Skopelos

Sunday, 4 October

A much more relaxed pace today. We caught the ferry to Skopelos, about an hour and a half trip. The sea was like glass and the sun was shining - idyllic!

Had lunch at a harbourside cafe and enjoyed watching two blokes stacking furniture and cushions way too high on their ute and taking it off somewhere. It's all part of the end of season packing up. Every day more places are closing for the winter. We had planned to take a boat trip around our island but they have all finished now.

We were told that there were terrible storms in Skopelos and Skiathos a couple of weeks ago. In Skopelos they had to ask the army in to help with the clean-up because lots of cars were washed into the sea. The only sign we saw were two big army diggers which were loaded onto our ferry when we were making the return trip.

Calm sea and sun on the way home too and I think we have both caught a bit of that sun. It is fascinating to watch the ferry loading and unloading huge trucks and mobs of people. It seems like chaos but they get the job done in minimum time and off they go again. Lots of people were heading back to the mainland today, I suppose because it's Sunday and they are back to work tomorrow. Aren't we lucky?!

 

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