Monday 5 September 2011

Indulge me.....

One gone back to school and one on a sleepover so the house is feeling horribly quiet this morning. I just wanted to share a few holiday pics with you. We went to the small Greek island of Skiathos. Not knowing anything about it at all I soon discovered it was the most beautiful place. It was like the Greece I remember from a brief spell of island-hopping in my youth. It's nice to know that some things just don't change. The scenery was amazing, the people were friendly and we just had such a lovely time. Hopefully these few pics will give you a 'flavour' of Skiathos.












Of course Skiathos is most recently famous for having being used as one of the locations for 'Mama Mia', alongwith it's neighbouring island of Skopolos. Now regular readers of my blog will know I am somewhat of a 'Mama Mia virgin', so this was a little lost on me, but I do have the DVD and when the right rainy afternoon presents itself, (shouldn't be too long) I'll be screeching at the TV as I recognise various bits.

No Handmade Monday for me this week as I'm not quite up to speed with things yet but do make sure you pop over and visit Wendy at 1st Unique gifts for the weekly round up of wonderful crafty contributions. However you enjoyed yourselves hope you all had a great 'summer holidays'.

14 comments:

  1. Hello Caroline:
    We have long wanted to visit the Greek islands, and this post has only served to tempt us even further. Some wonderful images, and very clearly you have enjoyed a very memorable holiday which met up to all your expectations.

    Make the most of the quiet while you can!!

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  2. Hi Caroline,

    Skiathos looks amazingly beautiful, it is on my wishlist of places to visit. I went to Santorini, Crete and Zante a few years ago, I love the traditional white washed houses perched on the clifftops and the gorgeous azure waters. You look like you have had a wonderful holiday xxx
    p.s Mamma Mia is fab, it is my cheer up movie, I always watch it if I'm feeling a little down and it never fails! hehe x

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  3. Wow - it looks gorgeous! Looking forward to seeing some Skiathos-inspired cushions on your blog soon! Vx

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  4. Same here, Skiathos has been added to my wishlist of holiday destinations!

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  5. Greece is my very favourite place in the world (never been to Skiathos though) and your pics seem to capture the flavour beautifully. I dream of having a little place with a big studio on a small Greek island . . . *sigh* . . . maybe one day! Glad you had a lovely time x

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  6. Hi Caroline,
    Welcome back, so glad you have had a great time. Skiathos looks absolutely fabulous and I so wish I was there on this gloomy, wild and wet evening.x

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  7. Welcome back... love the legless squids, did the ouzo cause that? :)

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  8. From someone who has not had a holiday this season due to OH's illness those pics look soooo inviting. sigh. I bet you didn't want to come home.

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  9. Just the place to be and to relax, lovely photo's Caroline.

    Jan x

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  10. Hi Caroline!
    Looks like a wonderful place to go, and sounds like you had a good time. Greece is such a magical place to go, we used to have some wonderful holidays there too when we were a lot younger - the islands are so laid back!
    Thanks for sharing these lovely photos - hope you enjoy Mama Mia when you get around to watching it!
    Gill xx

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  11. I could do with some of that sunshine!

    Pomona x

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  12. Gorgeous photos, you've really captured the atmosphere!

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  13. By the way, I love your Blog banner!

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  14. Hi Caroline, lovely to see you today! Hope you found as many bargains as I did love Annie x

    ps, I'm with Emma, your blog banner is fab, you are obviously not terrified of your sewing machine like me! ;=0

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