Reasons Why You Might Not Like Living In Crete

[@clarasmama1]

It's funny, all these things make me want to live in Crete even more. :) Thanks, this was wonderful!

[@masterprophet8378]

Yes, your video has helped me immensely because I would never move to a city or country where you cannot flush the toilet paper down the toilet. Crete. Thailand. And a few other countries are so far behind the times! That is so Dark Ages kind of stuff. It's well into the 21st century, in case they haven't noticed! They have the monies to UPDATE THEIR PLUBMBING, but the greedy politicians are too busy doing other things with that money. Thanks for saving me time and money in going to Crete only to have been shocked by the toilet paper issue. God bless you, richly!

[@ZabljakLand]

Yes, but at least they have water, unlike africa looool

[@Moralapostolos]

Hi there! Hope you are good and still smiling. I did like your video. I am greek, and I do love this island very much. I know it very well, since I have lived on Crete for 12 years, and will be living there again for the bigger part of the year. :) The toilet paper problem, 100% right. I got used to it though, therefore now, just a little bit annoying. The vans and pick-ups, I like them a lot! The baker passes by, the veggies, the cheesemaker....and yes sometimes its too much noise by some speakers, they also mostly have the worst products, but all of this gives me feeling of being thrown a few decades away back in time, shopping in front of the door, I love a bit of nostalgia. The opening times in general, definitely one needs to get used to, shops in towns are closed for siesta, on some days only half a day open and the nat.hol. on top of it, confusing. Powercuts, a little tip from my side, if you work with Laptops etc., keep your notebooks and cell phones always fully charged. The amount of time you have, if your batteries are still functioning ok, is enough time until the power comes back. ❤LoudLove p.s.: This island has got something.very.special.

[@kityfitz]

Love your vids. Sooo informative - you really do get to the issue you raise in the title. We hope to visit at the end of the month - longer term goal of retiring to Crete in 2023. Keep up the good work! Efaristo 🙏

[@roseinmadeira]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Please feel free to ask any questions you might have and I will be more than happy to address them the best I can. And welcome to Crete in 2023, which side of Crete are you looking into?

[@lilly1803]

Great video! Thanks for sharing these informations with us! 💗

[@travelnutesther9781]

Thank you for being so candid about the realities of life in Crete. I guess we should always take the good along with the bad.😊

[@roseinmadeira]

Very true

[@ms.yacoub1216]

Thank you for the information!🙏

[@roulat5383]

Hi, my mom was born in crete and we live in CANADA. I'm planning on living in Crete eventually. I know everything you're talking about since we visited our family often. It's still nice hearing it. If you approached me in Chania I would say hello, Yiasou

[@Majorie614]

Really informative. Great video. Thank you. :)

[@williamdeoradesilva9444]

Really helpful. Thank you

[@roseinmadeira]

You are welcome.

[@eddievonpapen6306]

The old town areas of Crete, Rhodes and many of the older islands as well as Malta and the Spanish Islands have the plumbing problem. So if you like historic old towns, keep the toilets in mind. Not an easy fix because the built and sidewalks are historically preserved and of massive stone construction.

[@debraspence3559]

Interesting side to living in Crete!

[@chrisofmelbourne87]

Great video, honest, bbalanced, enjoyed it. Where are enough from and when did you move to Crete? 😀

[@cathrine4027]

Wooow I'm your friend in tiktok too

[@Ilmoci]

Your hair is great! Cool and informative video, the van guys are making our lives also miserable in my country, especially now that it's watermelon season. :"D We are working night hours as you said bc of the time differences and they just keep on yelling about their watermelons early in the morning like 6 am, however, I love the idea of the chickens :D It's the power outage that scares me because of work, can I ask what was the longest you had been without power?

[@roseinmadeira]

Well, there was a time when we didn't have power for 8 hours, that's when we decided to make plans for a generator, so now at our place, we don't care about the power going out because we have a power generator. Perhaps you could do the same, as a backup plan so you don't mess up your work.

[@digitaladv3ntures]

So glad to hear that those are the bad things , in the greater scheme of things the karpoosy man is not so bad after all.

[@roseinmadeira]

Lol ok 😂😂

[@jr5389]

Karpoosy 👨 … 😂😂😂😂 …..😎 I Like Karpoosy Man 👨 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😎

[@cindy68780]

Good to know

[@spudulike6814]

Good video

[@user-iv3fp4gy1u]

Absolutely entertaining and equally educational! It would be a joy to collaborate when I visit!

