Monthly Archives: November 2003

The last day of November and the lovely weather continues. This morning we had breakfast on the terrace and it was already 21 degrees at 8.45 a.m. I suppose, among other things, this is one of the reasons for living here, especially when we hear from friends of night frosts and road gritting, brrrr. Having … Continue reading »

Today was the local St Andrew’s Church, Xmas bazaar at the Palmera Rouge Hotel. We left a key in the front door for the workmen, this is Northern Cyprus, so you can do that here without any worries and went off to buy raffle tickets and some other goodies to support a good cause. The … Continue reading »

True to their word, the stone guys turned up to start knocking the fireplace around. There was another big discussion about the size of the hole needed and how it was going to be possible to fit a multi-fuel burner in their fireplace. I think the problem is, that they don’t really understand the concept, … Continue reading »

This week has been Bayram. The feast at the end of Ramadan. After one month of fasting, between sunrise and sunset, the local Muslim people have now a chance to enjoy family get togethers and feasting. A bit like our Xmas holiday really, also a religious festival.The weather was glorious and many people from mainland … Continue reading »

Now all you regular website watchers, may have noticed a couple of changes. If you haven’t noticed then that’s sad, cos it probably means I should have put a bigger banner up.If anybody should click on the web counter, bottom left of every page, then you will see that we have had over 18,000 hits … Continue reading »

Further news today on George and Susan’s car. They came around for a drink this evening and said that they had been over to the customs in Nicosia and there they had got all their papers, stamped up and signed, to allow them to keep the car here. However the really good news is that … Continue reading »

This evening we went out with Margaret and Norman to the Mountain Breeze restaurant. This was for no other reason than the fcat that we had not had an opportunity to meet together for some time. This was a new restaurant for all of us, but came recommended. The food quality was excellent and there … Continue reading »

This afternoon, England were playing Denmark in a friendly international, so in order to get permission to go and watch football again, it was off to the Acmenya restaurant in Alsencak for a Sunday lunch. They have started to do a traditional English roast during the winter season, choice of either roast beef or roast … Continue reading »

Today was big celebration day. 20 years since the TRNC was officially formed. There were parades all over the place and fireworks in the evening, as well as a visit from senior politicians such as the Turkish prime minister. Joan and I went down to Kyrenia and watched some of the festivities and in particular … Continue reading »

Today I went over to Nicosia with Owen and Sue Lelou to sort out their white goods on behalf of my friend Ertugral. Sue and Owen are having a villa built on the edge of Karsiyaka, the next village along the coast to the west. We succeeded in getting everything sorted for them and Ertugral … Continue reading »