Come on in! If you're new, welcome,  introduce yourself. Get acquainted. Grab a coffee. Have a natter, do your thing. Levity, brevity, no need to be stuffy.

WhatsUp?  No Fund Raisers, Gardening Clubs, Court Cases, holidaymaker antics, births, deaths, weddings, anyone missing? Must be something! Come on share all.

Share the Nutty News from the British Isles homeland! Strange things happen when staying in Greece. Most folk who make the move focus on the here and now!

Restaurant+Hotel owners, advertise vacancies here FREE. Προσοχή: Οι ιδιοκτήτες εστιατορίων, ξενοδόχοι στην #Ελλάδα, δημοσιεύσετε τις κενές θέσεις σας εδώ ΔΩΡΕΑΝ.

Homes by the Med. Dream getaway? Alternative lifestyle. How cheap is cheap? Anything and everything about buying and selling property on a Greek Island. Discuss your experiences in the the "Crete Property Uncovered" board below. Be nice!

Here is the place to put your house or apartment to rent out for longer than 28DAYS with as many pics as possible - it works! Local Real estate companies welcome to post here. No Fee.

List your Private Home in Crete or rest of Greece here + the price, and contact details. Be as detailed as possible. Attach a picture or two - it works.

"Crete Classifieds". Second hand items (private, eg - cars, not commercial) items must be less than 5,000 Euros. All sale items must be legal. Important: Please STATE YOUR AREA OR LOCATION YOU ARE IN (eg Kissamos, Chania). ... μπορείτε να δημοσιεύσετε αγγελίες διαφημίσεις

Are YOU a Digital Nomad? If so, Greece now offers 1 year visas. The Internet and telecoms are very efficient. Fast visa processing. This Board is for self employed resident permit holders or who earn a side income in Crete or elsewhere in Greece. DIGITAL NOMADS WELCOME if you are a non-EU national.

What's new on Supermarkets (Bazaar, The Mart (before Makro), Carrafour, Carrefour Express, Marinopoulos, Xalkiadakis, Ariadne, I.N.K.A, Kokolakis, Lidl auf Kreta etc their location. Other outlets IKEA maybe?, Schools? play groups? kindergartens? local CAB's(KEP), driving centres, MOT centres, etc.

Handling British, Irish and Greek pensions. The usual questions and experiences about retirement - living, housing, communities, insurance benefits, age - specifically related to Crete.

Ask Here to sort out the "how to" set up a business, self employment, work permits, health certificates, car tax - even wedding and funeral arrangements.

Tell us who you support and keep us up to date. No hooligans allowed though.

Guys, sometimes, just sometimes, you like to do your thing. Board now open to all.

#Μιλάτε_τα_ελληνικά; (Do YOU Speak Greek?) If not why not? Municipalities run free lessons. All about that and more here.

From growing succulents to how to create raised garden beds and the challenges of fragrant rose gardening, raising olives and planning for plants and trees that fit the Mediterranean climate.  Horticulaturists and family hobbyists enjoy the climate challenges at sea level,  very hot and dry along the South coast akin to North Africa; then along the Northern Coast lowlands with colder winter winds and the more fickle  weather in the interior mountain ranges - Dikti (Lassithi), the Ida - Psiloritis (Heraklion-Rethymnon) then the White Mountains (Lefka Ori) in Chania. #Crete all over while challenging is essentially easy place to grow your own veggies and flowers, plus Med staples such as citrus, olives and fig trees; with apples and pears on the plateaus. Check out fellow expats at  local gardening clubs.

Perhaps #Crete has always been eco friendly!  You see, Cretan landscapes today include both alternative energy generation by wind farms and solar panel stations. But did you know that one of the most important contributions to modern society: urban water supply and flushing toilets were actually first used in the  Minoan Civilization. The Minoans inhabited today's Island of Crete and those in the Aegean in the Bronze Age period from c. 3000 BC to around 1100 BC.

MAY 30, 2015 "COMPUTERS AND COMPUTING" merged into this board! Internet? Wi-Fi? Broadband? To Use Forthnet, #OTE or newcomer, #CYTA for fast broadband? + Helping each other with computer problems, setting up etc.

While Spinalonga and Knossos are the leading places to go and see, Crete tourism is changing rapidly. If you find there is a new attraction, let us know about it and review it. You let us know also of visitor comments on Crete.

The Future of Money

Crete has one of the larger concentrations of British and Irish ex-pats in Greece. Lets us hear and compare what it is like in other parts of Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Italy, Spain - wherever.

Did you know that the saying “taking the bull by its horns” comes from the Greek myth of Hercules saving #Crete from a bull by seizing its horns? Definition: The Ancient Greeks are responsible for so much we value in common culture today. Take the term, "Humour" (British English), the definition is: the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. Interestingly, Ανέκδοτα, 'anecdote' in ancient Greek, is the wisdom that they taught that the balance of fluids in the human body, known as humors in Latin, control our health and emotion, then as now. Brits-Greeks laughing together. If you like the posts below then - here is more.

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