel pool moving as little as possible from my sunbed! Only when it got too hot and I needed to cool off in the water did I drag myself into action.
At lunchtime, feeling a bit guilty for my lack of activity all morning, I walked down to the beach and bought a protein shake and some more water from the supermarket, but decided to spend some time on the beach as I’d not really used it much during my stay. The sea is nice, but it does get deep fairly quickly and is prone to being wavy when the wind blows from the west.
A few more hours later and it was time to head back to the hotel to get showered and cool off before dinner.
Last Dinner on Ios
I had to return the quad bike by 8 pm this evening, so it made sense to eat in the resort. I was torn between returning to Karma for some Italian cuisine, trying a new restaurant, or going back to Cantina del Mar. In the end, I opted for the latter – their food has been consistently excellent and I always like to make my last dinner on an island something to remember.
I chose their bacon and egg BBQ burger, which was massive (as you can see below), but delicious and very filling. I also had a lovely glass of red wine and finished the meal with some cheesecake (sadly forgot to get a photo of it). It was a perfect end to my time on Ios and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed being here.
