Man, this stinks! It’s over. The Year. 2003. It’s gone! Completely! Okay, almost gone, probably completely gone by the time you read this. It had just started. Now it’s over! This isn’t fair. I haven’t even begun yet! What is this? I want my money back! A full year’s worth, no penny less! Can...
Read more →It seems we were just lucky, weather-wise, when we arrived here on Sunday morning. Allthough we had a little bit of rough weather at sea during the night, in the morning when we got off the ferry boat, the skies were clear and little later the sun was shining brightly. Monday at 8 o’clock...
Read more →Armed with 5 copies of this all important form, without which I would be denied residence in Greece, because I was employed, while Yvonne would be a legal alien, because she was unemployed, I entered the building of the emigration police on the harbor grounds at eight thirty. That morning the ferry boat Knossos...
Read more →When I entered the police station the second time, there were less people. I recognized 5 faces from earlier. They were waiting for something apparently. The officer whom I had spoken to before smiled politely and knowingly. He must have seen it a thousand times. When it was my turn I paid the €196,5...
Read more →While we walked back to were I had parked the car, as we approached that spot, I tried to see whether the car was still there and had not been towed away. It was with a sigh of relief that I spotted it quietly waiting for us. It was only when I drove off...
Read more →After a nice walk in the warm morning sun we entered the building full of hope and good spirits. We took the elevator straight to the 4th floor, as indicated on a magnetic board in the hall. Two ladies were occupying the office. Neither of them spoke English. We tried our best Greek. Something...
Read more →Today we would at long last finalize our registration with the local authorities. We had all the forms (or so we thought) and we were well informed. Friends had translated everything until the last dot on the last iota. What could go wrong? As a reminder to our readers, we had tried this before...
Read more →To make up for the lack of articles due to the massive internet black-out that hit our appartment last week, I have a few related paragraphs for you today. Something of a little story actually. Enjoy it.
Read more →Where were we? Right, I had left the offices and was trying to stay ahead of the traffic, in which I succeeded marvelously, thank you. A bit before 6 o’clock I was home. Now that Yvonne doesn’t have to work anymore at night, I usually start with the preparations for our evening meal right...
Read more →This feels good, 2 entries in 2 consecutive days. Maybe I’m on the right track again… I’ve done a bit of work in the background of the site: you can now use an RSS newsreader if you want to keep track of the Cretan Chronicles without using your browser. This has worked since the...
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