Tag: Greece

Sozopoli

~ Veselin ~ 1 Comment

We spent a week in the Greek village of Sozopoli. Greece has hundreds or thousands of such places. I’m yet to find one that isn’t nice.

Sozopoli, in particular, is beautiful but has a bit of a problem with stray dogs. My step count plummeted because strays are territorial before being fed in the morning and barked at me when trying to do my morning steps. Locals seem to go out in the evening but my internal clock complained and I went down to something like 4k steps/day on some days. I tend to be more productive when starting the day early.

The first photo shows a road with a guardian.

The season is almost over

~ Veselin ~ 8 Comments

We were in Greece last week.

Most tourists were gone, leaving the beach for a small group of guests who were late like us. The water was fine, the rentals were cheap. It was sunny and somewhat hot.

Our village had lots of stray cats, and even more dogs. There was a cat family with 1 month old kitten, which I couldn’t photograph but could hear. Meow, meow, mom, are you at the nearby restaurant, again?

Something is going on in Kresna, perhaps the new traffic light, causing 2h delays. We got delayed on the way there but not on the way back. I hope they figure it out soon.

I let my guard down during my vacation

~ Veselin ~ 13 Comments

I had an awesome 2 weeks off and it felt awesome, I wish my vacation was longer. However, watching the health app, it’s full of red flags everywhere.

🔴 Made on average about 3K steps per day during the 2 weeks 📉, with a decrease in all activity and calory metrics
🔴 Ate more meals, more each meal, and less healthy food each day, often with beer, ice cream, and fries 🍺
🔴 Gained 2-3kg 👻
🔴 I find it harder to make myself walk and climb stairs now that I’m back

Looking back, what did I do wrong?

The food in Greece, Spain, and generally all restaurant food in vacation destinations is tasty, the portions are big, and it’s full of fats, salts, and sugar. Unlike brunch places in Bulgaria that feed office workers, tourist trap areas feed tourists who only eat there for a short period. They are not incentivized to sell healthy food but rather to make guests pay more. Also, it’s hot, and hot encourages ice cream and beer. Hard to avoid that or is it?

My biggest wonder from this year is what happened with the steps. I went down from 10k to 3k. Why? Not sure. Living in a small village doesn’t leave that much room for walking but ours had a long beach alley. Walking was possible. I slipped somehow.