but especially to Bozenna who is "exhnta ena" years young today!
Wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji urodzin, |
Bozenna and her husband Ted, seen here at my old "home",
the Savoy Hotel, live in Athens where I met them
in the early 'eighties when I lived and worked in Greece. Bozenna had answered
an ad in the English language newspaper
"ATHENS NEWS"
in which I was looking for a "shipping person" who could do my many
complex Laytime Calculations (for all you landlubbers, laytime
is the period of time agreed between the parties - ship owners,
charterers, cargo shippers and consignees - during which a chartered
ship is available for loading / discharging without payment of
additional freight.)
Bozenna did a wonderful job which saved my employer large sums of
money and, on a personal side, she and Ted introduced me, a newcomer
to Greece (I had just spent a miserable and very "dry" eighteen
months in Saudi Arabia), to the many delights of Greek wining and
dining. My many fond memories of Greece are entirely due to their
wonderful friendship which has endured to this day!
Bozenna, just as you start your celebrations at "O Sotiris", we shall open a bottle of Retzina and drink to your very good health! May you and Ted spend many more happy years together!
Best wishes and
from the Riverbend Quartet!
Peter & Padma & Malty & Rover
Wednesday, 9 July 2003
P.S. Bozenna, you may wish to send this webpage to your friends.
