We’re moving to a new address. The place we currently live in has become a bit problematic. First there was the (forced) public sale in April of 4 of the 8 appartments. Then 2 months later the owner put out adverts for the remaining 4 appartments. None of them have been sold yet, but...
Read more →And then it was summer, but really, like steaming hot! For the past 2 weekends (that would be all of June, till now) we have been going to the beach at Tombrouk full days. It’s the only place where we can get a bit a fresh air, and a regular cool-off in the sea....
Read more →…that I kept you up to date, wouldn’t you say? I’m terribly sorry if I had you worried for a while there, but I’m really fine. It was just writer’s block. Or something like that. You can call it procrastination too. I just couldn’t bring myself to writing. I had lost any and all...
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 →Back in January 2003, when I was preparing to drive off from Kleine Spouwen to Iraklio, I used a route planner on the internet to give me some guidance on how to drive to my destination. I don’t remember anymore which website I used, but it definitely wasn’t mappoint.msn.com. And a good thing too...
Read more →We’re back, landed last night around 23:00 local time in Iraklio. We survived, allthough barely. We both have a terrible cold, sore throat, popping eyes, sweating forehead, running nose, the works. But it was fun. Much more relax than last year. We signed the preliminary sales contract for the house, got rid of most...
Read more →“What’s with the boat”, you’re asking? Well, before the Greeks imported the custom of the christmas tree, they used scale models of boats in just the same fashion as other parts of the world used pine trees. They would dress up the boat in similar ways, with candles and balls and other glittering garlands....
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 →At a quarter past six, straight from the office, I was in the vendor’s shop. Michalis, the technician whom I had been dealing with, was waiting for me, clearly embarassed. I told him not to worry, but that I was now at the end of my patience. I offered 2 alternatives. Either they rang...
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...
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