You may have noticed recently the absence of news recently; sorry I have been away and been unable to put any news on the web site, well I am back and reporting.

Some differences between the UK and Greece, Santarino.
The first difference most obvious was the weather temperatures of around 30 degrees C with a high of about 35 made a pleasant change.
Prices on food to buy in the shops expensive apparently the oil cost have effected the price at the tills there too.
VAT however is only 6% which makes me ask why are we paying 17.5% were we not told we had to have VAT in line with Europe!
The people were extremely friendly and hospitable and I felt safe. I only saw one drunkard as everyone tended to drink sensibly.
I was also pleased to see a local man picking up others rubbish from the beach to keep them clean and safe, not that the beaches ever got as filthy as they do in Margate many of the tourist and locals here don’t know respect for the environment.
The island did have lots of stray cats and dogs wandering around but they were never aggressive towards anyone or each other.
The overall feeling was relaxing and I particularly enjoyed the evening at the Porto Castello in Perissa on a Monday traditional Greek dancers entertained.

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By Trevor Cooper