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 →I don’t know if it is this technology or the people that use it, but my internet connection was down for 5 days once more. You might have noticed my absence. It is not a good thing at the beginning of my renewed commitment to my blog-o-sphere. Alas it can’t be helped. Ti na...
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 →And there we were, at the beginning of this week, thinking that we finally had left the summer behind us. Today the temperature rose above 30 degrees centigrade. Our neighbours are firing up the barbeque right now. It’s 9 o’clock in the evening — or as the Greeks say, in the afternoon. This morning...
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...
Read more →Sorry about my absence. ‘t is amazing how time flies when you’re having fun, but without any writing inspiration. Anyway, I thought I’ll amuse you with this gem below entretemps: The European Union commissioners have announced that an agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than...
Read more →Two Dutch guys, aged 19 and 17, made it to the frontpage of the Saturday edition of the local Cretan newspaper “Patris”, or Patrida as it is still lovingly called by the elder people. It appears the boys had found a wallet on the beach in front of one of the sea-side hotels in...
Read more →Tomorrow is August 15th. That’s about the most important day on the calendar in Greece. For the pagans amongst you, the Assumption of the Virgin Maria is celebrated on that day. In Greece, that’s bigger than Christmas or even Easter. It’s also the name-day of all those named after Maria. That includes those called...
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