Mindy Facebook

Mindy, the unofficial Calypso cat has put himself on Facebook. He was accidentally locked in the restaurant the other week and, during the night, obviously walked across the computer keyboard and, as quantum mechanics would have it, managed to register! You can find him by searching 'mindy calypso cat' on the facebook page. He would love you to be his friend.

The weather as it happens

I have added a new link (in the side bar on the right....scroll down!) which shows the real time weather conditions right here in Paleochora. If you are interested, that is!

Finnish The Holiday

Eva returns to Finland tomorrow after spending the winter here in Paleochora. She looks after Mindy, the un-official restaurant cat so it will be a sad farewell. She will be back in August for her next visit (Eva, that is, not Mindy).

Surprise!

It was a wonderful surprise for Jenny (& the Boys) when her sister, Caroline, arrived at the restaurant on a week long holiday last Tuesday.

The biggest surprise for Jenny was that she was staying at our house! Good job I'd mucked it out!

Is it that time already?

Many simple folk in the village thought they'd overslept and woke up in August when they saw Bob & Ruth (right) pootling around recently. Not so! They are now fully retired and are working hard to rid themselves of any potential inheritance their lovely daughter, Chloe, may or may not have expected to collect later. Thus they will be in Paleochora for almost the whole summer. Here they are joined by our Gallic friends Alain & Pascale with their 2 delightful daughters who have a residence in rainy Kandanos.

The Boys Birthday Beach Bash

And we even had a clown....

A Man from Mars visits restaurant!

Well, not a bona fide Martian, (although quite a few of the visitors here are clearly from another planet!) but a man literally from Mars came in the other day and left behind a freezer filled with lovely ice creams.

Putting out fires

Marios, Irini and their puppy, Geoff, have moved to Crete from Athens. Marios is going to be a fireman here - a very tough job, especially in the summer. Irini is happy being a photographer.

The Boys upThe Mountain

Above: Jojo & Freddie, Below: i) Jojo approaching a chapel ii) A field full of flowers and iii) A 'Man Orchid'





My boys, Jojo & Freddie saw the orchid photos from the other day and, this morning, asked me to take them to have a look up in the mountains behind Paleochora.

We went with Jenny (my Jenny) and Mick to Ancient Kantanos - a Dorian settlement 2000 or so years ago about 9 or 10 klicks from Paleochora.

Freddie took the photo of the 'Man Orchid' you see here.

Terry & Judith

Here's Terry (who has a house at the building site formally known as Anidri) with his sister, Judith, who was over visiting.