- 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 18th August 2021
Deja Vu
What I neglected to mention in yesterday’s update was that my hotel room move was just for one night. Today, I move rooms again – this time from room 14 to room 3, which turned out to be a slightly nicer room on the first floor with a balcony and partial sea view. On the plus side, this is my final room change and I’ll be staying in room 3 for the final three nights of my stay on Kos.
Neratzia Castle (I Actually Made it This Time)
Aside from the hotel room switch, most of the day went in much the same way as the last few posts. However, after failing to visit Neratzia Castle yesterday (due to it being closed on Tuesdays) I made an effort to get back to the hotel early afternoon so I could see it today.
The castle closes at 3:30 pm (for some reason), so I quickly showered, changed and grabbed my camera gear. It was only a 5-minute walk, but I was sweating by the time I arrived – I was hoping there would be some shade around the castle or I was going to melt!
Entrance to the castle is free, which might go some way towards explaining why it closes early. It wasn’t too busy when I arrived, and it’s a pretty large site so it was easy to stroll around and feel like you had the place to yourself. Fortunately, there were also a few shady spots which were very helpful in escaping from the hot sun for a few minutes.
Another New Dinner Spot
On the way back to the hotel from the castle, I stopped at a shop to buy more snacks and a cold coffee drink. Despite my new room being much nicer than room 12, for some reason it lacks tea/coffee making facilities and I was in need of a caffeine boost!
For dinner, I decided to return to Kos Old Town again. There were quite a few nice looking restaurants in that area so I figured it was worth returning and trying somewhere different. After browsing a few menus, I chose a place called Meze Academy, where I had battered shrimp with sweet chilli sauce to start, followed by meat kebabs on pita bread with a spicy tomato sauce and yoghurt dip. The food was nice, though perhaps not quite as tasty as I’d hoped.
