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A comprehensive guide to living, working, retiring, purchasing property, relocating and day to day life on the island of Crete, Greece for British and Irish and other EU expatriates.
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Living in Crete | Maukie - Brits in Crete New Pet
2008-06-08 05:36:00
I thought I would share with you the fact that Brits in Crete has a new house mate. It is Maukie. She is fun to live with and enjoys being teased. Yet, Maukie is the fiercest, cutest cat ever to... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Living in Crete | Relief at Greek Driver's Strike Over
2008-05-16 00:02:00
So relief all round for everyone living in Crete, as the Greek lorry drivers strike, hugely disrupting deliveries - mainly petrol and diesel, is called off unexpectedly. The whole thing was... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Living in Crete | CountryLife Real Estate
2008-05-15 07:47:00
Living in Crete could be even more interesting for Brits and or Irish if they take up the offer advertised in the "CountryLife" website. I have two questions (that I do not wish to ask the... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Living in Crete | Blog for Human Rights Day
2008-05-15 05:09:00
For the Brits and Irish residents, living in Crete and Greece, today, May 15 is a day for all bloggers to promote human rights around the world. Amnesty International, is linking with BlogCatalog to... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
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2008-01-21 00:00:00
Living in Crete :: Life is what YOU make it! Living in Crete :: Life is what YOU make it! ...
 
Living in Crete :: Life is what YOU make it!
2008-01-20 01:56:00
Every day I receive several e-mails sent from the BritsinCrete.net Contact Page asking for advice and help on Living in Crete. One guy, a 50something Brit, just divorced and sounding pretty miserable... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Brits in Crete | UK-Based Couple Spends £1,500 to Rescue Stray Puppy in Crete.
2007-11-14 08:04:00
Here at Brits in Crete, we ask: Would you pay £1500 ($3120, €2160) to rescue a stray puppy found on holiday in Crete and repatriate it to UK? That is what a young British couple from Haywards Heath,... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Living in Crete | BritsinCrete Visitors from More Countries
2007-11-10 11:06:00
Web visitors to the BritsinCrete.net website arrive from all over the Internet world. So we decided to check the stats for the web site. In the period November 5-9, 2007, of the 2,000 visitors... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Living in Greece:: BritsinCrete Uses XING To Boost Contacts
2007-10-19 00:06:00
BritsinCrete invites you to expand your contacts through the rapidly expanding XING social network website. http://www.xing.com/go/invita/8061540 If you do business or wish to build your social... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Living in Crete | Sept 28:: Ask a Stupid Question Day
2007-09-27 18:14:00
"Ask a Stupid Question" Day is today, September 28, a holiday that is a bit like April 1st. It is the day all you school students to ask your teachers all those dumb questions. Apparently, ... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Living in Crete | Asthma in Kids Study
2007-09-14 15:55:00
Brits in Crete Forum has recently had several questions about Asthma and related topics when expatriates are spending their life in Crete. Diet and climate have a major part to play in the better... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Living in Crete | Quiz No 2 from BritsinCrete
2007-09-08 09:47:00
Hi - Crete General Knowledge, Quiz No 2 from the Brits in Crete team. Pit your wits and test your knowledge on Crete Flights and Flying in this second "True or False" Quiz from Brits in Crete web... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Meltdown of Crete Candles | Definition of Hot
2007-07-27 22:01:00
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... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Bring Maddy Home Campaign Reaches Greece
2007-07-26 15:41:00
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... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Living in Crete | Quiz No 1 from BritsinCrete
2007-07-26 09:41:00
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 is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
BritsinCrete Forum | Ex Pat News and Weather for Crete
2007-07-04 15:40:00
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... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
LivinginCrete | BritsinCrete Blog | Wot's Hot
2007-06-23 18:31:00
All the Brits in Crete Greece, I am sure will vouch that Crete is the wot's hot spot, and not just for the property market right now! Heatwave - Summers Here If UK is wet, wet, wet, we are basking... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
LivinginCrete | BritsinCrete Blog | Grrr OTE Crete
2007-06-23 16:44:00
Every month, I outlay nearly 40 euros for the usage of OTE Broadband package called Conn-x. Someone wrote in the Brits in Crete Forum that the island of Crete was having its telephone cable network... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Living in Crete | Murphy's Law at BiC Forum
2007-05-01 22:22:00
The Irish turn of phrase, "Murphy's Law", or Sod's Law as Brits are more inclined to say, seems rather apt for BritsinCrete Forum right now. You know the saying, that if anything can go wrong expect... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Internet in Crete | BritsinCrete Forum is Back Online
2007-04-27 13:27:00
Friday April 27 and BritsinCrete Forum is back on line. The Crete Internet is buzzing again, 12 days after we got disconnected through no fault of our own. We return with a vengeance. Handling... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Brits in Crete Forum Saga Continues
2007-04-26 07:33:00
It is 10 days since BritsinCrete Forum became the innocent victim of a commercial dispute between two Internet operators and booted unceremoniously offline. Today is Thursday, not Monday, as... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Brits in Crete Forum Offline, What next
2007-04-20 22:19:00
When is an online forum not a forum? Answer: When some server provider cuts off service without recourse. Just like that. One minute, websites on the affected server sites are fully functioning,... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Living in Crete | Easter 2007 Blog
2007-04-09 00:09:00
Kalo Pasxa and Happy Easter. For the Brits in Crete this is the second year in a row that the Orthodox calendar for Holy Week falls on the identical calendar period as with the other mainstream ... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Living in Crete | Another Pet Food Scare
2007-04-01 22:50:00
The Animals in Crete section of our BritsinCrete Forum ...
 
