Paroshep

Greek Island Beach Massages -- Choose Your Beach

When you decide to go to the beach do you seek a quiet commune with nature or do you prefer people watching, activity and services? The Greek islands have beaches galore to suit every preference. They frequently score among the top ten lists for favourite beaches world wide. In this photo taken during high season Golden Beach, the largest on my home island of Paros. What makes it interesting is that... (posted by Paroshep 328 days 11 hours ago.)

Sifnos: A Collection of Fine Jewel Villages

The well known travel advice to enjoy the journey as well as the destination was never truer than for the Greek island of Sifnos. One of the smaller islands in the Cyclades group, it is a string of delightful villages separated by interludes of gorgeous mountain and sea vistas. The main town is the sprawling village of Apollonia in the hills near the center. The whole island is only about five km wide and 15... (posted by Paroshep 1 year 18 days ago.)

Nude and Topless Beaches on a Greek Isle

This is less a guide and more the relating of my limited experience and knowledge of nude and topless beaches on Paros. Some of the facts have been related by others I wouldn’t want my readers to think this is all autobiographical. Like so many other subjects involving social mores this one is constantly evolving. What I read before coming to Greece seven years ago no longer seems... (posted by Paroshep 5 years 338 days ago.)

Blue Flag Beaches in Greece

I have been wanting to write about the topless and nude beaches of Paros. But then the new list of Blue Flag beaches came out so I will write about them first and use nudity as a teaser. Also I have posted occasionally about various ways to work at home or on the beach. How would you like a job as a beach inspector? Someone has to do it. Blue Flag Beaches is a Danish organization that inspects and rates beaches all over... (posted by Paroshep 5 years 353 days ago.)

Hurricane vs Greek Meltemi

Forget your hurricane—what’s your chances of getting hit by one, anyway? We in the Cycladic islands of Greece know that every summer, especially July and August (peak tourism season) we will suffer from the Meltemi. These strong north winds have been known since ancient times. They are created by a low pressure area over what is now Turkey and a high pressure area over what is now Hungary and the Balkan countries. The... (posted by Paroshep 6 years 12 days ago.)

Greece Bankers Wear Sleeve Garters

We do have a fair number of trade-offs for our Greek island lifestyle. One of these is the banking system. For the last several months and with no end in site we have been experiencing a series of bank employees strikes. I don't know what good they do because it is always just one day at a time and not more than one day per week so everybody just works harder the next working day. Supposedly the issues are about pension... (posted by Paroshep 6 years 21 days ago.)