Monthly Archives: November 2007

Joan and I went over to Paralimni, near Aya Nappa, in the South to collect our new gas fire. This we needed to do, because nobody here imports an LPG gas fire with which you can use a powered flue, so it had nothing to do with price. We fully expected to maybe have to … Continue reading »

On Tuesday evening, during boys night out at The Ravine Bar, a decision was made to give The Passport restaurant a try this Thursday for our weekly Layabouts event. The Passport used to be a well used restaurant with a good reputation, but it has been taken over and refurbished completely. They have made a … Continue reading »

Bryan came round this morning and cut out and replaced a brick in our outside wall. When we did the conversion work we had to remove an air conditioning unit from the old dining room. This of course left a hole were the pipes had gone through and of course an opportunity for rain to … Continue reading »

Stewart and Barbara have planned a trip to Istanbul on Monday next for four days. Knowing that we had been there a couple of times before they wanted to pick our brains about things to see and do. We invited them round for dinner so that we could talk about this lovely city and also … Continue reading »

Something else has come to light. On 10th November I reported on the sinking of Dolphin 1, the container ship. The newspaper I read and myself made the assumption that the name Dolphin and the company Doplhin Movers were linked, this appears not to be true. I am attaching an e-mail from the company that … Continue reading »

Since we got back things have just sort of returned to normal. The weather has cooled down considerably and in fact we had the guy from the specialist gas fire company over late afternoon to see if we can have a fire fitted without having a flue. It seems that because our false fireplace is … Continue reading »

Today we were leaving for the airport at 12 noon, so just a local stroll was all we had time for. We have all enjoyed our visit immensely but have to say that Cairo is a filthy dirty place, full of millions of old cars driven by people who are even more crazy then than … Continue reading »

Today is our last full day in Cairo and as we had booked a Nile cruise and dinner for the evening we decided that today was for us to explore with just the aid of a tourist map. We did start our day with a taxi ride to the centre of town, where we could … Continue reading »

Saturday and our second full day here in Cairo. We had organised with our guide from yesterday, to have another trip, but this time to Memphis, (not to see Elvis) and Sakara. Sakara is where the first pyramids were built and it is believed that the architect of these was responsible for the pyramids we … Continue reading »

The tour company we booked with had organised a trip today to see all the regular things such as camels, pyramids and of course the sphinx. We were very surprised to find that the pyramids were so very close to the city. You always get the impression when you see pictures that they are way … Continue reading »