Yesterday marked the 6 month anniversary of our move to Skopelos and put me in a semi-reflective mood. We don’t regret for a moment our decision to move here and neither do we envisage ever making the move back to Blighty.
So these are things we’ve already achieved;
we’ve found work to do – no mean feat [...]
I’ve never been much of a social butterfly (that’s actually a massive understatement) and since having junior I think Sean and I had only been out in the evenings a couple of times before moving to Skopelos. Over here it’s completely different, people expect children to be out and about in the evening. In England, [...]
We went to Skiathos on Saturday to buy some vegan margarine which isn’t actually as mad as it sounds (hopping to the next island just to get margarine!). We drove from Skopelos Town to Glossa and got on the boat there which meant not only were the tickets cheaper but the crossing was only 15 [...]
Hang out the bunting, shout from the rooftops, soya milk has made it to Skopelos!!!!!!! Sean and I were doing our weekly shop in the local discount supermarket and Sean was eyeing up the cheese as usual when he spotted Alpro soya milk and Alpro chocolate soya milk. We immediately bought a chocolate one for [...]
Mushrooms have always been one of my staple foods and I saw no reason for this to change when we moved to Skopelos. However this was not to be when we discovered that they were as pricey as gold and they only way we’d be able to afford them was if we won the lottery! [...]
