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The lovely Tove from Norway popped in for a meal with her fella, Manfred last night. Tove worked at Calypso during our first and second seasons both in the kitchen and as our waitress before moving to a village near Matala. Lovely to see you both!

Three weeks flash by! Gordon & Debbie with son, Jack (Italian shirt - surely not!), have a long overnight journey ahead of them to Glasgow. Definitely a month next year guys! 

The last time Dave & Christa appeared on the blog in early May, they were all wrapped up in fleeces & scarves. They were last night too but I asked that they remove them for the photo!

Georgos brings the bacon from home

It's Georgos from Hania bringing a delivery of delicious English back bacon for our Sunday bunch. 

A fond farewell this week to Mark & Cate Ingham from Nottinghamshire. They kindly sent me some chalk marker pens a couple of months ago so are partly responsible for the lovely blackboard signs which I so enjoy writing each day. At least now I only have to write them once as kids can't rub them off! Unfortunately, I didn't get a photo of Mark & Cate while they were here.

Bill, who lives near Rethymnon on the north coast of the island, payed us a visit this week. He pops down to Paleochora every now and then, usually during one of his walking expeditions. 

Don't you just hate it when you are in a restaurant, enjoying your meal & some idiot pops in front of you with a camera? Here are David & Sue, Calypso regulars for many years, enjoying some Thai Seared Beef. Some of you will remember David's daughter, Jo and her boyfriend, Dave who worked at Calypso towards the end of the season 2 years ago as waitress and chef. 

Welcome back, you lot!

Ruth arrived a few days ago to join hubby, Bob, for their yearly summer stay of several weeks. Lovely to see you back, dear!
Also a warm welcome back to the Molmen family from Oslo - Tor & Vibeke with Phillip (4) and Andreas (2). When Andreas was born, Tor got 3 months paternity leave from his job to get over the shock and the family decided to spend this time in Paleochora. They are only in town for a week this time, however. Hey, make some more babies!

Top Model Eats Burger, Shock!

Fin, Olivia & Rosanne popped in for a bite before hitting the town. As I am officially paparazzi, I will deny a fee to Select Model Agency Ltd, who employ Olivia. I will, of course, sell the photo of 'Top Model Eats Burger' to the News Of The World.

Lamb tonight

I was asked recently to let people know when I was next cooking the Calypso Lamb Kleftiko special. Well, it's tonight.

Ian, who worked at Calypso a couple of years back, is here for a holiday. Here he is in a familiar pose.
Ashley and Adam are also in town for a couple of weeks with a couple of pals. Nikki (centre) is here until November. We must say Hi to Dawn on Samos who logs on frequently. HI DAWN!!! 

Free health Check

Proof that our Sunday brunch menu is healthy...here's Olga measuring Duke's blood pressure. Looks like it tickles. 

More photos of hedonistic revellers on Saturday night. Bob out with Stephen (Olga was taking the photo) and Nikki celebrating her 21st. wedding anniversary.
 

Is there a doctor in the house?

Peter & Nikki arrived back in town this weekend with daughters Olivia & Fin. Also pictured here are Mike & Gail, who are also regulars, enjoying a little late night drinking. Not that we make a habit of it.
 

Lucky Erwin spent his whole holiday surrounded by beautiful young ladies - his wife & Daughter amongst them - Lara, Andrea, Patricia and Nina. Thanks for being such great fun while you were here. We hope you'll pass by this way again. 

Hair today......

 

(L-R) Richelle, Jim, Andrea and Darren want everyone working and suffering changeable weather back in the UK to see what tremendous fun they are having on holiday. Nice. 

Mikes back in town. Mike, from Retford, usually comes to Paleochora at least once a year but last year he went AWOL! We were all concerned about him. Glad to see you back again. 

The Menu Today

Gordon & Sue are making a return visit from 2 years ago. Here they are with Lynne on the left (and are those the famous Twankies in the background?)









Dave from Darlington joined the Calypso Crew this week. Welcome aboard, Dave! 

The Litchfield mafia

Steve & Debs looking pleased and relieved that they have a third week to enjoy on this visit. I say, Steve, your shirt clashes with our chairs a bit! Maybe you've come up with an innovative way of nicking tablecloths?

Stuffed Tomatoes

Look! It's 'Beetroot Balls' and 'Runner Bean' (a.k.a Brian & Lynne) back for another 2 weeks of bliss and stuffed tomatoes! 

Lovely Swedish People

Here are 2 fabulous families from Sweden who read about us in the Swedish edition of Dorling kindersly Top Ten Guide to Western Crete. We have the Vaiho Family (Grown-ups; Kari & Asa. Kids; Ida & Sara) and the Wiklander Family (Grown-ups; Thomas & Tina. Kids; Hanna & Lisa)

Regulars

Two of our most regular customers over the last two weeks were David & Janet. I think they ate with us on almost every evening and, on all but one or two notable occasions, were our first table of the evening. Thank you, guys, hope to see you back this way again.


Malcolm & Mary have made a welcome return - a little earlier in the season this year. When I saw them striding towards the restuarant the other day I thought I overslept and it was September already! 

Welcome Charlotte

Meet Charlotte. She joined the Calypso team this week. Boyfriend, Dave, is due to start next week as well. Charlotte is from Swindon but we won't hold that against her.