Rob Johnson
@Rob Johnson
English expat in Greece
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About me
English
Lives in Kyparissia
Registration: 01 June 2012
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Wanted newly published authors living in Crete by Hobson Tarrant
If you are an author that has already, or will be publishing a novel in 2017 whilst living in Crete, how would you like to get a free review published in a local monthly newspaper? For more details reply to this thread to express your ...
Hello. I'm an author, and although I don't live in Crete, I do live in the Peloponnese. I also have a new book coming out quite soon which is about the experience of moving to Greece and living here for thirteen years. My previous three ... Read More
Keeping up with the news in Greece by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Living in Greece provides countless occasions to browse local newspapers, listen to local radio stations or watch local TV shows. As everywhere else in the world, local media play a key role in informing the public. What are ...
Keep Talking Greece is an excellent website for Greek news in English and is updated daily. Best to subscribe (free) to receive email notifications of that day's news in summary (usually about 3 or 4 a day). Here's the link - Keep Talking ... Read More
The olive harvest nightmare by Rob Johnson
New short podcast about the perils of olive harvesting: "I'd Rather Eat My Own Face". If you've never participated in an olive harvest and think it might be fun to have a go, listen to this first. You have been warned. :)
Thanks for the offer, gogo k, but as I say in the podcast, the last olive harvest was my ninth so I'm not sure there's much more I need to know. :) Read More
The olive harvest nightmare by Rob Johnson
New short podcast about the perils of olive harvesting: "I'd Rather Eat My Own Face". If you've never participated in an olive harvest and think it might be fun to have a go, listen to this first. You have been warned. :)
Hi gogo k. I'm not sure if you're responding to me or to MyraCh, but if you've listened to my podcast you'll know I'm well aware what hard work olive harvesting is. It's one of the reasons I dread it every year! :( Do you help with your parents' ... Read More
The olive harvest nightmare by Rob Johnson
New short podcast about the perils of olive harvesting: "I'd Rather Eat My Own Face". If you've never participated in an olive harvest and think it might be fun to have a go, listen to this first. You have been warned. :)
Thanks for the comment, MyraCh, but I hadn't actually intended the podcast about olive harvesting to be taken quite so seriously. Having said that, I know quite a few Greek farmers and I haven't met one yet who doesn't complain about how hard the ... Read More
The olive harvest nightmare
New short podcast about the perils of olive harvesting: "I'd Rather Eat My Own Face". If you've never participated in an olive harvest and think it might be fun to have a go, listen to this first. You have been warned. :) Read More
Ex-Pat living in Peloponnese by The Grocer
违蔚喂伪 蟽伪蟽 Having just joined I thought I had better introduce myself....it may also prompt the moderator to add a new venue THE PELOPONNESE. I am a retired supermarket manager from the UK and now spend part of the ...
Here's another vote for making the Peloponnese a separate location/venue or whatever it is they call it here. P.S. Does anyone else have problems remembering whether it's double 'p' and one 'n' or vice versa in Peloponnese? Eight years here and I ... Read More