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…

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…

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

No update last half week as we have been quite busy. Thursday started by driving into town. Tove had an appointment with Pamper Yourself to do her nails. This beauty salon is really good, according to Tove. The price over here for such treatment is 120 TL compared to 1000 kr at home for the same, not bad. We then went downtown to have my wrist watch battery changed. Cost 20tl compared to 250 kr back home. Not bad either. The store also advertised Rolex from 40 euros. Think I may afford one next time we’re there. Must prove it is a real fake one ?. Next on the list…

Yesterday we had invited some good friend to see the sun set and officially open our extended roof terrace. As it was close to 2 weeks since our last shopping, we started the day with shopping trip to Kyrenia to have all necessities in place for the evening. Dropped in to Little Stones to have a word with Ozy and David, only to find we were expected and lunch were prepared. Had lovely smoked salmon and a glass of white. The white was Mud House Sauvignon Blanc. Thank you David and Ozy. As mentioned above, Mud House, is our favourite white at present. Not that it is the best in…

Today started with the arrival of Zakir at around 9:30. He was going to finish off the work of extending our roof terrace. The work was actually finished, but certain parts we were not satisfied of, would be fixed. As the weather had approved from yesterday’s rain, I set up the sun sail and all cushions were taken out again. After Zakir left, Tove and I sat upstairs relaxing under the sun, reading a book. After a while, feeling quite tired, we decided to turn on the air con and have a nap in the bedroom. Woke up after about an hour just to find a thunderstorm had started and…