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  • Sweetwater Bay

    Ezic Peanuts, Pulp Kitchen, Pamper Yourself and Moonshine

    11/10/2019 / No Comments

    Life goes on in the fast lane. Keeping the blog still gives me a bit of work, to keep it nice and tidy. A lot of pictures has been randomly uploaded, and have been kept in a big chunk. It’s easy to lose the overview, which I did. Searching around I found some plugins that have been tested. I landed on one called Mediamatic pro. Cost me a few bucks, but is well worth to avoid the hassle of uncategorised mediafiles . In between there is always time to visit some restaurants down here, some good, some not so good, and time to keep in touch with good friends. Making…

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    Cyprus stay over for this time

    10/05/2022

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    29/09/2019

    Cabana time today at Lord’s Palace

    09/09/2019
  • Wordpress technical

    WordPress

    10/10/2019 / No Comments

    Today is time for a small technical update. When starting up this blog, I decided to have a go with WordPress as the layer above Ubuntu, a flavour of the Linux operating system. Well, actually there is another layer in between, PHP and MySQL. WordPress is a content management system(CMS) based on PHP and MySql. It has features that include a sophisticated plugin system and a template system. After looking around and testing some, I decided to go with Ashe templates, or themes as it is also called. Having fun with a free version of Ashe, with it’s limitations, I have now upgraded to the pro version. This gives more…

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    Ercan, agm and Spice Garden

    29/09/2019

    Pea Soup and technical challenges

    29/10/2019

    Karpaz Gate Marina Beach Club

    24/09/2019
  • Sweetwater Bay

    Bacalao, music and eco market

    07/10/2019 / No Comments

    A few busy days have passed. On Saturday we were invited to Leif and Sølvi’s apartment for a bacalao party. There were quite several of us and a mix of nationalities. English, Russian, Swedes, Turks and of course Norwegians. Sølvi’s bacalao was better than any time and accompanied by enough wine. After the table, there were music. We have several talented musicians in the group, Dimitri, Dagfinn and Graeme all had sessions on guitar, playing, singing popular songs. After a while Dimitri disappeared, but returned with his electric piano. He really touched us all with his music. I walked home during early hours. Sunday started with strong winds, increasing during…

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    Sunday lunch with the gang at Cratos

    08/09/2019

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    10/05/2022

    Sweetwater Bay

    02/10/2019
  • Famagusta,  St. Barnabas

    Grandpa is sad

    05/10/2019 / No Comments

    It’s a sad day as we’ve just delivered Kristine, Stian, Amalie and Sebastian to Ercan Airport. A week goes extremely fast and they are now on their way back to cold Norway. Safe journey home and hope to see you again soon. Miss you a lot already ☹️. However had a fine day today. Started by going to the St. Barnabas monastery. The site is used as a museum for icons and archeological items. Sebastian and Amalie showed great interest and took a lot of pictures that are now shared to us on a joint Google photo folder. As we were close to Famagusta, we drove to the town’s communal…

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    End of summer

    15/10/2019
    Extension to our terrace

    Official opening of our extended roof terrace

    18/09/2019

    An evening at Stevie’s

    21/10/2019
  • Sweetwater Bay

    Sweetwater Bay

    02/10/2019 / No Comments

    Had my car cleaned yesterday. This is a genius idea. You call and book, and this young man arrives with his car and trailer. The trailer has an electric generator, vacuum cleaner, water tank and high pressure cleaner. Best of all, the price 50 tl for a complete outside, inside clean. Otherwise, not much ado. Stayed home during the day, in and around the pool. Amalie has found a couple of friends and was busy in the water all the time. Ended the evening with a BBQ on the roof terrace

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    15/09/2019

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    29/10/2019

    A white weekend and a night at the opera

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  • Cyprus,  Girne,  Lord's Palace

    Yaman, Lord’s Palace, Seawise and Dominic Holmes

    02/10/2019 / No Comments

    Sunday was used entirely for recreation. Not that we needed it, but this is what Sundays are for. Stayed in or around the pool for most of the day. Amalie seems to be more under water than over. Ended the day with a visit to Yamans for dinner. On Monday, I had pre-booked a cabana again on Lord’s Palace Hotel again. Had a wonderful day with a lot of time in the sea. Daytime temperatures are still 30 with sea temperature dropped to 28. For dinner we went to Seawise Restaurant and Bar in the Esentepe area. A table was pre-booked with a lot of Bayer’s. We were, apart from…

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    Cruise recap – day three to eight

    20/12/2019

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    14/10/2019

    7 weeks wihout socks done

    23/10/2019
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This is the blog of the every day life of a humble, reasonably happy elderly, retired man, also known as a grumpy old git.

The blog was started for 2 reasons.  First, my missus claims I’m starting to be forgetful.  Keeping a blog will make it easier to remember.  Second, as I keep the blog on my own server, it will help me staying closer to my old profession.

The blog will be updated at random, sometimes daily, sometimes not, just when I feel for it.

After a long time of considerations, I have abandoned the idea of having a multi language blog.  This simply takes to much time and effort.  Translation is now based on Google translate, not foolproof, but will give you an idea of what it’s all about.   The blog is mainly meant for my English speaking friends, and therefore the posts are written in English.  However, feel free to comment in any language

 

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