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So now ends such a great adventure but we are coming home again on vacations and at the end of our EU-life.
We started a new LJ that will account our new life over there, and of course our vacations and trips back here.
See our new site:
http://hellasbarons.livejournal.com/

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- It will take 3 days from your call. -Ok. - Thank you for your call, your phone will be disconnected in 4 hrs. - Whaaa...!

- No you cannot decide a date in advance, you have to call on the date! -Hm.

- Wright us a letter.

- It's quicker if you call us but you need a heck of a lot of papers. It'll take around a month if you write us but you don't need anything but the form.

-You need 3 utility bills from every year you have lived here and all the tennancy forms, tax files from two years and if you are not married you need a certificate of celibacy.

So you're moving? How can it be so hard to change your address?
No, you cannot have an overseas address.
No, you cannot have a c/o address.
No, you cannot move.
Oh, why are you terminating when you can put it on hold?
Put it on hold, no we cannot do that.
I'm interrested in your car, but I'm not leaving you my telephone number. It's secret, but here is my address. -Huh?
I'll buy your car. I'll call on Monday. No the paperwork must be taken care of and a bank check, we'll call on Tuesday. - Huh, are you a serious cardealer?
We translated this just for youuu.
Oh, it says Australian or Greek? But you see we are Greek and you are Swedish and we are both European. How can you missunderstand? - Well, ok?
So everything is going to happen on the day of the visit to the consulate. Bring in Janie, remember to jot down the time so's noone speeds on my behalf, turn in the toll sensor, turn in the check at the bank, and visit the consulate. Can it be done? It better damn well be.
Wednesday is open house at lunchtime. Good I need to get out of the house.
Thursday is a day to sweep up any residue.
Friday is for inspection, meter reading of gas and electricity between 8 and 18. Can anyone believe those times. Have they no clue? - Guess not. Returning keyes, borrowed vaccum cleaner, turn off phone and what not.
Then we'll have one last roo dinner at the ferry-restaurant. - Remember when we ate there, kids?
But right now I feel like we are never getting out of our state of limbo.
Meanwhile that nothing happens, I clean the house, windows, balcony and tried to clean up the fan above the stove but it's beyond cleaning. It needs to be exchanged. Always had.
I guess I have gotten that grievance off my chest. For the time being anyway.

Two more weeks and Janeway is up for sale. Really too late for this. We should'a put her up at the beginning of Aug. but these things are hard to know. When I looked up the sales page in July there were not many Jeep JKs for sale but now there are plenty.

Janeway is up for sale now. That's not fun. But she is a lefty.
A: had a nice time at the last Swedish Club meeting. A couple last assignments and I'm out. I feel like I've gotten them on a good track and left some good traces.

A: Fast det är inte särskilt kallt. Varmaste Augusti på många år sägs det. Måste skaffa mer is till coolern. Vi har fyllt i folkbokföringen och har lite kvar på deklarationen att göra. Har inte hört någonting från varken flyttfirman eller Gr. consulatet angående certificat på våra flyttgrejor som redan är på väg. Blir väldigt irriterad på dem att de inte kan skriva rätt ut vad som gäller oss. Vi kan se vad som gäller alla andra utom oss.
I lördags tog M och jag en tur med färjorna till Manly och gick runt. Åt lite på fiskstället som jag tog Yngve och Eva till på Melbourne Cup en gång. De har alltid god mat. Tittade på surfarna och åt sen glass på Ben & Jerry's. Fast jag önskar att vi hade tagit glass på Copenhagen så här efteråt. Men M vill så gärna ha sin Cherry Garcia.
Var på senaste Apornas Planet och den var faktiskt väldigt medryckande. Plötsligt var den slut. Och jag ska inte avslöja slutet men man satt där och hejade på aporna iallafall. Den var bra. Sen gick vi hem och började kolla på den första Apornas planet med Gamle Tandröta men vi hann aldrig se färdigt. Vi kommer ihåg att vi tyckte maskerna och så var väldigt bra 1968!!! Annars kom vi bara ihåg bitvis från den.
Lyckades aldrig få ut annons på Janeway. Vi vill nog egentligen inte sälja men vi har ju inget val. Går och småtittar på vad vi ska välja därborta sen. Vägarna är inte gjorda för bilar där och trottoarerna är inte gjorda för att gå på. Nåja. Nu är det början till nedräkning iallafall. 3 veckor kvar, 18 nätter till i lägenheten, 1 natt på hotell och 1 natt på flyget, hoppsan mindre än 3 veckor! Dags för lite killekill i magen.
Fick meddelande från Ulrika, reportern. Nu är intervjun i svenska tidningen "Motortidningen 4WHEELDRIVE"

A: Son came over and stayed for a month. While here he bought tickets and rented an apt in Tokyo so after Oz he went to Nippon. Earthquakes an' all. Well where are there not earthquakes? Greece has them.

