The Sunday Getaway - 19 02 2023 - On Foot

What a glorious day it is.?It's a brisk weekend morning and despite the frosty early start, the sun starts climbing high and given the prolonged week of sunshine you know today is going to be another balmy day. In fact, the closer you get to noon layers come off and soon enough an impromptu coffee on the?chaise-longue?turns into a sunbathing session.?

Basking under the winter sun in full swing are Athenians of every age, kids, dogs and all. I've just finished a quick brunch with a friend in Kifissia and leave reinvigorated after a chat full of future plans, new projects and upcoming shenanigans. I need to run a few errands and I'm walking Mylo to the car when instead, the thought of walking there hits me. I check on Maps and the distance seems like a brisk 40-min stride (and back). So I put on my headphones on and brave it.

Back on the Aegean grid and we're on?Koufonisia?for a short weekend getaway with an oh so dear friend. Excited to have escaped the city's summer jungle, he's all in for whatever the island has to offer including impromptu treks. I know for a fact the island's size is quite manageable but I equally remember me taking the car to the beach when I was last here. The sun is scorching hot and it's a sizzling 38 degrees. Seems like an hour's walk, up and down some shallow hills along the sea shore, and the way back sounds daring. Regardless, we take the challenge and venture out on foot.

And then I think of so many times I'm visiting a new place and I want to explore on foot. Regardless of the time it will take you to get there and what you'll encounter on the way back. It's the best way of exploring someplace new.

Happy walking!

Travel On.

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