Weekly chronicle 16th April
Week 16th April 2007
Efforts to purchase a car thwarted by lack of Residence Permit. Having failed at Vrisses Police Station on Friday as the manager was away in Athens – come back in May – G, the Toyota salesman, plus M, took us to Rethymnon police station to try again. Using his sway to reduce the time lag from three weeks to one week, we think that something is happening. It is a little unfortunate and somewhat off-putting that the police look and dress as one would expect criminals to appear!
On the plus side, and every day seems to have one, we found our way back to the electrical shop (thanks to the kind help of a local) to purchase a vital electric kettle. Can’t be bad. We also attempted to buy replacement light bulbs with less success.
The donkey passed by this afternoon as it has done every day since we came and maybe Rufus has stopped barking at it at last.
Rufus has taken a liking to olives which he finds fallen to the ground…. Don’t know about the stones yet? Buffy just lazes around in the sun, though only 22 degrees today - cloudy.
M's sheep have been in the field for a week now, but the two pigs at the back of the house have disappeared, presumably having met their fate.
Yesterday we drove up to Embrosneros to see the amphitheatre, we’ll probably return when we have time again.
HP Sauce
Scouring the local supermarkets throughout the Apokoronas area for brown sauce, I eventually found the elusive grail in a butchers shop in Georgioupolis whilst buying meat for dinner –in Greek.
Murder in the village
…and it was me who done it or at least engaged the assasin. I wanted to please our neighbour my removing a large olive tree in the front garden. Whilst S suggested loping the thing M and I decided to get rid of the thing and he found me a mechanico to do it for 35 euros an hour and 200 euros for the machine. Today, Friday, work started with the wood cutter turning up with chainsaws and wife. Soon branches can crashing down fortunately missing the house (Goal no.1), the branch overhanging the power line in the street hung precariously for a few moments entangled with the wire before dropping to earth (Goal no.2).
Then things started to go awry. Our English speaking local who was an ex-seaman, passed by on his motorcycle but stopped to pass the time of day, telling us firstly that he remembered the tree as a boy sixty years ago, but also that he thought it was about 500 years old. What have I done! Even J held her head. Murdered the oldest tree in the village after only three weeks here.
However, the tree will get its revenge as it is likely that it’s roots are entwined with our underground electric cable. So now there is as great debate as to whether it can be done, but in Greece it appears that once a process starts it is unstoppable. So oil lamps and candles to the ready. I am assured that it will be fine but a phone call to our architect has given him/her kittens.
No doubt I will die a noble death.
Riding shotgun
S and his wife have gone to Malta on holiday leaving the three-year-old twins with their nanny. I have been charged to accompany her to deliver and pick up from kindergarten in Maze. She has a driving license from Bulgaria but rarely drives so journeys are mostly at 20 kilometres an hour but we get there and back safely – though she tends to use the car horn (to klaxon) much the way that Madge Simpson does!
Sunday Best
The guilt of the tree hangs over us, and we remain uncertain how to continue though the power line is a major issue – if only we could convey this to our axeman. However, we did drive to Souda to locate the vets outside Champion super market, if ever needed. Traffic lights continue to baffle me but we managed to get there are back in one piece. We went with H to P’s home over the shop in Vrysses for coffee. Gleko, honey and cheese marked the hospitality of the occasion with K and son, M. This afternoon we drove over to Georgioupolis just to relax by walking along the new promenade,with its piles of new sand to replace that washed away, The beached digger has now vanished.
Efforts to purchase a car thwarted by lack of Residence Permit. Having failed at Vrisses Police Station on Friday as the manager was away in Athens – come back in May – G, the Toyota salesman, plus M, took us to Rethymnon police station to try again. Using his sway to reduce the time lag from three weeks to one week, we think that something is happening. It is a little unfortunate and somewhat off-putting that the police look and dress as one would expect criminals to appear!
On the plus side, and every day seems to have one, we found our way back to the electrical shop (thanks to the kind help of a local) to purchase a vital electric kettle. Can’t be bad. We also attempted to buy replacement light bulbs with less success.
The donkey passed by this afternoon as it has done every day since we came and maybe Rufus has stopped barking at it at last.
Rufus has taken a liking to olives which he finds fallen to the ground…. Don’t know about the stones yet? Buffy just lazes around in the sun, though only 22 degrees today - cloudy.
M's sheep have been in the field for a week now, but the two pigs at the back of the house have disappeared, presumably having met their fate.
Yesterday we drove up to Embrosneros to see the amphitheatre, we’ll probably return when we have time again.
HP Sauce
Scouring the local supermarkets throughout the Apokoronas area for brown sauce, I eventually found the elusive grail in a butchers shop in Georgioupolis whilst buying meat for dinner –in Greek.
Murder in the village
…and it was me who done it or at least engaged the assasin. I wanted to please our neighbour my removing a large olive tree in the front garden. Whilst S suggested loping the thing M and I decided to get rid of the thing and he found me a mechanico to do it for 35 euros an hour and 200 euros for the machine. Today, Friday, work started with the wood cutter turning up with chainsaws and wife. Soon branches can crashing down fortunately missing the house (Goal no.1), the branch overhanging the power line in the street hung precariously for a few moments entangled with the wire before dropping to earth (Goal no.2).
Then things started to go awry. Our English speaking local who was an ex-seaman, passed by on his motorcycle but stopped to pass the time of day, telling us firstly that he remembered the tree as a boy sixty years ago, but also that he thought it was about 500 years old. What have I done! Even J held her head. Murdered the oldest tree in the village after only three weeks here.
However, the tree will get its revenge as it is likely that it’s roots are entwined with our underground electric cable. So now there is as great debate as to whether it can be done, but in Greece it appears that once a process starts it is unstoppable. So oil lamps and candles to the ready. I am assured that it will be fine but a phone call to our architect has given him/her kittens.
No doubt I will die a noble death.
Riding shotgun
S and his wife have gone to Malta on holiday leaving the three-year-old twins with their nanny. I have been charged to accompany her to deliver and pick up from kindergarten in Maze. She has a driving license from Bulgaria but rarely drives so journeys are mostly at 20 kilometres an hour but we get there and back safely – though she tends to use the car horn (to klaxon) much the way that Madge Simpson does!
Sunday Best
The guilt of the tree hangs over us, and we remain uncertain how to continue though the power line is a major issue – if only we could convey this to our axeman. However, we did drive to Souda to locate the vets outside Champion super market, if ever needed. Traffic lights continue to baffle me but we managed to get there are back in one piece. We went with H to P’s home over the shop in Vrysses for coffee. Gleko, honey and cheese marked the hospitality of the occasion with K and son, M. This afternoon we drove over to Georgioupolis just to relax by walking along the new promenade,with its piles of new sand to replace that washed away, The beached digger has now vanished.
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