[*Introduce Yourself, if you have just joined] The Crete Forum - Virtual chit chat, Musings and Discussion. Put Topics here not found elsewhere in the BiC Forum. You do not have to be British to join in here. All in the foreign community are welcome to express yourselves.

Building a Spirit of Community - Let's hear it for the Bazaars, Fund Raisers, Gatherings, Amateur Drama Clubs, Gardening Clubs, Court Cases, Earthquakes, holidaymaker antics, births, deaths, weddings, missing persons and Cretan festivals.

Share the Nutty, Earth Shattering and Bizarre News from the British Isles homeland!

Attention: Restaurant owners, hotels in Greece, post your vacancies here FREE. Προσοχή: Οι ιδιοκτήτες εστιατορίων, ξενοδόχοι στην #Ελλάδα, δημοσιεύσετε τις κενές θέσεις σας εδώ ΔΩΡΕΑΝ.

Homes by the Med. Anything and everything about buying and selling property, off-plan, handling legal, architects and local planning regulations to finding out about hardware outlets, and firms like #IKEA on #Crete. For information on the reputations on home builders, developers, and real estate agents, please use the "Crete Property Uncovered" board.

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! No agents or real estate companies.

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

This Board is for self employed people STARTING A BUSINESS! or earn a side income in Crete or elsewhere in Greece targeting the ex-pat community.

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.

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.

Please keep any jokes, clean.  If your humour is of a milder variety, it would be appreciated if you do not make an issue of the intensity of some of the jokes here. We do not all share the same values and standards, let alone the same humour.

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