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Ezic Peanuts, Pulp Kitchen, Pamper Yourself and Moonshine
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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WordPress
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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Bacalao, music and eco market
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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Grandpa is sad
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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Sweetwater Bay
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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Yaman, Lord’s Palace, Seawise and Dominic Holmes
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…