Meltdown of Crete Candles | Definition of Hot

So you wish to know how hot the temperatures can get in Crete, Greece? We have had two heatwaves in the past 4 weeks with temperatures soaring to 47 degrees centigrade.

A picture speaks a thousand words.

Dr Charles Morris, while on his recent vacation to Paleochora, Southwest Crete noticed two limp candles in the house he visited, and captured in digital the meaning of "hot" for his friends back home.

Dr Morris gives his kind permission to Brits in Crete to use this picture!

If you think this is whacky, on the Northwest side of Crete in Melissorgiou one of our regular forum members 'kids us' that she finds comfort in her refrigerator during these hot spells!

( "Candles:Paleochora" July 2007 Copyright Dr Charles Morris)

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Bring Maddy Home Campaign Reaches Greece

Brits in Crete Web Portal, approached by the official organization for the "Bring Maddy Home" has added a dedicated page in the Greek language (ελληνικά�) to its website.

The page is intended to heighten awareness among the Greek people interracting with visiting and resident Brits on the island of Crete and across Greece to be aware that the youngster, kidnapped in the Algarve, Portugal may have been brought to Greece. The idea is to target shopkeepers, supermarket and other retail outlets to display the poster of little Madeleine McCann and report anything suspicious or unusual that could be related.

The web page in Greek simply says to keep a look out for anything suspicious that could be linked to this case and has links to its website in English and Greek.

The page starts:

Αγαπητέ φίλε,

Χρειαζόμαστε την βοήθειά σου και την υποστήριξή σου στην προσπάθειά μας να ευαισθητοποιήσουμε τον κόσμο για να βρεθεί το μικρό κορίτσι που απήχθη κατά την διάρκεια των διακοπών που έκανε με τους γονείς της στην Πορτογαλία. Ταυτόχρονα, στέλνουμε το μήνυμα............(για να διαβάσει την πλήρη σελίδα.)�

As I write this there are reports of hate mail against the parents of Maddy McCann originating in the United States saying they were negligent in allowing the abduction of their daughter.

Hope it will not be too long before there is closure to this distressing saga.

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Living in Crete | Quiz No 1 from BritsinCrete

Hi - The first offering of a general knowledge quiz on Crete and Greece from the Brits in Crete Team.


This quiz is for those living in Crete or who wannabe in the sunny climes of the Mediterranean. This will become a regular feature in the BritsinCrete blog.


So pit your wits and knowledge with these first five questions.


True or False. BiC Quiz No 1.


Questions on Crete.



1. True or False? A lawyer from Chania (Xania) can practice their profession anywhere in Greece.



2. True of False? Greece's Value Added Tax is 19% on non-food items.



3. True or False? You pay your TV Fee (known as the TV License Fee in UK) in the electricity bill.



4. True or False? Famous Greek singer, (the one with spectacles) Nana Mouskouri comes from Crete.



5. True or False? You can fly from Chania to Rhodes by a scheduled flight?




Answers are to be found at the Brits in Crete main website:

http://www.BritsInCrete.net/crete_greece_quiz1.html


Enjoy!

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BritsinCrete Forum | Ex Pat News and Weather for Crete

Latest on BritsinCrete Forum.
Perhaps you are not on Crete.
Just to let U Know....
Crete is still sporting dawn to dusk sunshine!
Great tanning weather. Days 30C, nights cooler with a breeze.

Wise up on Removal costs for your household and other items between UK and Crete. There are several specialist relocation companies that run to and from Crete. (They also will consider other routes eg for those Brit expatriates who have had enough of Spain and want to make the move to Greece.) ....more
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Then, there is always a British expatriate looking to fill up an empty container going back from Crete to UK - the forum is the place to make it known. ....more

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Do you worry about arriving late night at Heraklion Airport and how much petrol is in your rental car's tank? Filling stations Open? ....more

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23 yr old "Crete Wannabes" looking for answers - so they can move to Crete and start a fresh life in the sun and raise kids. Find out more.
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And there is more on Living in Crete Wannabes... on the main website.

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Advertised jobs include an Irish Pub on Crete that seeks a musician, Irish, of course! Got to know the Emerald Isle's classics and sing along type music. Details here...

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Pay us a visit online. You do not know what you are missing!
Keep in touch with ex pat living in the sunshine of Crete.

Gerald
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