High Above Sougia

Ever wondered what happens if, instead of turning left to tramp to Lissos, you turned right out of the Sougia Gorge instead?

No? Well, neither had I.

But Bob Tait knows and he tells us all about it on The Paleochora Site in this month's 'Explore!' feature.

Check it out here: Paleochora

Is this the cleverest & coolest video ever?

All (obviously) done in one take, although you will see from the end that the clothes suggest that they did some rehearsals.

Jobs

Well, it seems that Jenny & I both have jobs lined up for the summer season!

I will add a post on here later to let everone know where to find us when you come out this summer.

In the meantime, we are still busy writing, promoting and we have started painting the house on the outside. So far we have made a gate and painted it and done one window frame & shutters mainly to see if we like the new colour.

Now its time to get stuck in on this before the season comes and we have too little time/are too knackered to get it done.

More later............

Twitter me This!

If you have a business ( either online or offline) then now is the time to start taking Twitter seriously.

Although almost 19% of internet users have a Twitter account, there is still a great deal of mystery and ignorance about what to do with it.

This Free report written by top internet marketing expert, Kevin Riley, will explain how Twitter can be used very effectively to build customer loyalty, find new customers and make sales - whether you are working an internet based business or you have a traditional 'bricks & mortar' business.

Click on the book image to see Kevin explain in a short, 2 minute video

Dumb & Dumber - Greece Strikes 2010

Well, just when you think that they all should be jolly well embarrassed about the complete and utter financial mess the successive governments have made over the last 10 years in Greece, the Greeks decide to increase their protests against measures to rectify the situation.

The country is on the brink of a complete fuel drought after customs workers who have been striking since Tuesday fancy making a long weekend of it by extending the strike until Tuesday. But Wednesday next week is a genral strike so they will not get their fat, lazy asses back in their comfy office chairs until Thursday.

There will be no petrol in Paleochora from tomorrow.

Shame for all those who need to get to a hospital. Or need to work.

Oh if only they knew how stupid this makes them look in the eyes of the world.

It's Nearly Carnival.....Oh Dear

Well, time has been whizzing here so I thought it must be time to add something to the old blog and keep everyone up to date.

I have been doing a lot of writing although since Christmas more for my own use rather than selling articles (although I will throw a few together for selling next week). Jenny has also been writing too so we have been quite busy.

Jenny got a surprise visit from her sister, Caroline, and best friend from the UK, Sue, for her birthday last week. They could only stay a few days but we had a lot of fun & laughs. here are the Guuuurls supping the umpteenth glass of champagne on the beach.

And this weekend...its the bloody carnival again. The pre-lenten carnival is steeped in tradition. The main tradition in Paleochora is that 'Ma Baker' by Boney M and 'Sex Bomb' by Tom Jones are played on a continual loop all day through a very powerful PA.

I really hate it. It can be quite amusing to see some of the floats as they tend to offer a satirical view of the world but its a bit like a really bad fancy dress party where the initial slight amusement of seeing someone dressed in a daft way quickly wears off and develops into boredom. Especially as it is the same each year (yawn). Anyway, soon be over.

Bye for now.

Obedience Training Dogs

So I have been doing some writing (as has Jenny) on the subject of training dogs.  We are promoting a really great dog training programme which is available online.

As a gift to you, dear reader, here is a free e-book/guide which gives some basic advice if you want it.

So just click on the image of the book, above, to get it for free instantly!

Writing

The article writing Jenny & I have been occupying ourselves with had its best day today.

We had submitted a few articles in the first couple of weeks in December and had made a couple of modest sales (Jenny getting first blood). Then we got busy with some other things and let it slip a little.

My enthusiasm returned with a sale on the 29th. December and I started to check the site a little more often. Today I sold two articles for $100 and have an offer on a third (one of these was the first article I submitted in early December and the other two sold/offer made within hours of them being accepted.

Not riches but nice all the same. :-)

For anyone who wants to have a go themselves, here is the link:

Constant Content

Bye for now.......

Oh, Happy New Year BTW

Christmas in Crete

We had a fabulous Christmas in Crete this year. The first one here in about 4 years.

The weather was mild and we celebrated Chrismas day in the traditional way. Presents...gin & tonics....The Queen and a massive roast Turkey meal.

We had a friend, Brian the jewelry seller and our German neighbour Wolfgang to share our meal

On boxing day skies were clear blue and temperatures high so we headed off for a walk along the coast. Here is a photo of the boys on the walk.

So now we have to get back to work...and back to finding some work asw well.

Sausages-sausages

Hey everyone!

I am so excited! I just finished and uploaded a new step-by-step guide book.

As an expat, I always missed good sausages especially Lincolnshire sausages so I make them myself.

Then I though perhaps others may want to do this too, after all, you can then control what goes in them and you can make your own recipes up as well.

So my guide is an easy straightforward tutorial on making your own sausages at home.

Check it out here: http://www.sausages-sausages.com