Dimos Skopelos

So it’s two weeks since we arrived in Greece, and for a fortnight there, we were, forever swimming boating, sometimes ask about hot weather, now we're in a backyard, in a pool, no neighbours, my wife swims for hours, I wanna kiss her. That’s probably how Taylor Swift would describe our time so far but since it is me rather than one of the finest lyricists on the planet you are stuck with pointlessly rambling stories and a collection of bad puns. Today started off like many others, Jess and I did some work while the girls slept, nothing out of the ordinary. We sort of started thinking about what to do but no firm plans were made. Then Ruby woke up with a massive grump on. I should point out that Ruby has been sleeping on blankets on the floor so that she can share a room with her sisters, so this is not completely surprising. But this was the straw that broke the camel’s back as far as Jess was concerned. Normally Jess is an incredibly tolerant person but every now and then, maybe with a four or five week interval, she becomes much less tolerant. I am not sure if there is a pattern or what causes it, after 28 years together I still haven’t quite worked it out and it manages to take me by surprise. Of course I am quite slow on the uptake. Where was I? Oh yes, the day unfolding and Jess’s intolerance.
She decided that where we were staying just wasn’t right, from the track, to the animals to Ruby sleeping on the floor it wasn’t what she wanted our holiday to be. So she did a search and found somewhere else for us to stay, somewhere with easy access, sufficient beds, and most importantly, a pool with a view. Ten minutes later it was sorted and we needed to move. We needed to get organised and it was beautiful to see, it was like a military operation. And by that I mean Jess was the bossy sergeant barking orders and we were the grunts who knew there would be 50 push ups if we stepped out of line. We were ready and out the door in record time.
We stopped on the way to pick up a selection of cheese pies as well as some sweet options and we were at our destination in no time at all. It is quite the find, the sort of place that you just want to stay forever, plenty of space and an infinity pool with a view across the Aegean Sea to some of the other islands. We thought we would have lunch first before a swim and we shared out the cheese pies with no problems but when it came to the sweet options it was a little trickier. One of them was a delicious pastry filled with custard and everyone wanted to have all of that to themselves. There was quite an argument between us all but because we are a very sharing bunch we eventually managed to agree on shared custardy.
Then it was relax o’clock and we all had a swim and lazed about next to the pool, although the girls did decide to whip up their latest music video. The day slipped past all too quickly and since we were staying in for dinner it was time for that eternal question, toasties or pasta salad. This is pretty much the extent of our dinner options if we are eating in on this trip, both are easy and suitable for the weather, and today toasties won out. I got these ready and Ruby whipped up a (Greek) salad then we had dinner on the balcony, all washed down with lashings of ouzo and beer. A late night swim, with the water actually feeling a little chilly, and it was the end of an amazing day. We are all very thankful for Jess’s intolerance. We love her, it’s not ruining our lives.En savoir plus