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Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....
  
Xmas is definitely coming, the various charity organisations are having their bazaars. This morning Joan and I went in to Kyrenia to the Animal Rescue bazaar at the Pia Bella hotel.Father Xmas came to visit in the horse and carriage from the Colony Hotel, a reasonable substitute for a sleigh and reindeers. As the area allocated inside the hotel entrance was a bit tight, Santa had all the kidsvisit him in his carriage and took some of them around the block for a little ride.This evening, Joan and I met Atay, his wife and daughter at Henson's restaurant for dinner. Atay is the owner of the Bosch importers in Nicosia and although he and I had been o
ut to lunch on previous occasions we had never met his wife before. Also his daughter is studying law at Warwick university and is over for the Xmas holidays, so we got the chance to meet her also.Saturday is good news day ion the papers:-For those of you who have yet to complete residency applications, the fees have been brought down from 214 YTL to 130 YTL per person per year. It would seem that some of these changes are as a result of the BRS continually lobbying the government here about the inaccuracies relating to ex-pats against other immigrants. Wouldn't you know it, Joan and I have just paid up the 214 YTL each to renew.There is a growing opposition to the proposed amendment to article 159. The attorney general has even said that the proposed amendment is illegal and would be challenged in court. So it looks like it might be back to the drawing board.The proposed big by-pass to relieve the traffic in Kyrenia is still apparently on hold. This seems to be because the contractor with the lowest bid has been unable to come up with the necessary information for the Tender Commission. Even when the construction finally starts, it will take two years to complete, so looks like we will have to put up with gridlock for sometime to come.We are still basking in temperatures of around the mid 20's every day but the forecast suggests that this might be changing. Rain and 16/18 degrees from Wednesday onwards, guess we will have to finally find those winter sweaters. I suppose at least my old friend "anorak" would be OK here
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