Having miserably failed at establishing where you have been the last couple of months, let me at least fill you in where we will be in the foreseeable near future. For starters we will take a break from work on the 16th of this month and head for the south to… yes, you guessed...
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 →I made a mistake in the Not to worry entry. Ioanna of the world renowned Greek hide-out in Briegden informed me that they are closed on December 28. So we are setting up basecamp on December 23 instead, one week from now. It’s a bit of a shame really, because the “onnozel” aspect of...
Read more →You would just love to hear that from me, wouldn’t you? Well I have good news for you, Macs are actually cheaper than comparable Dells (to name just any run-of-the-mill manufacturer, which happens to be a favourite of one of my favourite correspondents, check the comments to previous articles), and they also happen to...
Read more →Last week the summer officially gave way to autumn, at least that’s what the calendar wants us to believe. It could have fooled me. During the weekend it was so hot that the pigeons fell off the roof. We went to Chania on Saturday morning and spend the early afternoon with Linda and Giorgos...
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 →The time has come to dump Internet Explorer. No, this is not your humble but dedicated Macintosh fanatic who says so, this is an established MCSE, who happens to like quite a few of Microsoft’s products. His argument is simple: the benefits of using IE are too few – and the faults too great...
Read more →Blunder! Blunder! Blunder! How could I have forgotten to mention that this other fast-moving, high-powered, steam-rolling (how on earth does one roll steam?) invasion force that goes by the name of G&T Productions (just a cover for their real identity Frans-and-Nadine) are also preparing their second coming in a couple of weeks?
Read more →At 7:30 sharp this morning I entered the Customs Services building. Lies (not to be associated with previous statistics, but short for “Alice”), who had volunteered (after only just a teensy bit of persuasion from my part, basically only needed because of the early hour) to act as my translator in case I ran...
Read more →With only 5 minutes delay, the plane from Brussels had landed on Kazantsakis Airport in Iraklio. In no time Lucien and Reinhilde collected their luggage and we were out in the parking. After cursing the official who had slipped a parking ticket behind my screenwipers, we set off and drove to Spiliá, some 8...
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