Frank and Joan's news for 12 November 2006 in Northern Cyprus

Frank and Joan's Adventures in Northern Cyprus

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

Sunday morning and a bit of a lie in with time to read the papers.

Gary Robb and his partner have both been released on bail on the charges of forging documents so that Gary Robb could avoid military service here. The plot thickens.

Remeber the story about George and Susan and the electric pole, with the JCB driver attempting to lift it back in to a hole. Well this week there is a report in the paper about just such a digger operator being electrocuted trying the same thing. So much for health and safety.

Road safety is also an issue with suggestions that everybody drives around with their lights on just like in the Scandinavian countries. On the same page there was a report of 76 road accidents, 4 deaths and 23 other casualities du

ring the week. Surely lights will cure this stupidity and speed has nothing to do with it. I jest!

An interview with the new Tourism Minister suggests that incentives are the key to inceasing tourism here. I mentioned earlier that he is to offer money to tour operators who bring tourists in to hotels here. Now he talks of better prices on flights and environmental control by limiting development against the big plan. All lovely talk, but can they make it stick against the greed element.

A lot about the Turkish accession to the EU, but no doubt lots of that in your papers also. There is still very heavy criticism of the EU for allowing the south in to the EU and not keeping its promise to free up trade etc to the north. One columnist in this weeks paper asks the question "how long before Turkey tells the EU to get lost?"

Being Sunday we also used the opportunity to intoduce Co and Henny to English Sunday lunch. LD's, as we said last week, had started to do their winter menu, which included Sunday lunch. This week they had roast pork with crackling on the menu. Now we have not had any crackiling since our last visit to Uk so that was delicious, but more next time please.

Thank you Susan for a brilliant web picture chance. Sort of let me at it when reaching for the wine. Anybody would think she had never had a glass of wine before......