Monthly Archives: March 2008

All good plans today have come to an end. I was going to finish off that hedge and do other gardening things, but shortly after midday we had heavy rain and I mean heavy, huge great spots accompanied by thunder. It also looks as if this current spell is going to snooker Jeff’s chances of … Continue reading »

Well we have lived here in this villa for more than five years now and today came home to find that the local council had installed street lights. We have, amongst other things, water shortages, electricity problems throughout the island and then we get three street lights fixed to the posts down our road. To … Continue reading »

I received an interesting e-mail yesterday telling me about an article in the Daily Mail which is promoting the newly planned developments of marinas, golf courses, holiday complexes etc., with advice on buying procedures and possible pitfalls. All of this was describing the goings on in the south of the island and was headed up … Continue reading »

As this is the Easter period in particular, Joan and I went to church again this Sunday. As a prelude to the service for us all, as usual, the children from the Sunday School were present. They had been learning to blow eggs during the last few weeks, no doubt with a little help in … Continue reading »

Joan and I took an early morning trip over to the South as after last weekends party we had depleted the freezer and the beer fridge somewhat. It really does seem a great shame to see so many people from the North shopping over there, but the prices and variety are always going to make … Continue reading »

Another gathering of The Layabouts this evening, we had decided to try to go and destroy the village restaurant in Karsiyaka. We had warned them in advance so the owner got his daughter in to help as usual. It was quite busy in there so it just goes to show what a great place it … Continue reading »

What a frustrating day today. To help a customer of Joan’s out, we had organised a nice new LCD television only to find that the supplier in Nicosia had sold the last one with next delivery due in 4 weeks. The customer arrives tomorrow, so I went to the local Girne Beko shop as they … Continue reading »

An early rise this morning as Pat and Bryan are picking us up to go to the Palm Sunday service at St Andrews. A lovely service and made even more enjoyable by the visit of Isabella in church. One of the local characters from the area has a restaurant nearby called Aphrodite. In the fields … Continue reading »

Would you believe it, Joan and I woke up to no wind and clear blue sky, just what we ordered for todays celebrations. One of the first to arrive was Anne and her new car. She and Jeff had been over to our friends at Tasas Autos earlier in the week and selected this Mazda … Continue reading »

Thursdays gathering of the Layabouts was this week back at the Tervetuloa on the road down to The Merit Hotel. This really is a good restaurant, slightly more expensive than our regular haunts but then you get everything in the price, meze, main meal, fruit, coffee and brandy and super quality. Joan and I both … Continue reading »