Monthly Archives: July 2002

Almost the end of the month and almost ready for the roof thanks to the brick laying team. There was one small snag, part way through the month, they had started to build two bathrooms upstairs when we had only requested one. A problem solved in time, but it just goes to show, it’s better … Continue reading »

Ali “the telephone and computer wiz” came in the evening and got me on-line with a local ISP and the rented house phoneline. At last communication! Tomorrow will be spent sending e-mails to everybody in the hope that they are still speaking to us.

Our first visit to the Wednesday market. Great fun and so much local farm produce. One thing is clear, you have to buy what is in season at any particular time and everything is organic, because there is no money for all the fertilisers and things that produce everything a perfect size and shape to … Continue reading »

The temperature consistently remains in the 95 to 100 degree range, but people tell us that we arrived in the hottest month of the year and we will acclimatise!!!!! During the last few days we had, bought the car, arranged to have it fully serviced and checked, acquired a mobile phone, met the builder on … Continue reading »

July 20th is a day to celebrate for the people of T.R.N.C. Every year military parades take place all across the north to celebrate the date of the 1974 landings. We went to Kyrenia seafront to watch to watch the parades and then a flypast by the Turkish equivalent of the Red Arrows a super … Continue reading »

We met Kemal today, who is going to assist with all the residency permits, driving licenses etc. and talked to him about other things like buying a car suitable for our needs. It seems that there are some very special rules about residency for foreigners and the red tape is very long and tangled. Kamel … Continue reading »

After going to bed at 3am; because we unpacked first; it was a bit of a late start. But boy is it hot – 104 in the shade. First stop, deliver chocolates etc. to the very pregnant Hayran Unwin and then on to the site. It really looks different now, the foundations are complete and … Continue reading »

The Big Day! We left for Stanstead early this morning, after a very emotional farewell from Jill and Les. We had arranged for a taxi pick up and with our extra luggage, a wise move. We thought that we had left the kitchen sink at home, but any future travelers beware, our excess baggage cost … Continue reading »

These are last two weeks in U.K. which we spent seeing old friends and finalising the last arrangements before traveling on that one way ticket.It would seem that work had actually started on our house in Lapta, also luckily for us, Brian had kept a pictorial record of progress in the early stages. So now … Continue reading »