Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Easter Sunday
A reminder for folks near or in Paleochora this weekend.
Calypso will be about the only place serving lunches on Easter Sunday. We will have some delicious, tender slow-cooked lamb as wellas many other dishes.
We will open at 12 noon.
καλο πασχα!
Calypso will be about the only place serving lunches on Easter Sunday. We will have some delicious, tender slow-cooked lamb as wellas many other dishes.
We will open at 12 noon.
καλο πασχα!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
For all those British Ex-pats out there: This is wonderful. Watch BBC iplayer and other 'on-demand' UK TV channels on the computer!
The site is at www.adtelly.tv
The site is at www.adtelly.tv
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Dont call me a twit, but.....
Hi all! Now you can read my frequent vacuous musings on Twitter. Just 'follow' BarryinCrete
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Kid's playmate becomes, eh, a Playmate
Well done to our former Au Pair, Sarah. In December 2008 she was Playboy Playmate of the Month in the Dutch issue. Bravo, Girl!
Friday, January 09, 2009
Funny thing is, when one lives in a place where one actually has to read most of the news, it can sometimes be a slight disadvantage when it comes to pronouncing new words to the English language.
I had a shock this Christmas as I had read about the new game console called the Nintendo Wii. For some reason, I naturally assumed that this was pronounced 'Wy' as in 'Why". Strange, I thought, to name a product in such a way as to almost invite 'buyer remorse'.
No! Nintendo's faux pas is much better than that as I discovered it is actually pronounced 'Wee' as in, well.....'Wee'!
The poor sales advisor in Currys must have thought me a trifle strange as I struggled, unsuccessfully to contain my fits of giggles as he kept on saying WEE as he described the games features and benefits. It's not my fault, I was brought up on Carry On films.
Did I buy one? No fear. I'm going to wait for the 'Playstation Poo'.
I had a shock this Christmas as I had read about the new game console called the Nintendo Wii. For some reason, I naturally assumed that this was pronounced 'Wy' as in 'Why". Strange, I thought, to name a product in such a way as to almost invite 'buyer remorse'.
No! Nintendo's faux pas is much better than that as I discovered it is actually pronounced 'Wee' as in, well.....'Wee'!
The poor sales advisor in Currys must have thought me a trifle strange as I struggled, unsuccessfully to contain my fits of giggles as he kept on saying WEE as he described the games features and benefits. It's not my fault, I was brought up on Carry On films.
Did I buy one? No fear. I'm going to wait for the 'Playstation Poo'.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Winter is here
So, here we still are. Calypso is open in winter mode: Daytimes only, 10 - 6 lunches, snacks, coffees, drinks...oh and Monday night is 'games night' with a 6 euro buffet.
We are off to England in a weeks time for Christmas visit. Last year we were shocked not only by the drop in temperature but also by the way England seems to be a nation unable to remove it's collective eyes away from a TV screen for any meaningful length of time. We were extremely fortunate to escape the UK (where we didn't have a TV anyway) before the onset of mainstream cheap reality TV. We missed out on 'BB', 'BB2', 'Son of pro-celebrity BB', 'I'm a pop idol get me out of BB6' and all of the other thinly disguised rehashed garbage. So it's not like there is anything good to watch.
All of this would almost be forgivable but the biggest shock was that we were trying to tear peoples attention away from....Celebrity Come Dancing. Now, bear with me here. In the last millennium (oh, don't ya just miss it!) Come Dancing was tucked discreetly away in the schedules and watched only by friends & relations of the contestants, OAPs, sequin fetishists and as BBC marketing executives call OAFS (an 'almost acronym' of 'Other Assorted Sad F******') Last year the show was taking up an awful lot of prime time slots and hairy-arsed truck drivers from Rochdale were discussing it in the pub. We felt like taking the UK by its collective elbows and giving it a good shake and slapping round the face shouting 'It's Come Dancing you're watching for christsakes!'
I can only conclude that the French have put something in the water.
I do hope it will be different this year. Please God it can't get worse....can it?
We are off to England in a weeks time for Christmas visit. Last year we were shocked not only by the drop in temperature but also by the way England seems to be a nation unable to remove it's collective eyes away from a TV screen for any meaningful length of time. We were extremely fortunate to escape the UK (where we didn't have a TV anyway) before the onset of mainstream cheap reality TV. We missed out on 'BB', 'BB2', 'Son of pro-celebrity BB', 'I'm a pop idol get me out of BB6' and all of the other thinly disguised rehashed garbage. So it's not like there is anything good to watch.
All of this would almost be forgivable but the biggest shock was that we were trying to tear peoples attention away from....Celebrity Come Dancing. Now, bear with me here. In the last millennium (oh, don't ya just miss it!) Come Dancing was tucked discreetly away in the schedules and watched only by friends & relations of the contestants, OAPs, sequin fetishists and as BBC marketing executives call OAFS (an 'almost acronym' of 'Other Assorted Sad F******') Last year the show was taking up an awful lot of prime time slots and hairy-arsed truck drivers from Rochdale were discussing it in the pub. We felt like taking the UK by its collective elbows and giving it a good shake and slapping round the face shouting 'It's Come Dancing you're watching for christsakes!'
I can only conclude that the French have put something in the water.
I do hope it will be different this year. Please God it can't get worse....can it?
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
French kiss
The lovely people at Petit Fute, one of the leading French travel guidebooks, gave us a sticker for our window the other day. We have been mentioned in this guide for some years but now it's nice to know that passing Frenchies who haven't bought the book will still be able to spot us!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Missed Holidays
With the shock news about XL, the owning company of Kosmar Holidays, going into administration, many regular Paleochoa visitors will have had their holidays cancelled & be refunded their money.
If you still want to come out here, there are some alternatives;
Sunvil Holidays may have package holiday availability. www.sunvil.co.uk
Otherwise, get flights with Monarch Airline ('Google' Monarch) to Hania or get scheduled flights with Olympic from London or Manchester (bags straight through, change planes in Athens) or, from Stanstead Aegean airlines (ww.aegeanair.com) a very good airline again change in Athens.
Another alternative is to get a flight to Heraklion & we will advise on getting here from there. Try Monarch, First Choice, Thomas Cook & Easyjet.
There are some convenient links to these websites in the right hand margin of the blog if you scroll down a bit
We will help you find accommodation here if you wish.
If you still want to come out here, there are some alternatives;
Sunvil Holidays may have package holiday availability. www.sunvil.co.uk
Otherwise, get flights with Monarch Airline ('Google' Monarch) to Hania or get scheduled flights with Olympic from London or Manchester (bags straight through, change planes in Athens) or, from Stanstead Aegean airlines (ww.aegeanair.com) a very good airline again change in Athens.
Another alternative is to get a flight to Heraklion & we will advise on getting here from there. Try Monarch, First Choice, Thomas Cook & Easyjet.
There are some convenient links to these websites in the right hand margin of the blog if you scroll down a bit
We will help you find accommodation here if you wish.
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