The Skiathos Bulletin Board

discopants · Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 115

Good Luck Sue and Steve in your Greek adventure. It takes guts to do it and I hope it turns out to be the best thing you've ever done.
To Foxy and Bee I have to say that I did point out that Cyprus is not the ideal place to settle and I've been to lots of places that are prettier but with the daughter living there we spent lengthy breaks there and remember it's huge compared to Skiathos. Yes you can find Karaoke but that's not going to be us.
There are still many many traditional greek villages and lots of them are near to the commercial centres, we want the choice to flit between the two and like has been said it's a good job we don't all want to emigrate to the same place but for us, having access to a thriving ex pat scene, especially in Winter is important.
I posted to hopefully offer advice and encouragement to anyone thinking of going Greek and don't want to get into the Cyprus v Skiathos debate so I'll call it a day on this subject............... Can't wait to visit Skiathos mind..... who knows our plans may go pear shaped after we've been. Laughing

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Elle · Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject:

Discopants, we all (well... we would all hope to!) have our special spot in the world, that place that makes us feel instantly at home, brings tears to our eyes when just thinking about it... is wholly in our comfort zone and we would want to return to time after time...

For us, since the mid '80s it's been Skiathos... other friends of ours think we're crazy to continue to return to the same place year after year (we DO explore some other country or Greek island - almost every time we travel - and if in Greece, always ending up in Skiathos!) and other's favorite places are in Mexico, or Thailand - or another Greek island.
So, if yours is Cyprus, the best of luck to you! You are very, very lucky to have found somewhere you look forward to living out your life - and have the means to do it!
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Foxy · Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:09 pm Post subject:

Discopants - I did say I could probably live there. Just couldn't holiday there.

debstgr · Joined: 31 May 2007 Posts: 60 Location: West Midlands

bee · Joined: 25 Sep 2007 Posts: 82 Location: Leicestershire

Discopants - sorry - didn't mean to offend (there's been a lot of that lately on this forum it seems - are we all a little negative with the prospect of spending a winter in Britain...?? I know I am!). As as I said - we all have our favourites and Elle summed it up well. I'm sure you will be very happy in Cyprus - I have a few friends already living over there, Paphos and Larnaca - and they love it.

I'm looking forwad to seeing the heated debate now between debstgr and bladerunner on the ever delicious debate of smoking!

Bee.

discopants · Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 115

No offence absolutlely not. Hope you will do your best to answer the qs I am bound to ask !
On this thread I say go for it, do it, but go in eyes open, not eyes closed.
If you know what I mean.
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Bladerunner · Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 77

debstgr · Joined: 31 May 2007 Posts: 60 Location: West Midlands

Woodmonkey · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject:

Dear Bladerunner

I can only assume and hope your posts are tongue in cheek, no informed and rational person would actually believe that would they?

Being an ex and having watched several friends and family die in agony as a direct result of smoking I can only hope you or none of yours witness this death through ignorance of the evidence or blinkered vision that it could not happen to them......Smoking causes cancer.....it has no respetct of who or what you are, it kills you.

debstgr · Joined: 31 May 2007 Posts: 60 Location: West Midlands

Deleted post. Point taken Mrs Whicker Embarassed

MrsWhicker · Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 1004

Out of respect for any board members (or their families) who may currently be cancer sufferers I think this topic has become wholly inappropriate. This is the last thing anyone in these circumstances would want to see when logging onto a holiday forum.

I sympathise with debstar but as we don't know the personal circumstances of anyone who may read this I think we need to be guarded in what we post.

Jackman · Joined: 08 Jan 2006 Posts: 607

Well said Kath - how very level-headed you are. I agree, this subject has been flogged to death.

(claps silently with one hand so as not to disturb neighbours whose bloody
dog won't stop barking !)

Merlin · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:08 pm Post subject: Change of topic

Foxy · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:14 pm Post subject: