Skopelos - the perfect Greek island

September 3 - today:

Welcome to the second part of my attempt to bring you closer to island life...

Yeah, you smart ones, "welcome" is not Greek.. . I know it myself...

So what...

My blog.

My greeting. 😜

So... Since the last writing a lot has happened... But on the other hand, nothing at all...

I would love to write about funny things or gossip about people... Like you are used to from my Asian blog posts...

But I just can't! ...

There is absolutely nothing that I can complain about here, no people who annoy me like Chinese people or something :D

Except for Jule, of course... Hihi. But the enemy is listening...😀

Seriously.

Everything is beautiful here.

The people are relaxed, super kind, and helpful.

The sea is clean.

The nature is breathtaking. (not hard to achieve for a city kid like me)

Here you can simply let your soul (and legs) dangle.

It smells delicious on every corner.

Almost every tree grows something that you have to buy in cans or jars in Germany or find hard and unripe in the fruit and vegetable aisle.

Recently we were at a beach where there were maybe 3 or 4 other people besides us... Very remote and fortunately unknown. In addition, there is no hospitality,... Another reason for many to avoid this beach.

Luck for us.

So you wind your way through narrow mountain roads, past bleating herds of sheep, and are rewarded at the end with a view of a natural bathing beach.

There used to be a restaurant here. At least you could think that when you see a slowly decaying building.

Probably it didn't hold up, didn't pay off.

On Skopelos there is the so-called Ring Road.

The main street.

Where the only bus drives every few hours.

But it doesn't lead along here.

Few tourists.

Therefore, few earnings.

Well.

I can only repeat myself:

Luck for us.

We pitched our camp on a decayed pier... Most of the wooden beams have already fallen victim to the weather and last year's century storm. Only the framework and a few individual wooden slats are still defying nature.

From there it was also really fun to jump into the water.

Some time later, 3 horse-drawn carriages arrived. Each with 1 horse with a guy at its reins.

Some time later, we saw the first animal already standing in the sea.

I never thought that horses would be up for that...

But at least the gray one among them seemed to really enjoy it.

With its front legs, it was splashing in the turquoise blue water while its neighing colleagues just stood motionless, looking critically at their buddy in the water... Sort of like 'Dude, get it together, you're a gray horse, not a seahorse!' 

One of the drivers undressed and and tried alternately to encourage the animals to swim... With the reins in his hand, he swam ahead and pulled the large quadrupeds behind him.

The differences were very clear.

Only one of them was really having obvious fun. 

The others snorted in the water and tried to escape from the man.

Maybe this doesn't sound very animal-friendly, but you are mistaken.

The animals made a very well-groomed impression and the owners were really sweet to the horses.

I mean, it's damn hot here in September. (compared to German September) 

And it's also nice for humans to cool down. :)

Anyway, it was really amusing for us to watch the spectacle.

Especially when one of the long-legged creatures was tied up right next to us.

After a brief questioning look towards the owner, we were assured that we could touch it quietly and from that moment on, I (although allergic and not a big horse fan) suddenly became enthusiastic. 🐴🔥

It was really nice.

The pictures speak for themselves, I think. :)

Yesterday we booked a tour.

I've already done it 2 or 3 times in the past years and convinced Jule to get on a boat with me for 8 or 9 hours... No, I didn't forget about my seasickness. :)

But as they say: I hoped for the best and expected the worst.

And to be on the safe side, I went to the pharmacy in the morning and got tablets with the wonderfully sounding name DRIMEN Dimenhydrinate.

I threw 2 of them into my mouth and half an hour later the ride on the waves started. 🌊

Yes, it was relatively windy.

And yes, I felt a little queasy.

However, this didn't come from the sea, but from the so-called 'pain memory', I think.

I myself got pretty tired.

And my head became heavier and heavier... It was only then that I remembered the disadvantage of travel tablets.

And this side effect persisted.

For hours. .. Actually until almost the very end.

I felt like I was on drugs.

Out of it.

Completely knocked out.

But hey, I didn't get sick... At least 🤓

We spent about half the time on the water. The other half we spent on another island and jumping into the sea from various spots on the boat.

It's something completely different to see everything from the water. And I am impressed every time by the rocks that jut out from and into the turquoise to azure blue shimmering sea.

Shortly before the end of our trip, we had an encounter that I had hoped for so much, but unfortunately you can never really plan for it.

First you saw a few fins flashing.

Then 2 or 3.

And then you were in the midst of a school of dolphins.

After monkeys, they are my absolute favorite animal creatures and Jule, who saw them for the very first time in her life, was also mega amazed.

We turned the boat a few times around its own axis, and then we started to gain speed in order to encourage the dolphins to swim in our bow wave.

With success. :)

We stayed at the spot for about 15 minutes in total and it was just the perfect end to the day.

Afterwards, we treated ourselves to baked feta and other delicious stuff, only to welcome the night comatose a short time later.

Today, for the first time during the whole time here, gray sky could be seen.

The sun peeked through every now and then, but eventually had to give in to the thick clouds.

However, we are not getting bored here anyway.

As long as there is food. :D

So.

Just in case it's still unclear after the second blog:

I AM IN LOVE WITH SKOPELOS! 💙