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 →Up at six o’clock in the morning today. Plenty of time for my morning rituals and at 8 o’clock sharp I climbed the stairs of the employment office, straight to the second floor, where the hundred or so of misérables had been queueing last friday. There was nobody now. I entered the office the...
Read more →I missed that! Just now noticed that I now have 100 entries in this blog. One hundred. That’s an average of about one every three days, not perfect, but not bad either. Seems to me that this is enough reason for celebrating and congratulating! So please start congratulating! Thank you, thank you. This is...
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 →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 →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 →I’m torn. I’m having a serious conflict, and like serious conflicts tend to do, it won’t go away by itself. I kinda hoped it would, but it won’t. Damn. It’s like this: I’m not writing enough in this blog-o-sphere of mine, the one you’re reading right now. That’s because my life is too exciting,...
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