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We also use the Avon product Skin- so- soft, it contains citronella which was used by filming crewmen and the Forces also found it useful in stopping stinging insects.

kissamos area is OK at the moment, the Kolimbari area where we have lived for the last 13 years is not bad but we live in Darmarohori about 5 to 10 kilometres from the main town, the more west you get the less touristy it gets, the area can be a little better as you move away from the main towns, ho...

As a retired driving instructor and Advanced driver for R.O.S.P.A and the I.A.M, also teaching for the Police as a driver awareness scheme instructor and having lived and driven here in the Chania area for the last 13 years the best advice I can give is, use your mirrors frequently and always be awa...

Grim news.

Welcome naturelover, we have lived in the Kolimbari area of Chania for the last 13 years, there are various Bars, tavernas, hotels etc where we expats meet, the area is coastal and some good beaches close by, some stony, some sandy, you're able to explore once here and take your pick, happy hunting,...

Reminds me of Hitler`s thugs at the time of his rise to power, I am glad they are condemned to the garbage bin.

Kamisiana wrote:LINK to removing lime scale in kettle
https://www.osmiowater.co.uk/osmioblog/ ... rmanently/

Thanks for this informative post it confirms our use of the reverse osmosis system...

The reverse osmosis system we have eliminates limescale in our kettle it has been free from the deadly scale that causes stones since we had it fitted, most vitamins and minerals are present in most of our foods so I personally don`t think that we are missing out in that regard.

our system is from creta aqua tel 6973296800 6976583446 http://www.creta-aqua.eu, the best for pure water, it is a reverse osmosis system, the firm from Rethimno comes once a year to change the filters for around about 70 euros, it fits under the sink...

The latest on the internet is that the go-ahead has been given for a crematorium in Athens and to operational in 2019, good news for those who prefer cremation.

I understand from advice from many years ago that lifelong nonsmokers are more tolerant of passive smoking than those who have smoked many years then given up, how many agree with these sentiments, I personally gave up on doctors advice some 40 years ago from a habit that was 60 a day and 100 a day ...

Interesting moved 2 crete ,in 2000 2001 when we first started looking at houses and plots it was the other way round ...a least 30% lower in the East end of the Island. That is why we ended up here in the East . :D .. or do you mean further West in the Χανια province.? Jeff my post quoted the Chani...

13 years ago we came to look around, the further west we went the cheaper the housing got, I don`t know if it is the same now, we settled in the Chania area at Kolimbari...

Lidls at Platanias is a sorry sight to see, a carpark that is a sea of mud 3 to 4 inches thick, inside the store wrecked by water from the river that runs behind the store, it brock it`s banks and devastated the whole area that is the Lidls store.

Went to IKA building today 29th to renew books, arrived 10 AM got job done and away by 10.45, went on Monday 28th about 11 AM very busy so came back home to Kolimbari.