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| ISSUE NO. 51 | JULY 2010 | WWW.KO-GO.GR | ||
The KhroniclesThe Bilingual Community Newspaper |
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| ISSUE NO. 51 | JULY 2010 | WWW.KO-GO.GR | ||
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The Khronicles A division of Ko-Go Επιχειρήσεις Box 332 Publisher: Sofia Klidi Editor: Lou Duro Associate Editors: Tony & Christine Bowes Web Editor John McLaren Sales: Maria Aretaki Contributors/ Renie Spykerman, Petra Karreman, Maria Daskalaki, John McLaren, Bob Bayes, Father Dimitris Mihouthis, Father Leonidas Hatzakis, Vasiliki Alexaki-Hronaki, Niki Yiamalaki, Nikolaos Papadakis, Spyros Hatzakis, Panagiota Giannopoulou, Evi Karvounaki, Maria Aretaki Translations: Ada Vamvoukaki Photographer: Sami Moudavaris Layout & Design: George Drakakis Printed By: G Detorakis
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We were sitting
on the deck of a café in Sissi, about an arm’s length from the village’s
famous picturesque harbour, and the man philosophizing on life on this
brilliant early-summer day was Richie Wensveen, better known as “Captain
Jack,” which, not so coincidentally, happened to be the name of the café.
“We moved here a little over a year
ago to see if we liked it,” the Captain continued, indicating the ideal
location with a wave of the arm. “What’s not to like?” he asked
rhetorically, as Sylvia, his “first mate” and wife, smiled her approval. Back in their
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“When we decided
to move to Before departing
the
“We found something near Ierapetra,
which we thought would be good,” Richie said. “But when we looked at it, we
turned it down, because the location was not very good.” Richie and
Sylvia kept looking for the right place, but to no avail. They came to Sissi
one day to visit with friends, and were having beers in a taverna on the
harbour, and thought how great it would be to have a place here. “As I sat there,
some activity across the harbour caught my attention,” Richie said. “These
people were packing everything up and loading it all onto a truck.
Then, just before driving off they put up a ‘for rent’ sign, and I
ran around the harbour as fast as I could.” His being fleet
of foot paid off, and that location, a former disco, was quickly transformed
into an immediate Sissi landmark, a comfortable bar and lounge for the
thirty-plus crowd, with music programmes from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, and, of
course, that phenomenal view from the back deck. “We opened
officially in May of 2009,” Richie said, “so this is now our second year and
we’re very happy. Business is good, we’re open all year, and sometimes we’re
open 24 hours straight through. But, like back in
Is the Cretan trial period over?
we asked Richie and
Sylvia. “We don’t think
for one minute of ever going back to “And, of course,
my boat.” the captain added. That’s right!
Richie is not a captain in name only. He’s the pilot of a five metre
speedboat with an inboard engine which will soon be moored in the Sissi
harbour. Its name? You guessed it…The
Captain Jack!
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