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 car on the way to the school and it would appear that Skopelos is in its own financial bubble. I really don’t know where people get their money from, the properties can’t all be for foreigners, and if they’re being built for tourism purposes, do they really think they can re-coup the expense when Greece (especially Skopelos) is no longer a cheap holiday destination for people from Europe and the US. It will be interesting to see how the tourist numbers stack up this year. Last year, although tourism was down all over Greece, it went up in Skopelos. However the majority of visitors were not here to spend, hence more people does not equate to more money.
Any visitor this year will be shocked at the price of fuel. It went up a few days ago from 1.29 a litre to 1.41! It’s a good job the island’s only small and there aren’t many places to go!
Sean is still in England but should start heading his way back sometime tomorrow, though God knows how long it will take him to reach Skopelos. He’s sent a few pictures from his travels so I’ll share them with you.
The first one is the back of Meteora taking whilst driving to Igoumenitsa

and yes he is still driving whilst taking that picture!
In Switzerland he stopped overnight with a friend and sent this picture to show Junior what a winter wonderland looks like.

Beautiful I’m sure you’ll agree.
The weather is warmer here and junior and I were at the beach (yet again) yesterday. How is it that she can never manage to play for long at home without wanting to involve me, but put her on a beach and she’ll happily run around, climbing and digging for hours?