May 2023

Kos 2023, Greece

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May 23, 2023
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Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 6:01 PM
☁️ 16 °C
Altitude: 41 m
Germany Wentorf bei Hamburg 53.501534, 10.23674953°30’6” N 10°14’12” E
The postcard is ready!
May 18, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Ha! The postcard is ready, tomorrow I need to pass by the copy shop to print out some of them. So vacation mode is on now 😜❤️
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Monday, May 22, 2023 at 10:40 AM
☁️ 23 °C
Altitude: 20 m
Germany Tonndorf 53.581615, 10.10630553°34’54” N 10°6’23” E
Tea for the holidays
May 22, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Last time I forgot to take some tea with me - but not this time 😜.

So I went to my favorite tea trader to buy some. My favorite tea at the moment: milky oolong ❤️.

So tomorrow I will be out 🏝️
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Day 1
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 6:00 AM
☁️ 14 °C
Altitude: 36 m
Germany Hamburg Airport 53.628333, 10.00333353°37’42” N 10°0’12” E
Hamburg Airport
May 23, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Bye bye rain ☔, bye bye clouds ☁️.
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Day 1
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 12:58 PM
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 5 m
Greece Ákra Mastichári 36.848333, 27.07536°50’54” N 27°4’30” E
Arrived!
May 23, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Ocean 🌊, sun ☀️, sand 🏝️.

And a really cool apartment, in the middle of the dunes, 50m from the beach and 800m from the beach bars. Near enough to stagger home 🤣 far enough to feel completely alone in the dunes.

I will show you some pictures later on - first I will drink my iced espresso ☕ and eat my sole fish 🐟.Read more
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Day 1
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 4:15 PM
☁️ 20 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Greece Vathýs Potamós 36.841599, 27.07200236°50’30” N 27°4’19” E
Nancies castle is our home
May 23, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
We live at Nancies place on the top floor 🏘️.

Nancy is wonderful and lives here with two of her four adult children. She lives downstairs and we stay on the upper floor with a view over the huge natural property 🌴🌲🌳 until the ocean 🌊.

The apartment is almost entirely made of wood inside with 2 large roof terraces. From the outside, the upper part is covered with natural stones. The garden is full of flowers 🌸🌺🌼 and birds 🐦🕊️🦅 - hard to believe it's only 200m to the sea 🌊.

We just went shopping with Nancy, now the fridge is full and we're looking forward to some cozy summer evenings 🌒🌙 - we definitely have 4 boxes 🎶🎵🎼 with us and ice cubes & ouzo in the freezer 😋.Read more
TravelerSieht nach einem super tollen Platz aus 🥰
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Travelerja voll!!! ❤️
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Day 2
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 3:28 PM
☀️ 21 °C
Altitude: 5 m
Greece Vathýs Potamós 36.837667, 27.06033836°50’16” N 27°3’37” E
What a lazy day 😊
May 24, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Today we first slept for a really long time 🛌🛌🛌 and then ate all the delicious things we bought yesterday for brunch 😋.

After that we went down to swim 🏊 in the sea (it's much warmer than I thought) and sat around watching the waves 🌊🌊🌊.

Since we only explored one direction yesterday, we walked the other way along the coast today and stumbled across a nicely located restaurant. Glad we were hungry 🤣!

So now we're enjoying a shady ouzo on our roof terrace, watching the leaves swaying in the wind and listening to the birds. In the background you can hear the continuous surging of the waves.
This is soooooooo relaxing ❤️.Read more
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Day 2
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 7:44 PM
⛅ 20 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Greece Ákra Mastichári 36.85, 27.07536°51’0” N 27°4’30” E
Sunset beer 🍻
May 24, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
What a funny everything.... unfortunately the story is too long to tell 🤣🤣🤣 but involves some rusty bikes and a blond Udo Lindenberg...
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Day 3
Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 2:16 PM
☀️ 22 °C
Altitude: 8 m
Greece Evriós Réma 36.857384, 27.1068536°51’27” N 27°6’25” E
Tam Tam
May 25, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We landed here on one of our bike rides 🚲 along the coast direction Kos. At some point we decided to go for a drink and took a small road to the ocean following the sign "Tam Tam".