[@roseinmadeira]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting, are you planning to visit Crete soon? which parts of Crete?

[@user-iv3fp4gy1u]

@@roseinmadeira I was considering Chania and Malia closer to Heraklion. Of course, I am now really curious about where on Crete it *never* snows like where you had that icy mountain journey to build a snowman.

[@roseinmadeira]

@@user-iv3fp4gy1u Lol about my snowman, well that was up the mountains, the area is called Hora Sfakion. We purposely drove up there to find snow, so it's just a few areas in Crete that get snow, mainly up the mountains.

[@user-iv3fp4gy1u]

@@roseinmadeira makes sense, yes. Research and watching helpful videos like yours and the news are wise ways to prepare for a trip! The main update has been the spread of fires in Greece, so I hope and pray neighbors across all areas are safe. Imagine thinking of travel then finding word of Greek Fire & Ice!

[@robertvardzel6492]

Enjoyed! Surprised at some of the draw backs.

[@garynance988]

Can I have a septic system installed on my property in Crete so that I can flush toilet paper?

[@teliostelios]

Power usually happen ONLY one time per year for half an hour to one during the high peak touristic period while the temperature exceeds 40° C. On 2023 we never had a power cut. I am not from Crete I am a greek guy coming from a city living in Crete since 2001. I am not living in Utopia but you have to put and tell things as they are.

[@alexsumbati4194]

Useful general information. I have experienced the toilet paper problem in Athens in 1971 for the first time in my life and couldn’t believe it. That would be a put off for me having to navigate this ordeal on a daily basis. A Bidet would be the answer,if it can be added to a bathroom.

[@alekoskolliopoulos9021]

smile smile baby all the time

[@dimitrisphilipidis7834]

Έχεις παιδιά με τον κρητικό;

[@accavanos]

They havent fixed the pipes yet in 2024?. Come on.

[@johnphillips4014]

You don’t like Crete ? It has three airports and I am sure your country would welcome you back …..so don’t let the door hit you on the ass as you leave

[@roseinmadeira]

Did you watch the video? Or did you just read what's written on the thumbnail?

[@johnphillips4014]

@@roseinmadeira what I get pissed off about is the critic that you seemed to feel qualified to give I repeat you don’t like it leave

[@jr5389]

😂👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😎

[@deebaker4394]

@@johnphillips4014 you're a bit of an ass.

[@afmomania]

you are a disgusting pig of a person. no place is perfect, nincompoop.

[@manos7958]

Hello, enjoyable video, just wanted to mention that there is a site for the scheduled power cuts (maintenance etc) . Just google "Προγραμματισμένες Διακοπές Ηλεκτροδότησης" and on the site select the county that you live in (Χανια,ηρακλειο, etc). Also on the TP front, just consider it as dividing material for recycling, paper in one bin, bio material on the other. You wouldn't throw all your daily garbage in a single bag, right?

[@marecreteltd2928]

