Greece
Jan 11th 2011, 7:32 am
#16
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Re: Greece
What I've observed is that if you don't need to work, or run a business, or put your kids through school, or need healthcare, then Crete is fine. But then, under those circumstances, so is everywhere else.
The english people I knew in Crete, lived rather in their own little cocoon, and didn't really understand much about the society they lived in.
The english people I knew in Crete, lived rather in their own little cocoon, and didn't really understand much about the society they lived in.
Jan 11th 2011, 7:47 am
#17
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Re: Greece
I am not surprised at all. Crete is very different in attitude from other parts of Greece. I can identify with many of the points raised, having lived there until recently. I found that as a tourist, people were very friendly towards me. As a resident, my experience was very different. But, hey, who cares ? I am back home, back to a freezing cold UK, but as a person, I am so happy and can now appreciate what the UK does have to offer. Something I was blind to before I moved to Crete.
Jan 11th 2011, 12:05 pm
#18
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Re: Greece
I think there were two restaurants, and a cocktail bar there asnd not much else other than a hotel up on the road going out.
Stayed in a little villa just out of the village on the road looking out on the bay. It was a wonderful holiday, but I guess its different when you live there
Feb 28th 2011, 4:44 pm
#19
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Re: Greece
morning .. we've already decided to go to canada - we're looking to go to new brunswick, oh is a lorry driver so its a case of as soon as job offer (which we're jus waiting to hear so 
) he'll fly out asap pick up his work permit at the airport then i'll follow in a couple of months and cant wait! then when out there we;ll apply for pr, i wont be able to work for 6 months, stipulation of the work permit but after that i can apply for my own wp, (no great hardship to me lol glad of the rest!)
Is your son fluent in greek then if your hubbie is greek, ours will always be an outsider here, the kids all have to have extra lessons after school as well as the education isnt the best, but its the interaction he;s missing, he's missed 7months of schooling and canada are a year behind so when we get out there it should balance out, what do you or your husband do? we started looking seriously for work for him bout feb time sendin cv's off to bout 300 companies! but i wanted to go there rather than here - now oh agreeing with me an wishes he;d listened (should know by now i'm always right
)
) he'll fly out asap pick up his work permit at the airport then i'll follow in a couple of months and cant wait! then when out there we;ll apply for pr, i wont be able to work for 6 months, stipulation of the work permit but after that i can apply for my own wp, (no great hardship to me lol glad of the rest!)Is your son fluent in greek then if your hubbie is greek, ours will always be an outsider here, the kids all have to have extra lessons after school as well as the education isnt the best, but its the interaction he;s missing, he's missed 7months of schooling and canada are a year behind so when we get out there it should balance out, what do you or your husband do? we started looking seriously for work for him bout feb time sendin cv's off to bout 300 companies! but i wanted to go there rather than here - now oh agreeing with me an wishes he;d listened (should know by now i'm always right
)Just wanted to let you know that you can work straight away if you choose to.
