Monthly Archives: December 2008

New Years Eve and just as in earlier years, Joan and I hosted the party. Once again it has gone very cold in the afternoons and in the evenings so we stoked up the heating during the day and then got the gas fire going. So by the time our guests arrived it was all … Continue reading »

The weekend to recover from all the Xmas festivities. In fact yesterday was such a glorious day, that I was our early in just a T-shirt and jeans, hedge cutting. There is no accounting for the very changing weather here at the moment, three days of torrential rain and then a day when the temperature … Continue reading »

Boxing day. Why do they call it that? Could it be because they say Christmas is a very trying period and many families find it traumatic and get a little punchy. Joan and I had a nice quiet day together and the weather was so nice in the middle of the day that we went … Continue reading »

Christmas day and the sun is shining again. That might surprise you as you would expect it to happen all the time here in sunny Cyprus, but in fact we have just had three days of torrential rain. The rain is much needed, but unfortunately here it means flooded roads and building sites that are … Continue reading »

In my last entry I mentioned that there was much fuss in the newspaper about property issues. This related to the Orams case, a member of the House of Lords making comments without clearly being aware of the whole issue, more about the Aga saga and many other issues. This clearly has come at just … Continue reading »

Lots in the newspaper this week about the property issue. This is not really surprising as the two presidents have announced that there next talking point is the property issue. The paper claims that the EU have dealt a serious blow to the Orams case by getting a renowned legal figure in Europe to suggest … Continue reading »

Many of you who know me will also know that I have never been a fan of HSBC as bank over here. I have always understood them to be a sort of franchise operation, which they flatly deny of course, and they charge far too much for their services. Well today I have had proof … Continue reading »

A request in today from some friends of ours. Please sign the petition on this link http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/petitioncyprus/index.html It will only help to bring things to the attention of the current President. So go on, sign up and help everybody with a property here, whether its dodgy or not.

Christmas Carol Service at St Andrews today. We went with Pat and Bryan and Anne Lloyd, getting there about 5.30 and only just in time to get seated. An idea that everybody should hold a lighted candle throughout the service caused a little concern amongst some of the congregation. There you have Bryan with candle … Continue reading »

Joan and I went down to the BRS mince pie and mulled wine gathering this morning, held in the church hall at St Andrews, then a little shopping on the way home and an early evening meal, because we were all of to the Chateau Lambousa this evening. Chorous Lambousa, a group of expats who … Continue reading »