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 [...]
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 [...]
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 – [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
