Month: August 2022

Living and learning to swim at my tiny dream cove

At the end of May 2022, it was time for my last awesome beach on Evia in Greece.

This one was like a little bathtub in the ocean filled with crystal clear water, fish, and surrounded by rocks. It was great and from time to time some locals came by. Some fishermen gave me fresh fish and I trained to prepare them.

At that time, I decided to improve my swimming skills and so I started watching YouTube videos about proper breaststroke techniques and learning these techniques. Before, my swim style had been… I would say: underdeveloped. I learned a bit freestyle as well but I still prefer the breaststroke because with this one it’s cooler to dive for a short period and then swim again. And it’s more comfortable to watch the fish while swimming.

If you want to have a quick look at the breaststroke technique, check out these videos:
Breaststroke Swimming :: The 5 most important things
How to swim: Breaststroke

The next post will be about trouble in paradise!

I love how the beaches transform into free tent campings

Still end-May 2022, I felt like it would be nice to see some more other humans and so I headed to a beach that is easily accessible and not very far from a town.

At that beach were two restaurants. One got prepared for the summer season and the other was open and that means: FRENCH FRIES TIME! I love french fries and so I get them occasionally when there is a chance for it.

On the weekdays I spent at that beach with its beautiful cave, there were only a few other people around. But when the weather got better on the weekend, Greeks came along and transformed the beach into a little tent village. I love it. For me being allowed to wild camp like this is a sense of freedom. It just feels right.