Anyway he was here on a working holiday so to speak so he was mostly on his computer but that was ok since we have done all the big things with him during other visits. You never know when you'll be back so better cram in as much as possible as soon as possible.
Some restaurant visits and a movie.

first weekend we took him with us out for som 4wding in the Zig Zag area/Glow worm tunnel area with the Sydney Jeep club. We were supposed to be 40 jeepers gathering but only 22 something turned up. So we stood there 22 something Jeeps in rows and got divided in two groups. Ours left first.
First we drove down to a dam. The road was full of deep and big puddles and the last bit was pretty steep. Then we drove to the Lost City and had a look. Windy as h- it was. Still looks like one of the Big Apes' city from Tarzan, IMHO. After that we went to the Bungleboori camping spot and had lunch. It was somewhat cleaned up. We had heard from friends that it had been a real mess there 2 months ago. All jeepers were supposed to meet up at lunch and take pictures of all the Jeeps but the other group were late so we did not have time to wait for them. Off to the Glow Worm Tunnel. M and I had forgotten to take torches but son at least had his telephone to light the way with. Yep that was it. Then back to Zig Zag Railway parking and got a promise from Heidi that the Ladies day out was definitely going to be on Saturday. But too bad, it never happened. We were actually only two ladies interrested. Sad. Anyway that was the first week.

Got some help from son driving errands. He and M carried down most of the plants to Janie so I could drive them over to a friend who will take care of them. And some other things. Good buy to our very very old MacIntosh computer from Torrance.

M went down to Melbourne and son and I had loose plans on visiting him there but the only weekend we could was the weekend that we were to take our citizenship tests so it never happened. The week after son and I decided to go outback three days. So now all he has left to do in oz really, is diving on the reef.

Before we went outback we took a day trip down to the coast to Cooks landing, were Captain Cook had a look at Australia the first time, and did some whale watching. Saw some fins, lots of blows and one nice tail.

Of course M and I also did out citizenship test with flying colours but we have to wait for the ceremony before we will be recognised as fully fledged citizens. That may take months.

Then the outback trip. Drove the Hume hwy, turned off at Queyanbeyan (quinbjan) and west to Griffith. Found ourselves a hotel there with the most gigantic doors in to the rooms. Had dinner at an Italian place.

For some reason I hade to scream 'use your f- indicators' until I got it out of my system which was roundabout the time I saw the Dunny at Willandra! Then I hade to shout 'THE DUNNY' until that one got out. I think I am all cleared out now.

Next day on to Hillston and then we were out in the big wide open ranges. I like it so much for some reason. Anyway. Dirt road to Willandra Station NP and walked around, looked at the old sheep shearers shed and the station. There was water in the river now. Had lunch at the shed and drove on dirt roads down to Hay. Outside Hay there was a spot for watching the sun set. So we did. In to Hay and stayed at a motel. Actually the same as M and I stayed at when Prince William married Kate. Dinner at a rest. M and I also have eatn at.

Next day we went to the Shear Outback museum. All about shearing and sheep and sheep stations. Also a demonstration on how you shear a sheep. The guy was the brother of the one who had demonstrated to us a couple of years back. This brother now let son try it out! So he got to shear the sheeps back. Neat!
After the shearing it was just strait home on the bitumen. We had lunch somewhere along the road and at 4-ish we had tea off the Hume. Fuelled up in Goulburn and took a pic of the Big (Merino) Sheep. In Sydney it started to rain. So drove home in rain and dark. Not a good combi but we made it in one piece and had dinner at home. That was a very short and intense trip. Too much transportation but then that's almost always the case when you live in a big city.

Time to get ready for the movers to arrive. On the Sunday son left for Japan and I went with to wave goodbuy.

Home again with a feeling of having a grip on things.

Sitting in an empty apt with two plastic chairs and the camping table that can't take moist but has otherwise been a good companion on many camping trips.
Had the car in for detailing two days ago and yesterday took it out in the sun to dry out. Noticed that the guy had missed vacuuming the little boot space. Cleaning a Jeep is not an easy task.
Trying to get something called a repatriation certificate from the Greek consulate but they have a hard time finding anythng for another European coming in from overseas to the third country. Maybe it's the Dutch moving co who has it all wrong. After all they thought we were Dutch and moving in to Greece from Rwanda. Like whaaa????? The moving guys who came to pack out household goods thought we were going to France because they could not see that Pireus was not Paris. How many mistakes can there be in one move?
M has been to the doc's and dentist and I am going today.
Borrowed a double mattress from some friends. Actually the same make as we already have but ours were very narrow and thin. So we are sleeping well now at least.
The realtor told me our apartment was so well kept that we should not worry about getting anyone to clean it. I hope that still goes in three weeks.
The gas bottle for the BBQ is promised, the gas bottle for the camping stove is given away and the fire extinguisher too. That was a load off. Not many take them and we were not allowed to move them to Greece. So now the big head ache is getting a good price for Janie and of course also getting the money. Lets hop Jeepers are honest.
Found a place to turn in the laundry and it's close to a railway station. One station away so I can easily carry the laundry there. 5 dollars per load! That's cheap! I have used it twice now.
And that's it for today!.

Ok. M and I did the test and made it. Now it just to wait for the ceremony.
Last monday K and I went to see the new Pirates of the Carribbean and we thought it was ok good. It's at the end of it's showing time so they are not showing it in 3d anymore and in some places not any longer. M back in Melbourne and apartment is a mess with stuff here and stuff there.