For the last couple of weeks my log files showed some funny referrals from what turned out to be a Microsoft IP address. Each time a single search term would lead to my site, apparently from the Microsoft search.live.com site. Search terms included: money, crete, about, greece, uncategorized, harddisk, stress etc… My site doesn’t...
Read more →There is some controversy going on in Greece about the anonymity of bloggers. I noticed it first in the local newspaper Nea Kriti which ran an article under the title “Βάζει φρένο …” which is translated by Google as “It puts a damper..”. Since, as usual, I couldn’t make sense of the automatic Google...
Read more →I told you that I was trying to entice Aretússa to write down the little stories that she keeps telling us so that I could publish them on my weblog. Well, Aretússa didn’t hesitate long. This morning I found the following in my mailbox. Without further ado, and by way of introducing Aretússa, I...
Read more →It looks like we are going to make it by Sunday night: the kitchen stuff has been completely moved to the new house, the bedroom is fully over, so is most of the living room, except for 2 arm chairs. What’s left is what we call our “office room”, with the computer gear, printers,...
Read more →After 2 days I still couldn’t remember the name of my new doctor. I kept referring to him as “Curly” to Yvonne. So, Curly came to see me today at around 11:00 and removed the bandages (and the toilet roll!) of the stefanography. It didn’t look pretty down there! My right groin was all...
Read more →During breakfast the doctors come in and tell me to get ready for the stress test. I haven’t finished my tea yet and I ask “Now?“. Yes, is the simple answer. A nurse is already waiting with a wheelchair to bring me to the test room. There I get strapped up with a dozen...
Read more →Some facts at last (around 13:00). The young doctor — I learned today that his name is Michalis — came to see me. It’s Friday, the end of the week and it’s quiet. Earlier today I had an echography of the heart. Michalis hadn’t seen the result yet though. But he “had a plan”,...
Read more →School’s out for summer School’s out forever School’s been blown to pieces Well, not exactly, maybe not forever, but today marks the end of the school year here in Greece. I passed a few schools when on the bus this morning, and all of them had the school yard filled with pupils, for one...
Read more →Around one in the afternoon we were sailing close to a couple of small uninhabited islands off the shores of Igoumenitsa. The weather was excellent, clear skies, bright sun. Igoumenitsa was sparkling white in the near distance. As we came nearer it struck me how small the port and the town was. I had...
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