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Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....
  
Opening day for the brand new secondary school building at Sunny Lane. There has been lots of very hard work put in over the last few days to conform to all the regulations laid down by the Ministry of Education here and the Minister herself was to perform the official opening ceremony, but alas, at the very last minute she was unable to attend. I call that nothing short of a bitter disappointment for all involved and stronger than that, I think it is a disgrace and a bad reflection on the government here.At the end of the day, the Mayor of Alsancak, who was to attend anyway, agreed to perform th
e official opening ceremony. Does anybody remember my first report on this school around two and a half years ago, with only 22 pupils, well now there are 145 and they are having to turn pupils away in some classes, as they are full. How's that for a success story. The pupils gave us one of their dance and gymnastic performances as part of the opening ceremony and the dancers in traditional dress stole the show. I have to say also that the kitchen equipment from my Italian kitchen equipment supplier looks really good in situ. There are 4 sets of hob, cooker and extractor and one large fridge freezer so maybe we can expect some nice cakes etc to come out of there soon.This evening, Arie took Joan and myself out for a meal. We all went down to Serenada Court in Lapta and have to say it was most enjoyable. Before going down there we actually went up to the Tai restaurant in the village but they are not starting their winter menu until next week sometime, so we just had a quick beer and drove back down the mountain. No doubt I will have to report on The Tai later in the month.
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