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Winter cold

Well the snow has nearly gone from around the house and it never even reached into town! However it is still cold and although I know it is nothing to compare with the temperatures in the rest of Europe, winter in a house built for summer is not pleasant. We have electric heaters on and [...]

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Micro climate

As we woke up again to yet more snow, we expected to find the rest of the island similarly affected, or at the very least town. However as Sean took junior to school he said the snow disappeared after 5 minutes’ drive down towards the sea. The disappointment junior felt can only be imagined – [...]

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Snow on Skopelos

We finally appeared to have caught up with the rest of Europe weather wise. This is how it looks out of our living room window at the moment.

Needless to say I’m not particularly excited, junior is beside herself and Sean is over the other side of the island on a job where the snow is [...]

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Anniversary 2

Today is the second anniversary of our move to Skopelos and Sean is stuck in Volos! He was supposed to be on the ferry this morning but the weather turned overnight and the boats are no longer running. If you couple bad weather with a not very full boat then you get no sailing, however [...]

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Grow your own

When people find out I live in Greece they always have one comment, and that is “you must get great tasting vegetables”. Strange I know, but true. I suppose it is a strongly held belief that if you live in a warm climate with suitable conditions for fruit and vegetable growing then, of course, you [...]

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