Athens Greeknotes 27 Sep

Greetings from the Sporades! Alonnisos to be precise, one of the 4 inhabited islands of the group of 24 aegean islands east of Evia. Or Alone-isos as I like to call it as there is almost no-one here apart from a weird number of wrinkly northern english folk. Anglo-nisos. Happy holidays I mutter to myself, pulling on my sunbathing jeans and jumpers, the first time I’ve worn more than a t-shirt since I don’t know, May? It has to be said the weather is spectacular but not in the way one would prefer. After two days of brilliant sunshine it has turned english. This time last year I was on Serifos and it was boiling, this year it has decided to tropical storm it all the way down to 20ºC, torrential rains and wind. Getting here Driving one hour north from athens along the mountainous motorway (80% of greece is hill or mountain) brings you to a comically short bridge to the giant “island” of Evia, and then it’s an incredible journey through the forested northern road full of goats and views…