GAZETTE
Published by My Big Fat Funny Life
Volume I, Number 012 August 2, 2026
A weekly-ish dispatch from Greece, with questionable authority and excellent coffee.
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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.
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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.
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Reader Voices
A few voices from readers of this issue.
“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
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