Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....

Xmas eve, but it feels quite strange. I suppose in time we will get used to the lack of street and shop decorations and the general feeling that there is no last minute panic shopping. Xmas as such, has no meaning to the people here and the 24th/25th December are just normal working days.

Derek and Sandra of "Lardy-Da's" tearooms had arranged a Xmas eve party for some of their friends and family, so with Brian and Lil, the Robin's family from next door, we armed ourselves with a little booze and took two cars down to Kyrenia and eventually two taxi's back. A great night was had by all. Derek and Sandra had laid on a super spread and included games such as pass the parcel, music and a sing along session. Brian gave us a rendition of some of Elvis's popular favourites, Mick Robins had brought along his guitar to add to the sing along. Eventually we floated into Taxi's around 3 a.m. and all considered the evening to have been a great success. Thank you all at Lardy-Da's.