Frank and Joan's news for 06 November 2007 in Northern Cyprus

Frank and Joan's Adventures in Northern Cyprus

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

Ugh, what an early start to get off to Larnaca, but there is really no choice as when we get visitors in from Holland that is the only way for them to fly in and out, unless they are willing to spend a night in Istanbul.

One thing that it did let Joan and I do after we had deposited Arie at the airport, was to visit Pampalini and a shop called A&A Homefires. We have to solve the problem of heating in our big lounge and a gas fire seems to be the answer, but one with a good output heat. We think we may have found something good but need to discuss this with our heating specialist here, so more on this later when we have finally decided.

Don't want to think about Liverpools 1 - 1 draw again, this is no way to win the championship

. Do however want to mention another super Liverpool effort. I had received this e-mail some time ago but have not been able to put a permanent link on the site, so here is the link in the blog for all you ex-scousers and everybody else who wants to support Leukaemia Research.

Hi Frank - you may (or probably may not!) remember we had a brief web-chat concerning the tragedy at the Courtyard last year and you told me you used to live just down the road from us in Heswall.
Well what we didn't chat about was a project myself and two mates have been working on for the past two years. We are members of a cabaret folk group have been playing all over the UK for over 25 years and when Liverpool was designated European Capital of Culture for 2008 we decided to record a CD of all the old traditional Liverpool songs.
Well we've done it, produced the CD and our web site www.themerseywreckers.com is now live. We lost one of our members to Myeloid Leukaemia during the recording so we have decided to make very significant donations to Leukaemia Research from the proceeds. I was wondering if you could give us a plug on your site, calling all ex-pat scousers who may be interested in buying a slice of the old City.

The guy who sent this, Steve Lowe, also has an apartment here in Girne so will bring some CDs with him next visit and hopefully we will see him at one of the weekly ex-pat market places.