Celebrating LIFE, in every moment....
21. Oct 2026 · Rethymnon, Greece · 4 min read
"Return journey" to Rethymno to see my brother and his family, congratulate Ilias and his family, and celebrate life...
And BAM, I'm back in Rethymno. Frankie and I are right by the sea, back in the parking lot in front of "OCEAN Beach Fitness Club" and after I'd prepared Frankie for the next few days, I called Ilias and sang him "The boys are back in town" in the appropriate tune. Clear announcement, no meeting before 6:00 PM 🤣
And while I'm still thinking about what I'm going to do next, there's a smiling woman outside admiring Frankie. Her name is Susan, she's from the Hannover area, has an eventful history and is on holiday alone for the first time, since her daughter is now old enough to be home alone. To describe the following 3 hours (maybe even more 🤔) here would be beyond the scope. The essential part: she also wants to live like I do (just not without money, I think 🤣), is saving for a motorhome, is mentally preparing herself to LET GO, hasn't felt so much like a HUMAN in a long time, celebrated my hospitality and openness, enjoyed the coffee together (even though there was a little sugar in it 😂), tried olives and took photos (which I hope I'll still receive 🙏)...
THANK YOU dear universe, also for this encounter ❤️
Then started out to Ilias "somewhat" after 6:00 PM, since I'd bought a few small things to eat beforehand...

I was at the Castello.❤️ It was a warm welcome. It was beautiful. I more or less floated through the place. 🥰
It was great, great to arrive again. I saw my brother and his family, actually, rather by chance. 🤣
They walked past the Castello, then went somewhere to eat and since Nikos had already closed his shop, had his last day yesterday, I helped him a bit to bring the stuff that was somehow frozen for the shop back to the Castello.
We chatted a bit, then went to the bar. The guys were happy to see me again too. We had a very, very fun time and then Katija came and it was clear, we're going to another bar, since a DJ was playing there who had apparently played a fantastic event a few days before. Elias then actually brought my brother and his family to the bar and we chatted a bit about what we're doing, whether today, whether tomorrow, whether the day after tomorrow and if so, what. 🤓
Then they headed home too, I think it was already like ten o'clock or so. And Katija and Nikos and I were then in the bar and I danced. We had a bit of alcohol. There were a few emotional moments and after my hat was already tried on in the bar, it then actually passed into Nikos's ownership. Simply because it's a nice gesture from me towards him. It was of course a beautiful momentum, without question. Katja captured it, sent me the pictures, which will then immediately make their way to you as well.
And after this wonderful day of celebrating life, I went back to Frankie and I'm standing practically vis-à-vis the big stadium here in Rethymno. There were some kind of football championships there for the last five days. That means the huge floodlights were still on and well, the picture speaks for itself, I think.
I then rolled into bed and slept totally relaxed, to not only update the Telegram channel today, but also to tidy up the website a bit, because the "mastermind" of "website disasters" tidied up a few things, well, smoothed them out in the background. There are still one or two things that aren't working yet, I just noticed. I've already sent them over to him.
And I received wonderful voice messages from very, very dear people in my life.
And I'm talking on the phone with one person this afternoon. I'm looking forward to that already.
And otherwise I wish you from sunny Rethymno a magnificent course for today.
I wish you conscious moments, one more smile and send you a tight hug. See you then! 🥰🙏❤️

The wonderful Katija ❤️

"Hutfest" in the bar 😁
Nikos looks like an "Italian Guy" from NY in the 20s of the last century 😍

Beautiful moment ❤️

What a "spot" 🥰🙏😊




