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The Big Fat Funny Life Gazette
Volume I, Number 012
A weekly-ish dispatch from Kalamata, with questionable authority and excellent coffee.
Week: August 2, 2026
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The Greek Property Odyssey 🏛️🔑
(Patience, paperwork, and prayers to Saint Bureaucratius)
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The Greek Goodbye (This Will Take a While)
You said you were leaving. Greece had other plans.
The Kafeneio Spoke
A collection from this week’s table.
“Brilliant article…loved every word! We have a friend who used to work for OTE, the Greek telecommunications company, in Corfu and in mainland Greece. He was involved in the project to install the original telecommunications cabling, which took him to countless remote villages. He doesn’t need to use sat nav. because he really does know where he’s going! Just when I’m convinced we’re hopelessly lost and destined to wander forever, the most stunning view or the most picturesque little village appears as if by magic. Without a doubt, our best holidays are the ones with him behind the wheel! We…”
— Hidden R For: There Is Always Another Village
“A mix of what is, what might have been, and hopefully what’s to come. Yes!!”
— Mocha M For: Concrete Dreams: The Balconies That Never End
Coming Up Tuesday, August 4
Hands off the Smyrneika koulourakia!
When a Kalamata bakery stopped making my favorite koulourakia (cookies), I did what any reasonable Greek would do: protested, mourned, and became a baker.
Karen has a favorite bakery in Kalamata.
Obviously.
You cannot live in Greece without developing a fiercely loyal relationship with at least one bakery. It would be like living here without having a favorite kafeneio, a preferred souvlaki place, and one pharmacist who knows more about your medical history than your doctor.
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