Hovolo Apartments Skopelos

... every day.

It is amazing that many of my hobbies came into my life just by chance. This was the case with horse-back riding as well. Though as a rider I’m next to nothing, I do my best not to miss a chance to have a ride on vacation.

Skiathos riding centre was just the right thing to brighten my beach holyday. It was a nice experience to ride a horse along the coast and through the wooden paths, enjoying spectacular views.

Another ...

... a hill and the boat stops there for only an hour. My mom simply refused to go up and preferred to spend the time at the beach, while I ran up and down and spent in Castro just some fifteen or twenty minutes clicking my camera. As a result I actually saw Castro in the photos at home. I’m sure that it is much better to get ...

... island of Skopelos aboard “Voula”.
It was a fascinating experience! It is impossible to describe in words what it is like to move without any noise of the engine, enjoying the sound of the sea and the wind. It is so beautiful to stand in the front of the boat, feeling its swinging movement. I even had a chance to try sailing myself… Though I must admit, that Peter as an experienced seaman did the entire jobs himself, just giving me a pleasant ...

... kept, and is claimed to be the first place to raise the present Greek flag during the struggle for freedom from the Turks. There you can buy the wine, produced according to a very old secret monastery recipe.

The Monastery of Kounistra, founded on the place where the icon of the Holy Virgin was found by miracle swinging in the tree.

A lot of well kept small and peaceful churches, which are never locked, so that everyone ...

Our day trip to Prokopi and Limni



We have elections in Greece this morning and there is heavy traffic on the Highways. On Monday most businesses are off work because it is a holiday here, and as it is a beautiful summer day most people are out with their families and friends trying to get advantage of this long ...

... Winner Takes It All" was filmed. Church on an outcropping and a rocky beach in the middle of nowhere. Pretty cool. A repeat of the dessert/sunset thing after dinner...this time with ouzo and lemons courtesy of a tree growing on the property.

Day three: Two beaches. The second was my favorite of the whole trip -- you could swim out a ways and work your way down the rocky coast ...

... therefore quiet) and only about a 15 minute walk to the main drag.

Plus she stuck a bottle of wine in the fridge for us.

The first day was spent exploring the town. Both of us were in bed by, like, ten.

Day two was spent between two beaches on the other side of the island... The second was a bit of a hike and hidden. Dinner that evening was phenomenal and included free ...

... I mention the food.... Marilyn you really should have come, we've been thinking of you and Con! Thick, rich yogurt with honey and walnuts, the best, most flaky and creamy spinach pie you've ever tasted - thick, dense breads, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, peppers, - and the olives and feta... and the sagnaki!! I could go on and on.... but suffice to say it's incredibly delicious.... and the warm sea air makes it taste even better! So, as you can tell we're having a ...

13.04.09 Up early 6am and off to brekie, met for jeep tour in Zebra Lounge at 7.45am. Allocated a jeep and climbed aboard with a couple in their 70's from Tauranga and a couple from London. Our driver was a female and native from Marmaris. The conroy was Off through the township of Marmaris up into the hillside through a forest and a few streams. We had to make running repairs as our jeep was making a hideous rattling noise, pipes knocking apparently. Saw a ...

Another rushed entry, but to get all of this into words is the key to my being able to hold, relive, relish these events in the future... so much we just don't remember when we store it in our mind alone. Jennifer and I just dropped off the trash at the bottom of our three mile dirt driveway. It is an off-roading adventure every time we drive down that mountain that would make even the scariest west virginia incline look like the bunny-hill - and when you are driving it in a ...