GAZETTE

Published by My Big Fat Funny Life

Volume I, Number 007 June 28, 2026

A weekly-ish dispatch from Greece, with questionable authority and excellent coffee.

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Ξενιτιά (xenitiá)

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Ξενιτιά (xenitiá)

The place you leave, that never quite leaves you

There are English words for it. Expat. Immigrant. Relocation. Diaspora. They all describe movement. Ξενιτιά (xenitiá) does not. It describes what happens after. It’s not the act of leaving. It’s the condition…

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The Day We Became Number “9”

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The Day We Became Number “9”

How a bill, a landlady, and a suspiciously shiny digit upgraded us from “zero” to “maybe real”

We started the day as Manoli Korre 0 and ended it as Gianni Morali 9. In between we learned that in Greece…

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Coming Up Tuesday, June 30

Πού Να Στα Λέω? (pou na sta leo)

Πού Να Στα Λέω? (pou na sta leo)

In Greece, one small hand gesture can explain what language wisely refuses to touch.

This is why Greek has phrases that are less like language and more like emergency exits.

One of them is:

Πού να στα λέω…

Literally, it means:

Where should I tell them to you?

Which, of course, means absolutely nothing.

And also everything.

Nobody is asking for directions.

Nobody is saying, “Should I tell this story in the kitchen? On the balcony? Beside the tax office, where human hope goes to be photocopied?”

You made it this far. You may as well do the right thing.

Free, of course. No forms, no stamps, no appointment at KEP.
(If Substack flashes the paid menu first, choose None and carry on.)

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The Kafeneio Spoke

A collection from this week’s table.

“Absolutely stunning, and to be honest, the larger the conspiracy seems to the human eyes, the more true it is. You know the anecdote (joke) with the elephant? An elephant hides behind its finger. Can you see it? No? See how good it is at hiding? 😄 😉”

— Ilias V For: Greek TAXI - €7 to Enlightenment

“Hahaha! My brother Nik Panagopoulos, and his wife are there right now! He just loves it…we all hail from Hotlanta, and it’s our plan to move to Greece in the near future. 🤞🤞🤞I have to kindly, gently, and with no pressure whatsoever, force my partner to move there too! Hahaha!”

— Arty A For: Two Years After Ditching Florida

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