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No, DWP do not send out any form of statement. You get a letter around this time of year telling you what your weekly payment rate will be starting from X April. We received ours a couple of weeks ago. I presume that you mean that you received the letter informing you of the payment rate from X Apr...

Yin&Yang wrote:........ turn left at/under the bridge. ..........

Turn left just before the bridge; under the bridge and left takes you to Koumos taverna, café and evening cocktail bar.

Buy a 1 litre jug and only ever half fill it.

Your OTE contract must have been renewed more recently than 17 years ago if you have VDSL50! It didn't exist back then? Quite right Carol. I originally had 56K dial up which was upgraded to ADSL as soon as it became available. Then, a few years ago (don't remember exactly when) OTE phoned, singing ...

When contacted by anyone speaking Greek I usually explain, in Greek, that I am English and ask if they speak English. Sometimes they switch immediately to English and sometimes they hang up. Exactly what I do and usually the response to "Μιλάτε Αγγλικά;" is, "Of course." This ti...

I have just renewed mine, but it includes the Broadband. I'm presuming yours doesn't?............ Mine does includes broadband (VDSL50) and basic phone service without any of the packages of free minutes on offer. We probably use the house phone to make as many as, ooohhhh, 8 to 10 calls within Gre...

Last Friday, in the course of five hours, I received three phone calls from OTE, each from individuals with less English than I have Greek. (I can get by in shops and basic conversation but don't have much vocabulary for things outside my experience or that only arise every now and again). During ca...

You could always knock up a sign yourself and plant it where appropriate. Local Cretans won't bothers as they'll all know about the short cut hazards.

I think it depends on how far beyond the village boundary the plot is located. I don't know the distances involved but there are/were three zones - within the village boundary, within x metres of the boundary 2000m² required and beyond y metres needing 4000+m². I'm not up to date with the actual dis...

Had no problems with Win 10 since installed at introduction. Use it daily & frequently.

Absolutely recommended: I first encountered Giorgios Milonakis in 2002 and have consulted him several times since then and think he's excellent. Address: 2nd Floor, Skalidi & Peiraios 1-3 Megaro Plaza - that's above the supermarket on the street opposite Zara. Go to 2nd floor and he's at the thi...

Transferwise offer better rates and never use your U.K bank as rates are low. The same with CurrencyFair. Better rates than UK banks and to transfer Euros the charge is €3.00. Our bank here (Piraeus) charges €4.00 to receive the money. Set up the transfer early in the day and the transfer is usuall...

The engineer you employ will guide you through the process. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that if you do the work yourselves that you will avoid paying IKA (roughly equivalent to NI in the UK). You will be regarded as just another worker and IKA payments will be required as appropriate. The C...

Thank you, Eleni, you sweetie.

think I'd be geting a tow hitch and buy a trailer...u can always sell it when finished..... You'll have to bear in mind that if you have a trailer it needs to be registered as a unit with whatever vehicle tows it. As Mouche pointed out above fines are likely to be pretty big (€thousands) when you g...