Is it Thursday already? Damnit! Last time I looked up, I was writing part 2 of this thriller account of my most ordinary day, and that was on Tuesday. How did Wednesday slip through? Okay, I know you’re all waiting with great impatience, so without any further ado here goes: With my cup of...
Read more →After the ch’i gung exercises Yvonne went to feed Birte’s cats upstairs while I poured water in the kettle and put the kettle on the electric stove. I put the nescafé powder in 2 cups and while the water warmed up I went out on the balcony (18 meters of it) to remove the...
Read more →Judging by the number of entries in the central database that keeps track of WiFi spots worldwide, you would think that Greece is the most developed region in the wireless world. There are more entries for Greece than for the whole of the United States of America! I can’t check the accuracy of the...
Read more →I’ve had a serious crisis just now, “just now” meaning the past 72 hours. Most of those 72 hours were spent flat in bed, or on other horizontal surfaces that weren’t too hot. I couldn’t sit, I couldn’t stand, I could hardly walk. It had all started 3 weeks earlier when lifting one of...
Read more →You wouldn’t believe what happened to me today. I had been wondering about it for some time now, but as the days and the weeks passed I had given up on it. I had come to assume that it just would never happen, extraordinary as that may seem. It must have been, for sure,...
Read more →Albeit a little late, I’m glad I can report to you that we had a wonderful Easter. On Friday 25th in the morning we did a round of the consulates to promote Yvonne’s activities. We were most welcomed in most cases by the honorary consuls themselves. In most cases, because only 3 of the...
Read more →…for those who are patient. We got word today that our house in Belgium is bought by an excentric millionair for twice the asking price. At the same time, at my new job (renting cars to the great unwashed) this morning I was approached by a local official and offered the job of IT...
Read more →Friday evening. The plane had left right on time in Düsseldorf. We had a little delay in Athens. Unlike on my way home 2 weeks earlier we had to leave the plane while it got re-fueled and cleaned up. All passengers with destination Iraklio were gathered in the hallway. After fifteen minutes we were...
Read more →Yesterday was a holiday here. I didn’t know that yet when I got out in the morning to take some pictures of the Clean Monday activities. When I got back I tried in vain to reach some telephone numbers of businesses that were looking for people for the coming tourist season. At about 10:30...
Read more →I’m coming home, I’ve done my time… After a whole month searching for a company that could bring our gear over from Kleine Spouwen, Belgium to Iraklio, I was driving my upstairs neighbour with her cat to the vet last evening. While I was explaining that the transporters in our country charged over €5000...
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