वही दोएस थिस कोमेस इन चिनेसे???

Does anyone knows why my title comes up in these beautiful but unreadable letters??

Moira

I did something stupid and before I could read your email I deleted it, so could you pls resend me the email??

kisses,
Hetty

Moira and Kevin ,

just received your nice card today, thank you so much. we do not have your emailadress, could you pls send it to me? hettyvermolen56@hotmail.com

love,
the gambieraki clan

some pictures of his exhibition in Patmos September 2010

this one I found and liked it so much. Freek and Panormitis at Kijkduin just before his operation, end of May 2010

sunny cozy weekend!! Daphne came for a few days to stay as both girls have autumn school holiday. So Panormitis surprised her with his first moussaka, very tasty and a lot..... we will have some more today as I froze the rest in. Saterday night we left the two girls on their own as we went to see Ajax in the soccer stadion in Amsterdam. My first time, ( I am not a football fan I am afraid!), but it was quite impressive to share this match with another 51.000 fans!!!

Yesterday morning I had arranged tickets for a "coffee concert" in The Hague where talented students performed (Saxophone and piano ). It was very enjoyable and interesting composers. After we had lunch near the Denneweg in De Bodega, a very old fashion place for journalist, politicians and artists. I used to go there in my younger years. They had some nice live music and we stayed longer then planned. As the weather was so nice we decided to walk in the old center and got home tired, satisfied and happy.

As we had our anniversary last Friday (which we all forgot for the first time!!) I was thinking of what present to bring him. I came back with a real professional easel and this morning when I woke up he started already to paint. He surprises us all the time with his beautiful creations, for me he is a real artist. Not only in his photography but now also in his paintings. And he always made poems. As you understand this all helps him a lot to get through this difficult period, and we are so thankful for that.

Today we brought a bicycle from my brother in law, Bert, for Sophia as she will be needing this to go to school. In the afternoon we went to the park with our dog and had a wonderful walk. They were singing Greek songs and we had a nice time.

I will try to add some photo's soon.

xxxxx Daphne, Sophia, Panormitis and Hetty

Panormitis loves it when people write something on his blog....

Dimitri, thanks for writing on Panormitis blog, if you want us to send you some shells let us know where to send it to, love to Nikos and all the other illegal guides!!

Marianne, lief dat jij ook schrijft, hij vindt het zo leuk!! Ja, laten wij hopen dat het droog blijft deze winter. Alhoewel sneeuw wel weer mag hoor, dat maakt zulke mooie plaatjes!! So far , so good!! kus xxx

delft and olives.....

today Panormitis and I went to the market in Delft. We found a Greek stand were they had olives, greek feta, baklava, etc.. so we bought some and after had a nice coffee outside the beautiful cityhall of Delft.

Sophia is doing well at her school, she loves doing physics, music and ofcourse ancient greek. Latin and German are both new languages for her , but she seems to enjoy that as well. She is complaining that all her classmates are younger, I understand that completely and told her to be patient.

Next week is autumn holiday and then we can try to find a piano teacher for her and .....a bicycle. Daphne is coming as well and we will go out to visit museums and maybe to the Efteling?? a fairytale park, the oldest one in Europe in the middle of a extremely beautiful park. Let's hope the weather will be nice to us in that week, so we can also make nice walks in the park and on the beach/dunes.

that's all for today,
love from all of us

xxxx

after the visit of the oncologist....

The oncologist and the neurologist were pleased to know that Panormitis had such a good time and were happy that we did take an extra week in Patmos. But now back to the difficult part........ the chemo he gets is exactly double the dose that he had back in the summer. But that was in combination with radiation and if he would take that same dose now, it will not be effective enough. He is not expected to get real tired as for the moment, this will probably occur after two or three months. He will not be loosing his hair during this chemotherapy, which will be in six blocs, 5 days chemo pills and 23 days to recover. In the recover period the oncologist and neurologist will not only look at his monthly blood test but also want to meet Panormitis. They are really so professional, polite and sweet, he feels very comfortable with them. Actually he mentioned a few times that he does not mind to be in Holland, he quite likes the cold weather although he realizes that we are very lucky, no rain yet!!! I am curious if he still likes it after having rain for more then two weeks, which is easy to happen in our climate here!!!! He takes tablets against nosiness and thanks God they help. He has been out with me most of the day and did not get sick at all.

In the morning we went with Sophia to visit her new school, met up with her teachers and had a tour through the school. Panormitis was very satisfied with what he saw and liked the teachers as well. Sophia had to make a test of more then two hours in order for them to find out where she will be needing any extra support.

It is all very new and quit difficult for her as teaching will be 50% English and 50% Dutch. I hope she will make friend soon which makes everything much lighter. She is a bright girl and I believe in her, but I do not have high expectations for this year. As long as we can be together and she is doing her best, that is fine with me.

Daphne was came over from Maastricht and we all had a wonderful sunset walk for an hour next to the sea. Panormtis loved it and was picking shells, shells and shells. Regretting he did not take his camera with him as it was a beautiful evening. It is unbelievable how strong he is, I love him more than ever and am very proud to be his wife.

All and all we had a good start being back in The Netherlands.. let's hope luck will stay with us!!!

love to all of you,

Panormitis, Daphne, Sophia and Hetty
xxxxxxx

Back in The Hague since yesterday

Looking back on our stay in Patmos I realize that it was the best thing we could do for Panormitis. He really filled up his "battery" and feels good about having seen all his relatives and friends. The support we received in many different ways is unforgettable and I really would not know where to start to thank everyone personally. But to all of you who were in Patmos and met Panormitis, spoke with him, took us out for dinner, on the boat, came to visit his exhibition, gave him courage, sweet words, caressed him, joked with him , made him laugh, etc.etc. from the bottom of my heart:

A big efgaristo , we love you all,

Panormitis, Daphne, Sophia and Hetty

will write soon