Abstract
1978. I am on Crete and not liking it at all. Everyone I know has said how much I will like Greece and I don't. I want to get off the island. I look at the map and see Skyros and say to myself—that's your island. I have five days of my holiday left and it takes me over 24 hours to get from Crete to Skyros. As soon as I arrive I feel at home and the feeling has never left me. I only have 36 hours there but I know I will return again and again.