Monthly Archives: May 2009

The Weekend version of Cyprus Today has now been published so lets see what they have to say. My guess is that they will have trouble finding lots of local news but have an opportunity to pick the best bits out of UK newspapers for people to read. Apparently a case of Swine Flu has … Continue reading »

An evening at Shakespeare House to attend a band concert in aid of The Army Benevolent Fund. If you look back over a few years you will see that we have attended a number of these. In previous years it has been very hot as we have all got there early afternoon and sweltered under … Continue reading »

Well this is it, the day of the Midweek Cyprus Today. So what have we got for our

A very interesting article which appears in the Cyprus Dialogue and written by a Greek Cypriot. This guy has been in politics almost all of his life and clearly sees the problem the way it is. The article is quite long but worth a read. THE ARTICLE IS HEADED. NICOS A ROLANDIS. POLITICAL BUREAU. Minister … Continue reading »

Quiet day at home today with a BBQ planned for the three of us later in the afternoon. I spent a bit of time doing some necessary maintenance stuff around, such as cleaning out and resealing the shower base in the second bathroom and then finally giving the gas BBQ a really good clean and … Continue reading »

Well the big news this week is that Cyprus Today, our beloved English newspaper is going to introduce a midweek edition. Guess they are going to be doing a lot of cut and paste out of UK newspapers on-line. The headline today though is that Gary Robb, that well known developer of Amaranta Valley, currently … Continue reading »

You know that I said that the old Saffron Restaurant was now the Punjab, well we decided to give it a try with The Layabouts crowd. There were 14 of us so we had pre-booked to give them a chance to arrange the tables. Have to say that it was very good. We all ordered … Continue reading »

Yesterday I said about getting things to work, well today I just have to relate this experience so that the next time you come to do some banking here you will know all about it. Joan and I wanted to transfer some Euros to our bank in France, not a huge great sum so shouldn’t … Continue reading »

There are all sorts of rumours around about the way this new government is tackling things. Apparently the first things happening are some major changes at the highest civil servant levels. I heard this from a very good friend who is likely to get one of the posts and he tells me that it is … Continue reading »

What a plan. A lovely lazy Sunday except of course I had to spend an hour in the garden after breakfast, followed by a nice swim, a shower and a trip out to the church summer fair. This is always held at The Hermitage, where the vicar lives, and is always well attended. There are … Continue reading »