In short: too many people, too many tourists, too ready made, too perfect, too money optimized, too boring.Read more
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Day 3
Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 4:48 PM
☀️ 22 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Greece Vathýs Potamós 36.841797, 27.07180236°50’30” N 27°4’18” E
Living in an oasis
May 25, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Did I already tell you that I live in an oasis? 🌴🐦🌺

Nancy has lived here since 1979 and when she bought this land it consisted of sand dunes ⛱️ and little undergrowth. Gradually, over many years, she planted trees 🌴🌲🌳 and later, when there was more shade, many shrubs 🪴🌿☘️ and flowers 🌸🌺🌼.

This has made this place an oasis in the dunes, a haven for countless birds 🐦🐣🦅🕊️.

I'm so lucky to live here with my binoculars 🥸 high up in the trees.Read more
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Day 4
Friday, May 26, 2023 at 12:21 PM
☀️ 22 °C
Altitude: 12 m
Greece Defterdar mosque 36.893333, 27.28833336°53’36” N 27°17’18” E
Kos city
May 26, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Today we took the bus 🚌 to Kos town.

This takes about 35 minutes ⌚ from Mastchari and costs 3.20 💵. The bus 🚍 does not run very often, 6 times a day on weekdays and 3 times on Sundays.

Kos town 🏟️ is not very big and the old town can be explored in no time. There is archaeological stuff 🏛️ to see everywhere, but nothing really stands out. Ferries ⛴️ go over from Kos to Bodrum/Turkey 🇹🇷 and all sorts of Greek islands 🏝️.

Actually, we had planned to take the bus back at 4:30 p.m., but since the city couldn't really conquer our rush, we took the bus back at 2:30 p.m. 🤪.

Our "private beach" 🏖️ around the corner, our oasis 🌴 at Nancies, our roof terraces 🏡 and the Light Blue 🐟🍷 in Mastichari on the beach 🌊 within walking distance cannot be beaten by far.Read more
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Day 4
Friday, May 26, 2023 at 8:02 PM
⛅ 21 °C
Altitude: 12 m
Greece Vathýs Potamós 36.842693, 27.07019836°50’34” N 27°4’13” E
Our beach ☺️
May 26, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
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Day 5
Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 12:15 PM
☁️ 22 °C
Altitude: 5 m
Greece Vathýs Potamós 36.829803, 27.05260336°49’47” N 27°3’9” E
Lovly bar
May 27, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Today we discovered a gem 💎 when we cycled along the coast with our old rusty boneshakers 🚲: the Lovly Bar.

A beautiful place with a fantastic view, perfect all day but certainly also at sunset 🌅. A very pleasant ambience with no tourism fanfare.

The owner Tassos and his wife Yana are super nice and hospitable, as is the waitress. The "restaurant" ist furnished with a hodgepodge of chairs 🪑, sofas 🛋️, tables and flotsam, all somehow improvised.

The best part is that most of the ingredients come from their own farm 🐔. The prices are absolutely fair and I ❤️ to support Tassos in being able to keep his bar in this beautiful place, despite the competition from tourism groups.

So here we‘re sitting, enjoying our fish 🐟❤️.Read more
Travelertraumplatzerl. irgendwie ist diese reise von mir unbemerkt abgelaufen. sieht aber ziemlich erholsam aus!
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Day 6
Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 11:22 AM
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: 25 m
Greece Luizo 36.816151, 27.04122536°48’58” N 27°2’28” E
Criss-cross the island
May 28, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Today we rented a car 🚙 and explored the areas that cannot be reached by bus 🚌 or bike 🚲.

Since off-road was not crossed out on the rental agreement, we mainly chose the off-road routes 🤣.
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Day 6
Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 12:21 PM
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: 78 m
Greece Ákra Katá 36.720528, 26.93283336°43’14” N 26°55’58” E
Chapel of Agia Irini Chrysovalantou
May 28, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
These chapels ⛪️ can be found everywhere. This one we found 🔔 on our way along the south west coast..
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Day 6
Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 12:36 PM
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: 6 m
Greece Kálamos Réma 36.710449, 26.92333236°42’38” N 26°55’24” E
Agios Theologos Beach
May 28, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
A few days ago Rainer had discovered a very beautiful secluded beach on the map - the Paradise beach. We tried to get there via the Agios Theologos Beach but after a few kilometers just before the junction it was over. Nothing worked anymore, too little ground clearance, too much rubble, too big stones and too deep undercuts on the road. So we went all the way back to the Chapel of Agia Irini Chrysovalantou and tried again from the other side.Read more
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Day 6
Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 2:11 PM
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Greece Ormískos Chilandríou 36.682163, 26.95168936°40’56” N 26°57’6” E
Paradise beach
May 28, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
That was the highlight 🌞 of the day: the Paradise beach 🏝️.

