Think twice before you get married to a Greek man

39° 9′ 23.724” N 23° 52′ 58.9836” E October 9th 2021 Jerk, noise and violent tilting. Our good ship, Ronja, is tearing at its moorings, while a wind from the northeast blows strong swells into the port of Alonissos. We do not get an eye closed all night. The next morning we move on. This port has too little shelter, when the wind is in the northeast.  Too bad. Alonissos seems like a charming island with beautiful nature and a declared goal of becoming Greece’s greenest island. We manage to visit a Danish couple, Mona and Jørgen, who live on Alonissos and have done so for 15 years. Jørgen builds viking ships, fishing boats, merchant ships, warships and entire landscapes from materials, he finds along the beach. Equipped with saws and surgical knives, he creates one masterpiece after another. Impressively beautiful, they hang on the terrace and on every single wall and shelf in their small villa. Under the beds are a few hundred more works. Mona and Jørgen make up half of the permanent Danes on Alonissos. The other two are women. Both divorced. Mona’s conclusion: “Be careful with Greek men. They can be good as boyfriends. But think twice before you marry them, because then you will have their entire Greek family with you. ”