I am truly shocked by the prices encountered so far - visiting the Cyclades has been a real eye opener, the restaurants, accom, day to day living is prohibitively expensive, this is from someone who had a well paid job in London - it's more expensive than London's West End.
EG: an espresso, single shot is 3 euro, a small beer, 2.50 euro, a simple lunch in a bar is going to set you back at least 25 euro, dinner more so.
Fish! Crikey - 70 euro a kg, the fish are jumping out of the water, whats going on? Mackeral - one of the cheapest fish and easist to catch is 35 euro a kg?
Went to the supermarket, bought a punnet of figs, couple of peaches, 4 plums, tub of yoghurt and a case of wine (this was a bargain at 7 euro) the total for this shop was 22 euro - WTF?
All over the island are fig trees, full of figs which are turing rotten due to the amount on the tree - just ridiculous!
I'm wondering whether theres a two pricing system in operation - one for locals and one for the tourists, is there?
Currently on Milos and once we docked we were approached by an older woman offereing a room and would we like to see it... Off we went to be shown a room, no bigger than a double bed - with no inside toilet, nor shower - 40 euro she wanted, in September?
Annoyed, Milos.