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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 28th 2012, 10:30 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 3,339
Posted By Aliland

Re: am thinking about Chester now ...

I lived in hanbridge for a couple of years, about ten years ago and really love it. You get all the perks of Chester but at a much cheaper cost.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 16th 2012, 11:47 am
Replies: 44
Views: 13,274
Posted By Aliland

Re: Songs that remind you of home in the UK?

Me too, and can't hear it without crying and feeling incredibly nostalgic which is really odd as i don't think I'd actually heard it before I left.
I also enjoy last night of the proms and play...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 15th 2012, 11:27 pm
Replies: 106
Views: 12,061
Posted By Aliland

Re: uk benifits?

Hi, I'd like to thank charley girl. Keep in mind this forum is largely for Expats trying to plan moving back, we are out of touch with the system and specifics are really useful. The link for...
Forum: Cyprus
Apr 13th 2012, 10:32 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,296
Posted By Aliland

Re: Rental plus bed and breakfast

I've not actually ever been to Cyprus, but I'm pritty familiar with Chalkadiki and Thasos over the last decade. Basically there are around 90 days in the middle of summer where you'd have to run an...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 13th 2012, 9:38 pm
Replies: 106
Views: 12,061
Posted By Aliland

Re: uk benifits?

Thanks a lot. Her youngest will be five in the summer and the other child, nine. So if she works say 3 days a week at £50 a day, what kind of credit could she expect. Her husband is planning a...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 13th 2012, 2:50 am
Replies: 106
Views: 12,061
Posted By Aliland

Re: uk benifits?

Thanks for that. Its hard to understand just how much things might have changed while we have been gone. I'm giving her advice that I don't really know is the best thing, but today she interviewed...
Forum: Europe
Apr 12th 2012, 9:50 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 3,290
Posted By Aliland

Re: Help Needed - International Romance

I do understand that, possibly TV gave me a false impression of the value of being able to go to a British embassy. While I know they are not an information service, "that's not our job" seems an...
Forum: Europe
Apr 12th 2012, 7:02 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 3,290
Posted By Aliland

Re: Help Needed - International Romance

I do understand that, possibly TV gave me a false impression of the value of being able to go to a British embassy. While I know they are not an information service, "that's not our job" seems an...
Forum: Europe
Apr 12th 2012, 11:36 am
Replies: 24
Views: 3,290
Posted By Aliland

Re: Help Needed - International Romance

I live in Thessaloniki, Greece. The British embassy used to be a great source of humor for Expats. Its degenerate in to something we are now just too embarrassed to mention. Stories in the Mail about...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 12th 2012, 8:30 am
Replies: 106
Views: 12,061
Posted By Aliland

Re: uk benifits?

Thanks Petrichor, that is helpful. I've suggested trying to teach night schools, but she is reluctant as she has only worked with primary ages. As i teach 8 to adult, I know she could do it, but...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 11th 2012, 5:33 pm
Replies: 106
Views: 12,061
Posted By Aliland

Re: uk benifits?

Thanks, we got that - but didn't understand how housing benefit works. If she is entitled to £100 a week, but can't find anything close to the kids school close to that, how much can she reasonably...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 11th 2012, 5:02 pm
Replies: 106
Views: 12,061
Posted By Aliland

uk benifits?

Trying to help my sister plan returning to uk after 20ish years. We both live in Greece, which is becoming harder to make ends meet - so forget savings. As she has two kids, situation is desperate so...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 11th 2012, 4:39 pm
Replies: 1,381
Views: 253,183
Posted By Aliland

Re: Theresa May wants minimum income of £25,700; £49,000 if you have 2 kids

Is there a minimum for uk ex-pat bringing a foreign husband and kids back if they are from within the EU?
Forum: Europe
Feb 8th 2012, 8:33 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,346
Posted By Aliland

Re: Greece?

I'm in Thessaloniki- North Greece. As you say you want to go to islands, I assume you fancy the south. Much like the UK, north and south here are very different. I can't see you finding much...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 4th 2012, 4:49 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 404
Posted By Aliland

Hoping to move north west- help

We have very little cash, my husband wants to move down south, but I have family in the north and think a year or two getting money together is a better plan. Basically, I want to be chesshire /...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 4th 2012, 1:44 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 4,281
Posted By Aliland

Re: EU Law & British Law & My Rant !!!!

When I read about the vicar, I thought about the poor vicar who married me and what he might be thinging. Basically I married my husband (Greek) in the uk, we already lived in Greece, and went...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 4th 2012, 12:32 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,382
Posted By Aliland

Re: Need some help!

Just wanted to add a good luck message. Also read a post here that implied it would be hard to get a job if your over 35. Don't know what kind of jobs their talking about or what you want, but my...
Forum: Europe
Feb 2nd 2012, 9:29 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 3,290
Posted By Aliland

Re: Help Needed - International Romance

Taking a romance to the next level takes sacrifice- you both need to keep options open until your truly ready for commitment though. One or both of you may lose some independence in a way that is...
Forum: Europe
Feb 1st 2012, 9:45 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,346
Posted By Aliland

Greece?

Is there a good place to go on the site to talk to Expats in Greece? I'm especially interested in ones who have just arrived as I'm planing on returning to the uk. Perhaps we can swap questions, I...
Forum: Middle East
Feb 1st 2012, 9:35 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 4,194
Posted By Aliland

Re: Does the ME make you Fat or Thin?

Wow, I got a bit confused - I thought you were talking about the illness ME! (Incase your interested - thin because you don't really eat, but really unfit because you don't get enough excersise)...
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