A truly beautiful beach on an impressive coastline. The sea is rougher here, more waves 🌊 and further back there are some big stones 🪨 under water, which makes swimming a bit more dangerous. Further ahead, however, the waves are tamer and the sandy beach slopes gently into the water.

There is also a beach bar 🍸 there, which is beautifully situated, but the music 🎶 is screamingly loud - we definitely swept by quickly.

The way to the beach leads a few kilometers over a dirt road, which is, however, easily passable. No deep undercuts or large stones, just flattened out nicely by the excavator.

Definitely worth going! ❤️Read more
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Day 6
Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 2:38 PM
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: 212 m
Greece Thymianós 36.703548, 26.94675836°42’13” N 26°56’48” E
Traditional Café
May 28, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
After a long and bumpy adventure ride and a swim in the wild sea, we were really hungry and discovered this secluded Greek café with a beautiful view. However, it was really a café and not a restaurant and the hunger was far too great to be able to satisfy it with tsaziki and feta salad. So we jumped right back into the car looking for fish 🐟.Read more
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Day 6
Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 3:12 PM
☁️ 22 °C
Altitude: 100 m
Greece Kéfalos 36.743896, 26.96120136°44’38” N 26°57’40” E
Maistrali Restaurant, Kefalos
May 28, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Just for the records... we got our fish 🐟🤣 - and some nice fava and other yummy Greek food 😋 in addition to a nice view! Very recommend!
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Day 6
Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 5:04 PM
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: 8 m
Greece Órmos Chochylaríou 36.780388, 27.00464236°46’49” N 27°0’17” E
Volcania beach
May 28, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
The Volcania beach is by far the most natural beach far and wide. This time of the year no lounge chairs but a lot of flotsam and tons of seaweed piling up along the waterline. Not so nice to get into the water for a swim because of the seaweed, but you definitely have peace and quiet here...Read more
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Day 6
Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 5:35 PM
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: 6 m
Greece Limenískos Kardámaina 36.781666, 27.14333336°46’54” N 27°8’36” E
Kardamaina
May 28, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Actually we wanted to rent a scooter 🛵 but the weather forecast predicted a decent rain 🌧️ at 6pm. So we rented a car 🚗 and used the rain to wash the dust off from the dirt roads 🤣. We found particularly large and deep puddles in Kardamaina on the way to the port ⛴️.Read more
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Day 7
Monday, May 29, 2023 at 8:03 PM
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: 5 m
Greece Ákra Mastichári 36.848331, 27.07500136°50’54” N 27°4’30” E
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Last evening out
May 29, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Today was our last day on Kos and we spent it on our home beach 🏖️ swimming 🏊 in the ocean 🌊 and sitting on our roof terrace listening to and watching 👀 birds 🐦.

In the evening we walked along the beach to our favorite restaurant "Light blue" and had a tasty dinner 🥘 with fresh orange 🍊 juice and hot chocolate ☕ and for sure ouzo 🧊.

After that we walked back and sat with a beer 🍻 at our home beach 🏖️, watching the waves 🌊 and the moon 🌕.

A perfect last day - live is so good! ❤️❤️❤️Read more
Maria Uhlig Jamas! :)
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TravelerHerrlich! Ein Traum 🏖️
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Day 8
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 8:53 AM
⛅ 20 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Greece Vathýs Potamós 36.841614, 27.07210736°50’30” N 27°4’20” E
Last Milky Oolong at Nancies
May 30, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Bye bye! 👋🏼
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Day 8
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 11:55 AM
☀️ 21 °C
Altitude: 129 m
Greece Kos Airport 36.801667, 27.0936°48’6” N 27°5’24” E
Bye bye Greece 🇬🇷
May 30, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
❤️🏖️🌊🇬🇷🐦🌕
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Day 8
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 2:35 PM
☁️ 16 °C
Altitude: 40 m
Germany Ammersbek 53.700001, 10.12833353°42’0” N 10°7’42” E
Hello Hamburg
May 30, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
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Day 8
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 5:02 PM
☁️ 18 °C
Altitude: 18 m
Germany Uhlenhorst 53.585, 10.01333353°35’6” N 10°0’48” E
Home sweet home
May 30, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
First thing I did was cleaning my balcony from the dodo-vulture leftovers 🤣.

Good to be back ☺️.
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Trip end
May 30, 2023