Best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate. Whether it is with a Turkey for dinner, a family group or a bunch of good friends or welcome acquaintances – enjoy it and value all that is honest, cheerful and positive.

Do take time to discuss ideas than can improve your lives and the lives of others in a truly productive viable way – the ways that work.

We lost two major figures who had firm beliefs in the freedoms that should be accorded to not only individuals, but self-decided-upon groups such as families, fine friends and chosen associates – during the last month. Both Milton Friedman (Turkey for Thanksgiving – USA) and Lord Harris (Turkey for Christmas – UK) championed one of the most important bases for freedom, economics. The basis upon which most long-lasting realities and realistic progress must start from or embrace. Many thanks to both of them for their enormous and lasting contributions to the world and the hundreds of millions of lives improved, directly or indirectly, by their works.

We hope that those who travel or stay home this thanksgiving will think of all those sitting down to a meal or standing to offer a toast on this special day, in other lands than the one the world – willingly or unwillingly – relied upon quite heavily to light and bear the torch for a vital aspect of life upon this plant. Freedom to choose.

Be honest and seek the truth in all things, live, learn and prosper – Happy thanksgiving.

November waltzes in after a fairly heavy rainfall in Crete – touch and go after our torrential gorilla of just over a week ago…but manageable. A milder day introduces the month with 18-22 degree peaks reached for short periods.
But what rain there has been turned the sea muddy in colour and muddy in substance.

Again the mountains in Crete, base camp for the south of Europe, are tip-topped in white sugary snow. Very beautiful in the dance of clouds and sun on 1st November 2006.

Expect – hot tip – new hotels and houses on Crete’s fascinating website for desirable places to stay that make the heart sing and take your breath away. From the start of the New year there will be even more new offerings to wet your travel appetite on http://www.Crete-Hotels-Rooms.com the member of the SuperbWorld and CreteTravel.com stable for splendid and beautiful, houses, villas and hotels in Crete.

This is the time when Xmas gifts (or perhaps Thanksgiving gifts before that) come to mind. You could buy someone a holiday as a gift. Choose Crete or one of the select few locales on offer in the rest of Greece at http://www.SuperbGreece.com – the place where they get the service of a personal concierge-like consultant, all starting with the most original, user-friendly websites (the people are pretty user-friendly too ! ) .

Of course if it’s too early to start planning your trip today…make a note and come back in January, when the new year suggests new trips!