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

Boxing day. Why do they call it that? Could it be because they say Christmas is a very trying period and many families find it traumatic and get a little punchy.

Joan and I had a nice quiet day together and the weather was so nice in the middle of the day that we went for a walk on the beach.

Barbara Smith has her son Robert over here with his partner Pippa and we had pre-booked at The Charnos restaurant in Alsancak. So with Anne Lloyd joining us we had a table for six. Fixed menu at a fixed price and very nice it was too, added to which every couple there received one of their paintings which are for sale in the restaurant normally. Joan and I got a picture of Van Goch style sunflowers painted on a piece of antique Cypriot door timber.