Mr FND and I have become ex-pats by moving to the Greek island of Crete, the reasons for which will be revealed in a later post. It is the best decision we have ever made.
Take care and keep laughing! [Να είστε καλά και να κρατήσει το γέλιο!]
I will have to check with my online writer friend, Nicholas C Rossis, that this last translation is correct as we have not yet mastered the language. It will happen!
wow, how wonderful –
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It is rather!
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Good for you!
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It was the only option!
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It looks so enticing….all of it, and the doggy is adorable:) Janet.
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Enticing is the word!
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❤ Happy Days!
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Happy days…when all is signed, sealed and delivered. By the way, soon after your parcel arrived, the printer stopped even scanning!
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Hello there! Your Greek is μια χαρά. I am just not sure about the ‘να κρατήσει το γέλιο’. Did you mean that you want the laughter to last? (that’s what you said). If that’s what you meant, then your Greek is perfect!
I have never been to Crete, mind you. We’ve been to numerous places all around Greece, but somehow Crete seems to have escaped our yearly holiday plans.
I would love to hear how you chose to move to Greece and how you are living your Greek experience. Keep writing!
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Don’t be fooled – I used Google to translate the ‘Take care…’! I will certainly keep writing.
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Look forward to the next episode…
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Find me some time, please!
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How lovely – you lucky lucky lady! Looking forward to hearing more.
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Luck had nothing to do with it! All will be revealed anon.
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The salad looks yummy and the dog is adorable. Look forward to hearing more!…Sherry
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The taste of fruit and vegetables here was a revelation. I’d forgotten what tomatoes should taste like. Even the organic or farm-fresh stuff in the UK is pretty bland.
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What was that on top of the salad? Cheese? That looked good too.
I realized in my comment I put do instead of dog…(-;
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It’s the classic Greek cheese, Feta, although there are many other incredible cheeses that are less well-known outside the country. (I’ll change the ‘do’ – meant to do that when I first saw it!)
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I was hoping it was cheese. There are so many wonderful artisan cheeses out there these days. Then I thought, oops, it might even be tofu. I’ve never been able to get used to tofu.
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I have never knowingly eaten tofu nor wish to do so!
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I have to agree on that Sarah. I haven’t bothered to eat tomatoes here for decades, as they taste of nothing. There is a lot to be said for eating Greek-style, in many respects.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Great news! It looks great! I’m looking forward to more posts from your new place!
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I need to clear the decks to write more. It will happen!
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😀 Splendid!
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It is a joy, Juli. Probably not surprising if I tell you there’s very little about our homeland that I miss!
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How lovely. That salad looks fabulous. All the best in your new home x
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Thank you, Elaine. We have found a little bit of the peace we sought.
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Congratulations in Greek! I’m so jealous!
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Gloat, gloat!
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Ah, Crete…..the land of the Minotaur…..a land of mystery and mythology and sunshine and great food! What wise decision to move there. I’m looking forward to hearing how it all happened.
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Absolutely, Prof! Take me back a few years and I would never have foreseen that I would do such a thing.
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That explains a lot! I hope that Nicholas can help, with local customs and bureaucracy. I have been to Crete. We stayed about three miles from Agios Nikolaos. It was in August 1984, and I remember a huge amount of mosquito bites, that almost sent me home. There was insufferable heat, all day and night, as well as lamentable local sewage, that blocked the drains, and dictated that we could not use toilet paper.
Nice villages in the mountains though, and Rethymnon was memorable for a nice beach, and cool breezes. Other than that, good luck with the summer heat, and the biting insects!
Best wishes, Pete.
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The insects still bite though they change type every year and the infrastructure is much better than it was. The weather can be insufferable for others but it takes so much for me to be warm because of my condition that when it’s hotter than hot, it’s only mildly irritating for me. That last is a big reason why we moved, along with the slower pace of life and, not least, the optimism of the Greeks. We’ve not been to Agios Nikolaos but have visited Rethymno. In fact, I’ve just pulled out one of my Rethymno photographs to do something with. The mountains are wonderful. Glad you know now, Pete.
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If you get the benefit of the hot weather, I am sure it will help you immensely to live there. I suppose I could get used to it eventually, it was sleeping that was the problem, It was only 15 days though, so not a definitive look at Cretan living by any means. I am glad to hear that the infrastructure is a lot better, but I appreciate it was a very long time ago when I visited. Those lovely mountain villages, eating outside in a cool breeze; the harbour and seafront restaurants, serving fish just off the boats. I am envious now. Well, a bit. x
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Lovely little dog by the way. Looks a lot smaller than Ollie. What have you called him?
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Βισηινγ ιού έβερυ χάππινέςς ην υουρ νέω ηομε, ανδ υουρ νέω λιφε ην Κρήτη τοο. (Blame Google if it’s wrong!) x
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