Thursday 10 September: KORONI to Zaga beach on foot

We enjoy our home prepared breakfast on our terrace again. The weather looks more unsettled and there is a fair bit of cloud. We decide to give the bikes a rest and walk up and over to the nearby beach - radical! We are up the other end of Zaga beach that we went to yesterday and find some sunbeds and a parasol. We pay 6 euros but it means we can order beach service and enjoy another iced coffee. I think we could get used to this. The book club has moved onto A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, so conversation is sparse! There is quite a lot of surf today and we wish we had our belly boards. At times it feels more like Polzeath although the temperature is still perhaps too high. Lunch overlooking the beach: Greek salad (of course), fried cheese (Saganaki), anchovies and spinach salad - a local speciality called Horta. More reading, body surfing and the odd stroll along the beach. Several protected areas surround turtle nesting spots. We gather that they hatch in August. The babies have to make their own way down to the sea, swim to the Caribbean and return to the very same spot several years later. Amazing. We have only earned a small beer today. You see we do have some self discipline!