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Foreign goodies

Since Sean came back from England we have been feasting on the vegan food he brought back, trying not to eat it all too quickly. As well as the essentials of tea, peanut butter and brown sauce(!) he also paid a visit to a couple of health food stores in London and came back with [...]

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Wonderings and Wanderings

I took the dogs for their walk this morning after dropping Junior at school and apparently no-one has mentioned to the people of Skopelos that Greece is in dire financial straits. From my short walk I spotted 4 houses currently under construction, add that to the other 2 or 3 I see when in the [...]

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Trying times

There has been a lot of coverage lately, both at home and abroad, about the state of Greece’s finances. A lot of the commentary has mentioned the black economy and also the general attitude amongst the Greek people that means they are only interested in what they can get and not at all interested in [...]

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