Hmm. Well, that’s it. We throw in the towel. We tried very hard, but we have to admit that we failed. We knew upfront that it wasn’t going to be easy, but what really broke us was the enormous bureacracy here. The drop that made the bucket overflow was the whole ordeal of getting...
Read more →I didn’t sleep well at all. The roll of toilet paper they had tightly strapped to my right groin was hurting all night. The nurse had explained that it was necessary, to make sure that the vein in my groin would close completely. A good thing they will take it away in a couple...
Read more →Old Manolis in the corner has a private nurse who can’t talk in whispers. She keeps me awake. At midnight the nurses came to put the anti-trombose injection in my belly. It’s beginning to hurt and it’s full of blue spots. At 05:30 they come round again for medicin distribution and blood taking. I...
Read more →It’s February 15 again, 6 o’clock in the afternoon (they refuse to call this “the evening” here). Last year around this time we were covered in 15 centimeters of snow, now the air is filled with the warmth of the south wind, and it is still light outside. What a difference a year makes....
Read more →Yes, yes, we are still doing fine. We had a beautiful summer this year. The weather was absolutely fantastic and we practically went “camping” every weekend at some remote beach in the south of the provinces of Iraklio and Rethymno. We covered the whole stretch from Tertsá, west of Ierapetra, to Rodákino, just short...
Read more →Well, summer is over, more or less. We still have regular sunny days, but we’re never sure of it anymore. That means that we have to take something warm and waterproof with us when we leave the house. The socks have also come out of the drawer at the beginning of this month. It’s...
Read more →Friday the Olympic Flame arrived in Iraklio. It should have been a day of glory! But it wasn’t. The following may look like a small incident to you now, but remember, so was the street riot after “Le muet de Portici” in Brussels in 1830. We know what disaster that lead to! Hereafter I...
Read more →It’s over, and it’s obvious I didn’t win. I never even came close to that. To be honest with you, after the first milestone (one iPod to win) I concluded that I was no match for the other players. I did get to position 101 on May 23, then I sank faster than a...
Read more →Do you remember when I wrote about the Greek traffic rules, or rather their non-existence in this part of the world, this time around last year? Well, it turns out that the Greek system is a better system. Hey, how can it not be, these Cretan guys are thousands of years ahead of us....
Read more →No, this is not a typicial spam e-mail subject line, although you are forgiven for thinking that it is. This is actually a search term which is the subject of a little competition. I have explained before what I do for a living here in Crete. Now www.darkblue.com, in conjunction with Search Guild, a...
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