maybe this video, with this beautiful background of the sea and the sounds, should have been presented with a more positive way rather than a slightly criticising one for a few simple reasons. The hierarchy of addressing the problems start from the most important to the less important. In this case it appears that the electricity cuts are the first point of a negative impact in Crete. It is true that there are power cuts and people who are planning either to come to Crete or move to Crete should be aware. Why and when they are happening should have been the question though. When there is severe weather (not so often) or when maintenance is scheduled or a system failure which is also possible. The weather is unpredictable and nothing can be done about it, even in more developed countries, when there are bad weather conditions, similar problems are taking place and sometimes the waiting time for the problems to be restored is longer. When it comes to maintenance one can always search on the website of the electricity distribution supplier to know. If that person is not aware about this website then this is something that can be Googled easily. Or why not providing it immediately to make things easier? deddie.gr/ Except from the website someone can also search on Google the electricity’s distribution supplier helpline with people speaking English who are going to be more than happy to assist. This website though provides everything, from the dates to the times of maintenance. No matter what, when there is maintenance this is happening for a good reason so the electricity cuts can be less afterwards. Even if the neighbours don’t actually know when the electricity is back this is probably happening for two reasons that actually lead to only one. It is because they don’t care since the electricity will definitely be back so they are spending their time nicer rather than getting stressed or frustrated when it will be back. It would have been nice to mention that most Cretans are English speakers too. When there is a failure, then the issue has to be fixed and it might take time. All people are affected by the electricity cuts and not just the people who are thinking of moving to Crete. Those power cuts are a great opportunity to get to know who are the neighbours and to be able to say a “hello how are you? Do you also face a problem with the electricity?” with a smile. This is part of socialising. :) There is always the option of a power generator as a backup for people who might have health issues. Health is the most important. It is vital for someone who decides to move to another country to accept the pros and cons so afterwards to see how things can be improved at the society that now is part of. So when it comes to national holidays or whatever holiday it might be, first thing to do is to respect them and not critising them because for the Greeks those days have a deep meaning and it is also part of the culture. Does Greece have more national holidays than others? Maybe yes but this doesn’t mean though that it has to be presented as negative. For sure though, if this is something that can bother when it comes on making plans, the easiest way to know when they are is to adjust Google Calendar with date/time/region so one can know immediately. It is interesting though to have that mentioned, regarding the holidays, because if a person works remotely there is no need to follow them since the work is done via internet and if there is also the need of paying any bill or whatsoever there is always e-banking that doesn’t actually “see” holidays as well. :) In different case, all those holidays are a great opportunity to enjoy the climate that Crete offers either by making excursions to know the island better or by having a nice cup of coffee/beverage outdoors. Regarding the drainage pipes, it is true about not throwing papers. There is either paper that can be diluted, actually all of the papers now are being diluted, so problem solved or one gets used to it. If someone believes that is will take time to get used to throw the paper at the bin the alternative solution mentioned is already mentioned. This is the system, it is an old system and it is a fact. All new houses, not only how foreigners have built their houses in Crete, are now fitted with normal ones. I was wondering though, since this video is mentioning about things that might not be liked while living in Crete, if it was taken into consideration the cost of changing all the drainage pipes so people won’t face this issue and mentioning like it is a disaster. I must admit though that the best part of the “negatives’ was about the guys who are actually selling products with their speakers. An opportunity to have a whole grocery store just in front of the house, with good quality products, at better prices and of course going downstairs with the pyjamas to do the purchases! This is just fantastic! Not even Amazon is ready for that! :) The orders through Amazon are first ordered and then shipped and in our case one can have the opportunity to choose the products by seeing the products in front of the door! There is not even the need to actually to get ready to go out at the grocery store and at the same time the petrol cost is reduced. Even during a Zoom meeting the person who has decided to stay in Crete can give a hint to the rest of the audience how it is the feeling to live and work abroad at a life that actually suits the needs, if it actually does. This is a great opportunity to discuss with the bosses or the clients about Crete and maybe invite them to come for vacations and see the island by themselves. Who knows? They might be new “residents” of the island. :) Yes, there might be an issue for a person who works or needs to sleep because of the time difference but this is certainly not the sellers’ fault. They also have their timetables and working hours and they work according to what time it is in Crete and not somewhere else. Another solution is always to close the windows for 5 minutes until the seller passes. :) I could mention that the sound of the cicadas heard at the video might be irritating for someone who is watching it but as very well said all those new sounds are becoming familiar to the ears after some time including the noise of the sellers. Maybe if the person who moved to Crete decides to return back one day will miss those sounds. :) Returning back to the conclusion of the video, and the neighbours that were mentioned again, we have to say that in all blocks of flats around the world it is hard to make decisions without having objections of residents of other apartments. Unless there is something extremely serious that action has to be taken, for smaller issues people will either agree or disagree. Each human is unique and has different perception of seeing things/aspects. It is all about how we will be able to find a way to improve this small community we are part by living in the blocks of flats. For this reason there is always the compromise so everyone can be satisfied at the end.

[@roseinmadeira]

Thank you so much for your input, I apologize if my video appears as a criticism rather than just someone who shares some inconvenience that one might face when one first moves to Crete. I have many other videos where I have talked about how wonderful the island is. I know some of the issues I mentioned in the video are not really serious issues, but they are worth mentioning to someone who maybe has never been to the island, and would like to move here. Again, it seems like a lot of people are misunderstanding the intention of my video, not sure if I should create another one and explain better 🤔

[@fredfonebone5108]

@@roseinmadeiraNo, I think it was very clear and helpful. Too often the places we dream about become utopias in our imaginations. It’s good to be reminded now and then that they are real places with all the little frustrations of life.