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On again…

We landed in Kastrup airport the 7. March. In the Arrivals Hall we were received by Daniel. He had packed and brought a bag of warm clothes to us. Super nice. We took all three out to Frederiksberg. Here lay the apartment we had rented on Airbnb. 

The next day, Pia was in control at Gentofte Hospital. 

For the next two weeks we were visited by children with lovers, family and friends. We also cultivated our new neighborhood and visited good friends who live here. Nice and cheerful visits. Some things were arranged. We also had time to enjoy the early Danish spring in Frederiksberg Garden and Landbohøjskolens Have and drink coffee in the sun at Cafe Den Blå Hund. 

Time went by quickly. We delayed our departure to Maastricht for a week and rented an apartment again on Airbnb. 

This time on Sluseholmen. During the stay, we formed one, or rather two completely different, impressions of the neighborhood. The district is built as a canal city with Dutch architecture as a model. Completely as when Chr. IV had the Port of Christians built several hundred years ago. Construction started over 15 years ago. Construction is still going on and the apartments are now being sold at above pre-crisis prices.

Tuesday morning we and our 70kg heavy luggage took a taxi to Ingerslevsgade. We had ordered it with the Moove app - a smart, cheap and user-friendly alternative to Uber.

After a little wait, we stepped into a stopping bus that was driven from Stockholm in the evening.

When we reached Storstrømsbroen the fog disappeared and we covered the last part of the stretch in Denmark in another nice spring day.

In the Puttgarden the bus was directed to the side.

- Passport control, said the bus driver, after which two policemen got on board and checked passports. Difficult and time consuming. Completely as in the 'old' days.

In Lübeck we stepped out to sun and 20 degree heat. We checked into the hotel. Went out and saw the city again. This is where we had 'stood on' the European river and canal system in the early autumn of last year. 

The next day we headed for Maastricht in a rental car. A long and boring stretch. The trip took 7 hours. In boat we used 2 weeks. 

Heron lay completely as we had left it, except that a BZs had ingested the basket of herbs. Most of the ground was pushed out onto the aft deck. Instead, there was now a nice big egg. A little later, a duck appeared with its stomach. Both looked at us as they scrambled loose. The female laid down on the egg in the basket. Later they disappeared. 

It was great to be 'at home' after living in 22 different places for the last 5 1/2 months. But somewhere also strange that 'home' was Maastricht.

We decided to supply large while we had a car and drove to the supermarket Jumbo, which has a good and large assortment.

Before we drove into the parking lot, we stopped in front of a barrier and pulled out a parking ticket. A sign stated that the first 1 1/2 hours of parking was free. We parked the car, left it and started the big shopping in Jumbo, 

After 2 hours we were done and dragged a sea of ​​bags out to the car. We started the engine, drove towards the exit and stopped next to the payment machine for the exit barrier, We got the P-ticket in the machine, which announced that we had to pay 4 € and that it did not take cash. We tried 4 different cards flipped in 4 different ways. The boom did not move an inch. An ever longer queue of Dutch cars pushed ever more impatiently. We pressed an alarm on the vending machine. No response. There was nothing to do but get out of the car and get the many cars in the queue to reverse so we could get our car out of the queue.

We found another slot machine. Three times we stopped a € 10 note in the machine. Each time we got the banknote returned. Only when we tried with a brand new 10 € note kept the voucher, printed a p-ticket, sent 6 € return and ended up printing a receipt as proof that it had accepted the payment. 

Triumphantly, we drove back to the machine at the exit boom. But it did not care that it now got a P-ticket that was proven to be paid for. The boom was still not raised as much as one millimeter. 

A new long queue of Dutch cars pushed impatiently again. Once again out of the car and get the many cars back. This time it went a little easier. Now we knew how to do it. 

We left the car and went into the supermarket. Got alternately explained to 3 different employees that we could not get out, that the heat had reached a temperature that, although unusual for the season, was not exactly beneficial for our many foods and that our patience with the reluctant vending machine was running out.

After some discussion, one of the employees suggested we drive close to a randomly driving car. The trick was to get the sensor to perceive ours and the car in front as one vehicle.  

- But you have to drive very close otherwise the boom will crash into the roof of your car, the council concluded warningly. 

Before we had time to try this somewhat daring exit strategy, a voice from the vending machine fortunately came to our rescue suddenly and completely unexpectedly. The voice, which belonged to an employee from Q-park, told in flawless English that our problem was noted and that the barrier would be raised so we could drive out of the parking lot… .Pyha.

In addition to provisions, we cleaned the shelter, stowed luggage off the road, washed piles of clothes, supervised at CBS, visited the yard where Heron will land next week, bought a few small things in the local DIY store, handed over the rental car in Aachen in Germany and took the bus back to Maastricht without either the driver, us or our fellow passengers registering that we were crossing the border.

But there was neither a passport police nor a bomb here

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Michael Westen-Jensen
Michael Westen-Jensen
2. April 2017 20: 27

Haha, it sounds good that at least you came to the whole child

Mikkel
Mikkel
3. April 2017 15: 47

Good to hear. We will follow your further excitement, and track us where our roads will cross the 26. May

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It is not very easy to pay the Tepai tax online. The official manual was last updated in May 2019. Since then, quite a few changes have been made.

Here's what worked on August 16, 2022 and May 15, 2023

Start to apply on https://www1.aade.gr/aadeapps2/etepai/

You can check whether your application has been approved by going to the front page (Where you started)

Your new application is now at the bottom of the list. Scroll to the right. The last column now says `New'.

After a few minutes (sometimes a few hours) you will receive an email with two attachments. The one 'Application form' is your application. The second 'ePavorolo' is your payment information. Take a printout of the last one and take it to a post office or bank if you prefer to pay your Tepai there. 

If you don't want to spend your time finding a post office or a bank and que up for a couple of hours, you can pay online.

Log in to your online bank. 

Now fill in the payment request like this

Recipient

IBAN:

GR1201000230000000481090510

Name:

International Authority for Public Revenue (AADE)

Address:

Sina 2-4

City and Postcode:

106 72 Athens

Remittance to receiver 

The 20 digit 'Administrative fee code' which you will find in the ePavorolo file. It is important that you do not insert anything other than the 20 digits.

Recipients bank

The Bank's Bank Code:

BNGRGRAA

Remember to indicate that you want to pay in EURO.

Payment is made at 15.00:XNUMX CET.

Log in after an hour or two https://www1.aade.gr/aadeapps2/etepai/

At the bottom right it now says 'Paid'.

...Voila

You can save the file in Pdf format. Then show it on your mobile phone, tablet or PC if you need to document that you have paid your TEPAI. You can of course also make a print of it.

PS

If for some reason you do not receive an email with the application and payment information or receive your payment back, you can try to complete the payment with the code that begins with RF and is followed by 23 digits.

It is on the web form in the column to the left of the column where it says 'New'.