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Arriving in Greece Winter 2017 |
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Arriving in Greece for the Winter of
2017
Barry
and Margaret Williamson
December
2017
We
moved into our 2-room, en-suite, sea-view apartment in Finikounda last week at the end of a
6,215-mile (9,950-km), 15-country, 4-month motorhome journey from the UK.
It was arranged on a handshake with local fisherman Kostas and we pay him the
cash whenever we decide to leave. He lives here with his German partner, Iris,
and their seven cats. Free cake for us yesterday, as it was Kostas's father's
97th birthday! 1.5 litres of free olive oil today, fresh from the
family grove and the local mill! For more, we have to empty another water
bottle.
The £10 a day hire car, a newish Nissan Pulsar (we ordered a Ford Focus),
arrived after free delivery from Pylos about 14 miles away. It was driven by
the head of the family business (Adonis Kassimiotis) and the deal was sealed by
his daughter Aleftheria (= 'Freedom') with a gentle handshake, in contrast with
that from the grizzled Kostas. The Greek rental form required only one
signature and that on the car's bonnet out in the road. Again, we will pay cash
when we decide to return the car.
This is where we belong! This is a country where the strictures and the
competitiveness of capitalism just don't work because the people have knowingly
rejected all the commensurate stress and lack of trust. They put their faith in
the family. People in the UK are trapped in systems designed not for them, but
by and for capitalism. They live in a simulation of reality with false hopes,
exploited ambitions and the delusions of choice. Brexit is happening only because
capitalism of its nature rejects its own regulation and demands limitless
expansion.
The 'democratic will' of the 65 million 'British People' to leave the EU has
been 'expressed' by 17 million (26%) of their least qualified and least
well-informed members. So, the other 48 million had better get used to it. Or
do something about it before it is too late ...
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