Monthly Archives: February 2003

This evening, Joan and I went to the Dome Hotel, to the AGM of the Anglo Turkish Society. We had decided as a personal choice that this was the society that interested us most. The joining fee was a mere

Now here is a lesson for all those who are planning to come and live out here. Yesterday, Joan and I decided to take a trip to "The Other Side" as it is known here. That involves going to Nicosia, getting a one day visa, driving to Famagusta and then across the border to the … Continue reading »

Last night I went down to the Pine Bay Club to watch Birmingham v Liverpool. Having been born a scouse there is really only one team in my book and I saw this as an opportunity to wind up a few of my Man U friends about the 1.1 score against Bolton. Oops!  No doubt … Continue reading »

Just a brief update to let everyone know that we are definitely in the middle of our winter here. The temperatures around midday are about 10 degrees and at night they drop down to around 5/6 degrees. But it is not just the lower temperatures that are the change, it is the constant high winds, … Continue reading »

This afternoon I went to a first division game. Kyrenia versus Famagusta, which Kyrenia won 3-1.  I went with Kemal, who used to play for Kyrenia some time ago, but who had to stop playing after a serious accident and John Buckley, another ex-pat, who lives in Bellapais. There is lots of enthusiasm amongst the … Continue reading »

Well Bayram is over and so is the rain, thank goodness. Our pool is looking very sad again with about 1 meter of dirty water. We have resolved to go to see Cyprus Pools next week and ask them to put some pipes around the end of the terrace to take excess rain water away. … Continue reading »

Since I last updated this website we have had some very interesting weather changes . As I said before, this week is Bayram, a Muslim religious holiday, so obviously the storms have been saving themselves for just this occasion. Banks and government offices were open Monday morning and then everything closed down, generally until next Monday. … Continue reading »

Today is Sunday and the morning was a little brighter than the last few days, so it was out to do some work in the garden. Serdar our friend from the bank had called round Wednesday evening with his wife, they had news of the baby, its going to be a girl, due in April. … Continue reading »

Today we came down to earth. The log man came and dumped two tons of the things on our drive. They all had to be carried around to our log store, under the terrace staircase, before we could even get out of the garage. We have been burning quite a bit of wood lately, because … Continue reading »

This morning we met Reg & Kathy, did the bank drafts, found a Notary to stamp the official papers agreeing to the private sale between us and then went over to meet Hakan, the dealer in Nicosia. Now his company is Maxxum Ltd, a specialist in American imports, especially Dodge and Chrysler 4 x 4 … Continue reading »