Theodora Apartments Skiathos

... 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 ...

... ll understand when I say I sat beside Bubbles on multiple occasions.
--The Britsy pronounciation of the word debris is "DEB-ree." This makes me think it's a plural for debra (deborah).
--A woman seated just behind me on the bus had a twenty minute monologue on the subject of ice cubes.
--Bob Barker needs to make announcements to the Greek people about having their cats neutered.

... 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 ...

... not bad, quite refreshing) and some wraps baked while we waited with parsley and cheese filling. The locals treated us to some music with a mandolin style instrument and accompanying drums. There were local wares to buy under a lean to shelter. Our driver explained that if there were glass bottles right side up on the roof of their house the family had a daughter to marry off. The boy had to shoot the bottle off the roof in order to ask to marry her. If the ...

... spending the evening hours throwing pots and watching hawks ride the thermals overhead. I got as far as setting up an easel and placing paper on it, but have only sketched in my journal. She shipped a bunch of paints over, but it is not time for me to paint on this trip - just lots of writing and said sketching. So - throwing out the garbage and I am trying not to get hit by apathetic Europeans on scooters as the dumpster is on the side of a busy road. As I navigate the ...

... of sandy but stoney too. We love swimming here you can get away from other people and explore the rocks that are quite close to shore because it gets deep quite fast. As we have done so much driving in the last couple of days we are pretty tired and spend most of the 1st day here just at camp or down at the beach just swimming and relaxing as the day goes by. We take the canoes out on the 2nd or 3rd ...