Patsy Stoned

Well, I am settled in Crete I moved on the1st of April and stayed in a hotel for a month and a half until my container eventually got here.
In that time I found a lovely apartment, right on the seafront, I have got all my paperwork sorted, business license, health card, tax and vat number. I have already got 6 clients which considering that I only got everything set up and ready to go at the start of June is wonderful.

A bottle of prosecco is roughly 27dhs in the supermarket and about 100dhs in a restaurant I can eat out for about 50dhs, lots of lovely mezes, lamb or pork chops, salad and half a kilo of wine! It is almost July and I haven't put my a/c on at all, I walk (!!!) a lot, I love the fact that I can sit in the main square and have a coffee and watch life go on around me... It is tough for the Cretans.. for all Greeks right now but they still manage to enjoy life.
Anyway... I just thought I would say hello.. Crete is a wonderful Island and if any of you fancy a holiday let me know and I will give you some suggestions for nice hotels and hopefully meet up of a drink xxx

Bob

Oh hello you!

BEVS

I saw the thread title and I was hoping this was you.

Hi !

So pleased to read it is all going well for you over there.

Jerseygirl

Oh it's you darling. It's terribly nice to hear from you.

OleJanx

Hello there! So pleased to hear that all is well. I was a bit reluctent to enquire as some of my shipping went astray and did not arrive,so did not
want to put a janx ( ahem...) upon it.

Hope all is well,

R

old.sparkles

good to see you Patsy - sounds like life is going well

Patsy Stoned

Well all I can say is if anybody is moving NEVER use Global Relocations, they are crap and I can say this freely because I don't live in Dubai anymore :-D
My shipment was 16 days late, which meant I had to stay in the hotel for another 2 weeks. When we were unpacking I discovered evening/cocktail dresses and jackets that were suppose to be flatpacked, screwed up and stuffed into a shelving unit along with 2 toilet brushes and a waste bin!!!
Anyway, it is over and I am in my apartment. It is good to be back in the real world again after 11 years :-D This is the view from my apartment if you are interested :-D xx

OleJanx

What a glorious view! The view out of my windows are, front, an elderly tree, good in summer, depressing in autumn/winter, and out the back, I have the wonderful view of an abandoned hay barn....

Meow

You forgot to mention the gorgeous kittens!

Bahtatboy

Pleased to hear it's all going well. Good luck and have fun!

Patsy Stoned

Lol..oh yes.. I have 4 lovely kittens, they were going to be dumped in the street so I had to have them :-D

scrubbedexpat141

The most honest person in Greece.

soukie

Thanks for the update - glad you are enjoying Crete. Sounds great and so much cheaper than here

redShark

Naah! Kittens are not good enough a company. What a lady needs in such a picturesque, yet a terribly lonely place is actually a lover’s company for those romantic walks by the sea side and the comfortable tuck-in at night!!!

redShark

I've got an idea for you Meow! I remember once watching a story in the news about a Russian lady who kept something like a hundred cats in her flat, each one with its own name. May be something worth considering for future retirement….. No?