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Taco nights from chef Emily. Poly with her little Queen kitten (Rosa revisited) in attendance…

Easter came early this year. Bazaar at Arsakeio was an opportunity for Polyxeni and her “team” to work on creating their “merchandise” the weekend before, and then do some active selling at the Bazar, during the last day of school. Easter week was a good time to spend a few days at Arachova. There was …

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RES power stored in the 4 (newly bought) LiFePO4 350Ah batteries wired in 2S2P mode; charged by the Epever controller; PV input from 4 x Sharp 395w panels south facing; the 6kw 24VDC to 230VAC inverter feeds the main electrical panel on the ground floor, via a selector switch that was installed (selects inverter or …

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big day today 🙂 Polyxeni and dad went to Kelaria for downhill skiing in dense fog. It was actually the first time Polyxeni spent a few hours on the slopes and did several times a red piste. Back at the flat the Shelly is now responsive. after the D-link range extender was installed.

Απο τα μεσα Ιανουαριου αποκτησαμε pied a terre στην Αραχωβα, καθως νοικιασαμε ενα μικρο διαμερισμα 2ΥΔ σε συγκροτημα-πολυκατοικια. Ειναι ψηλα στο χωριό, πανω απο τον Αη Γιωργη, στα 1002 μέτρα υψομετρο βασει του google earth, με προσανατολισμο και θεα προς το νότο. Εχει, γκαραζ, τζακι και καλοριφερ με ηλεκτρικο 3Φ Boiler. Αυτο βέβαια ειναι κοστοβόρο …

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first day of workout – hopefully will become the new norm..

after spending three weeks in our living room, near Polyxeni’s piano, our Christmas tree is now enjoying Kifissia outdoors.

We drove the RR to Limeni village for Irene’s wedding. A day to remember! @

on the way back from Monastiraki, we boarded οδοντοτός with Ant, Alk and DaP -III, enjoyed then breathtaking scenery, and had lunch at Zachlorou before heading down to Diakofto.

It has been a year since we visited Trizonia for a short day-trip, together with giagia Polyxeni, Alkistis and Andriana. We had lunch at the harbor, at the taverna where long time ago, Dimitris and Christos were bringing every afternoon their catch of the day for cooking. The old lady would fry fish, and serve …

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Year AD2025 arrived with cold weather and snow on the Parnassos ski slopes, where we went skiing. On New Year’s Day we lit the huge fireplace at Davleia 🙂 Εκει κοψαμε την πιτα που ειχαμε φέρει μαζι μας, αγορασμένη όπως παντα απο τον Ασημακοπουλο.

Sudden loss of power at base, forced Dad Mom Poly and Stuart to set up camp @D49 last night. An emergency devised “backup” power source at base, keeps essential equipment running: router, duckpap.com, ipcamera and both refrigerators.

At Fellos with full crew!

Memories from New Year Day 2022 in Kifissia. The girls got busy with lego constructions near the fireplace.

We had a late night dinner on Saturday eve at the TGIF restaurant at the new mall. We were the last patrons to depart!

After a few days of snow in Ath, we left for Cyprus and had a chance to attend Gogol’s “the cardplayers” in Nicosia… it was an excellent production, and impressive performance by the actors.

March came with cold weather and snow, so we welcomed the occasion! We made a snowman at the balcony, played a bit outside, chains on the tires etc. We burned the fireplace all day and night for a few days.

after a Thursday ballet lesson, Poly is at work with her very talkative and sociable friend who is in the same ballet group. She is inviting her, along with another girl and a boy (the latter sitting quietly by his mom, totally immersed on her mobile phone) to come over at our home for fun …

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the girls with Tom Cruise! and the parents

Duckpapers made it to London UK for Christmas – had turkey for dinner chez nous and from tomorrow we are set out to visit Madamme Tussauds, Natural History Museum (and the dinosaurs), Harry Potter filming locations in London, and the British Museum!