Skiathos: community and sandy beaches

Beaches and the local football club were the other highlights of our wonderful visit to Skiathos. (In addition to community!) The boys were warmly welcomed on the football pitch by both coaches and fellow players. They played in the beating hot sun, learned that "shoot" is somewhat universal football language, and bumped into their teammates around town.

We spent 2 nights on a fairly deserted beach. Dreamy. And it was full of garbage. So we split into 2 teams for a garbage collection contest. Mathai and Aaron won both bragging rights and some extra screen time.

On our last full day, we joined a workparty for Sarai and Kamil. The plans for the day started with building a sandbag wall, then changed to fixing the back of a broken trailer. Emergent! While the adults worked, the kids played hard.

We capped off the workday with a BBQ over a steel drum. During the last round of roasting, the fish sadly fell to the bottom! We were not to be deterred though. Ingenuity meant that we tried various ways to save the fish. Kamil scooped them up with two sticks, one forked and one straight. The best laughs ensued, with cheering, and the fish was delicious.Read more