BritsinCrete - Jobs, Golf, Currency Transfers, New Life
2007-03-31 05:09:00
Latest from BritsinCrete Forum - Your comprehensive Guide to Greece and Crete 1. Jobs in Crete New adverts for summer jobs in Stalis and Hersonissos 2. Wise Up! Saving on foreign currency... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Twice a Stranger | Bruce Clark| Modern Greece Turkey Defined
2007-03-26 04:48:00
Brits in Crete has come across a second book connected to Crete in as many days. it is more a Greek episode that specifically a Crete one. ‘Twice a Stranger: How Mass Expulsion Forged Modern Greece... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Time | Clocks to a Different Beat in Crete
2007-03-25 04:25:00
This weekend (March 25) the whole of Europe put the clocks forward one hour for summer time. Brits in Crete included. For the next seven months we are officially on Eastern European Summer Time... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Winterton Blue by Trezza Azzopardi, Recommended by BritsinCrete
2007-03-25 04:07:00
WINTERTON BLUE by Maltese writer and UK resident, Azzopardi">Trezza Azzopardi is a gripping down to earth read of today's Britain, not based, per se, on Crete, Greece, but a scenario familiar to Brits in Crete.... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
LivinginCrete | BritsinCrete Winter of 2004
2007-03-20 13:42:00
Being British, the weather features a lot in everyday conversation. It is part of our psyche. For those of us that have moved to Crete to enjoy "warmer" weather have found that climate change has... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
LivinginCrete | BritsinCrete | Accepted by Forthnet
2007-03-15 07:27:00
It is a small event and it is a big event at the same time. The small thing is that Brits in Crete has been accepted for listing in another web directory. The big thing is that it is not just another... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Living in Crete | Brits in Crete | Anti-Circus Demonstration
2007-03-11 03:35:00
Latest from Living in Crete | Brits in CreteSo there I was reading all my e-mail from the in-box and up popped the one from The Cretan Animal Welfare Group.I jumped to feet, grabbed another cup of... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Aegean Airlines Name the Aircraft Competition.
2007-03-06 13:35:00
BritsinCrete received an interesting email from Aegean Airlines, Greece's second airline which wants its travelling public to enter a competition it announced today to name three A320... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
The BritsinCrete Forum Membership has grown to 860...
2007-03-01 13:25:00
The Forum">BritsinCrete Forum Membership has grown to 860+ mainly from the United Kingdom and Eire, but someone from Saudi has joined as had another from Qatar. As for visitors they are coming from many... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Brits in Crete | Save Dolphins in Japan Help
2007-02-24 10:29:00
Brits in Crete is in sympathy and wishes to extend a hand to publicize and help save the aweful and gruesome annual culling of Dolphins in Japan by fishermen there. While the livelihood of fishermen... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Greek Dictionary | ΤΣΟΥΚΟΣ | What does ΤΣΟΥΚΟΣ mean
2007-02-24 09:56:00
"Filippos", a regular member to post in the Brits in Crete Forum with a wonderful signature that says: "I smile because I don't know what the hell is going on" raised an interesting Greek dictionary... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
Living in Crete | Is it Hania or Chania or Xania for Χανια
2007-02-19 07:47:00
Hania or Chania or Xania for Χανια ?by Gerald Brown of BritsinCrete Portal Is it Hania or Chania or Xania for Χανια ? Many times it is asked by Brits in Crete and other expats why there is not a... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
BritsinCrete Forum | A Place for Ladies in Crete Only
2007-02-18 09:55:00
Brits in Crete Forum has been going through several upgrades and improvements under new management since January 1, 2007. The guys have their "Footy" board now the latest is the addition of a "For... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
BritsinCrete | Dying in Greece, Donkey Style
2007-02-07 02:57:00
Living in Crete, is on this occasion, a tale of dying in Greece, Donkey style in the village of Limnes. It was posted in the BritsinCrete Forum. You should know that Donkeys, for centuries work... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at ...
 
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2007-02-03 00:00:00
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2007-01-29 00:00:00
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