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7 weeks wihout socks done
7 weeks without socks were done yesterday and what an exit we had. Morning started a bit stressful by the taxidriver showing up an hour early. Taxi was booked for 6.30 so he just had to have an extra nap in the car. When leaving Sweetwater Bay we noticed big cloud formations in the sky and knew there was some rain forecasted. Just thought it was a perfect day to leave after so many days in the sun. Finally we had a taxi driver that did not thought he was Michel Schumacher or Ayrton Senna. Had a nice and easy drive to Ercan airport. Check-in was done without any problem…
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Driving in the TRNC
Driving in the northern part of Cyprus can be challenging. TRNC has the highest traffic death rate in Europe. Cypriots is such a nice population. However, this is only until you put them behind the steering wheel of a car. Something weird happens and changes their personality. There are 2 type of drivers. One drives extremely slow and makes all other drivers mad. The next one, and the most of them, are the ones that have their own set of traffic rules. In addition they drive like mad, overtaking at any point. After driving here for 10 years without an accident, I feel quite proud. My record number of years…
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An evening at Stevie’s
Later yesterday evening we went down to Stevie’s to make farewell to Linda and Graeme, and to listen to Graeme and Al playing. Those 2 men rocks. Had a nice evening with Linda Terheege, Julie and Roy Haskett. Rounded off with a coffee and brandy before returning home.
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Sunday brunch at Kaya Palazzo
Today there are 2 events I will to add a post about. This is the first one, the second one at Stevie’s will be posted tomorrow. Every time we’re here, we like to indulge ourselves in abundance with a visit to the Kaya Palazzo hotel and it’s Sunday brunch table. This time it coinsided with the celebration of Özlem Lyons 50 year birthday. We were Sheila Lane, Phil Conkie with mum Delphine Conkie, Cynthia Wilbraham, Dennis Bucton, bırthday girl Özlem Lyon, David Lyon with niese Sandra Harding, Tove and I. Seams that Ozi(Özlem) likes to celebrate her day, as it for us is the second time in a couple of…
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Famagusta once more
After the Robbos lefte, we have gone very easy, hardly no contact with any one at all. There was a need of rest after some hectic days. Wednesday we had a drive into Girne for shopping, with just a lunch at Los Amigos. Stopped at Little Stones on our way back and had a long chat with David. Rest of the day was spent doing nothing and had a meal at home. Thursday, Tove and I took a trip to Famagusta again and the beach. Weather was just lovely. Imagine it’s mid October and the temperature in sea is still some 27-28 degrees. However, the beach was far from crowded.…
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End of summer
Absolutely all weather predictions failed today. Predictions were sunny, max 30 degrees, no wind. However, this is October. The day started sizzling hot. Overcast, no wind, quivering, temperature rose to 36,9 before flattening out and decreasing. Rain started, but stopped just as sudden several times. Cushions had to be moved in and out. Then the wind started. Looking out on the sea seeing the wind shear, luckily I decided to take down the pergola on the roof terrace. Now at 11 pm strong winds and rain ravaging, moving furniture around. I believe this is the end of summer 2019. The proof of this will be on our next visit to…
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A hairy night and Sunday roast
When writing this, it’s Monday, Tove and I have had our daily morning walk, had our shower and now just finished lunch. This day is predicted to be hot, 31 degrees officially. However, it’s overcast, so has yet not reached that high on the thermometer, but with more or less no winds, you can feel the heat and humidity. This October has been amazing. No wind, no rain and still high temperatures. Thinking back on the few last days, brings on a lot of good memories we can carry forward. On Friday we were invited to a gathering at Lin and Alan Murrell’s house. Incredible 25 people appeared, all English…
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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…
