The 24th September, 2009 was one year on, from when our journey started. What a wonderful year, with many and varied experiences. They say travel broadens the mind. I agreed with the sentiment before and even more so, now. We had decided to celebrate the day, by having a day out and visiting the monastery at Kykkos. Having looked at the map, we decided to go via Polis, not the most obvious route, but some of the roads in the mountains, we were not sure about. We set off just after nine, and headed North to Polis. The drive was uneventful [View Full Entry]

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Sunday, September, 6th is my birthday and Monday, 7th September, is our fourth wedding anniversary. So sometime in July, we had decided that we would book ourselves a little holiday in Ayia Napa, around this time and get to do some exploring of the other end of the Island. Pat did some surfing and research on the internet and booked us into a hotel called The So Nice Boutique Hotel, Ayia Napa, for the nights of the 6th & 7th September, 2009. The plan was to drive up early on the Sunday morning, stay for the two nights and drive back [View Full Entry]

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Following several requests, I have created this entry, an update on life. Well here we are, as I start to type up this blog the date is 4th August, 2009. It has been a month and a half since the last entry and we have been enjoying the Cyprus summer. One of the more significant findings from our life, is that time doesn’t slow down. The weeks whiz past, with no lesser speed than when we were leading our “normal lives” in the UK. I don’t think I actually expected time to slow down as such, but maybe imagined a little [View Full Entry]

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Sunday 7th June, 2009 We had decided on a beach day and took a drive up to Ladies Mile Beach, just outside Limassol. The wind was kinder to us today than on our last visit and we there spent a very pleasant time soaking up the sun. I hadn’t realised how gradual the drop was and you can walk quite a way out before you achieve much depth. There were a lot more people about today. We had a lunch at the Café. Monday was a visit to the Archaeological World Heritage site just off the harbour. We saw more of [View Full Entry]

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Sunday, 31st May, 2009, saw us with an early start and a drive off to Larnaca airport, to pick up my parents for a fortnights holiday with us. This was our first drive in this direction and we arrived not long after they had got through the arrivals and outside. We had a quiet first day as they had travelled overnight and did a wander around Kato Paphos in the evening. Monday, we took a drive up to Latchi, had a walk around the marina and a very pleasant lunch. A quick stop for refreshments at Agios Gheorgious on the way [View Full Entry]

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We spent more time travelling around visiting places, with Pat’s mother. Friday, 15th May, we strolled around Kato Paphos, had drinks at the Seagull restaurant overlooking the Lido. Saturday, 16th May, we had a long drive out and visited Kolossi castle, and the on to Akrotiri, to look at the RAF Station. A short drive around to Ladies Mile, where Pat and her mum had a paddle in the water. Lots of time spent down memory lane again. Sunday, 17th May, 2009, Pat and her mum went to Church in the morning and then we took a drive up to Latchi, [View Full Entry]

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The good news is that with effect from today (Wednesday, 13th May, 2009), we have broadband wireless internet connection. We are back in full time contact with the world. Our last week has been busy, with Pat’s mother having arrived a week ago we have been enjoying ourselves as tour guides. We actually haven’t had much chance to sightsee previously, so having someone here to show around, has been interesting for us. We have now also found out that our personal belongings are arriving early June. We do have everything that we need to exist on a day to day basis, [View Full Entry]

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Following our return, we have been gradually settling further into our new life. There are a number of legal, business and personal matters that we need to sort out, not least our residency, the car, water, electricity, home internet access, finding how to best to get mail and so on. There are a number of ways of founding out information: you ask someone who has done something similar, you ask the body or organisation itself, you look at local information, advertisements can help. Sometimes, if you don�€™t want to know an answer, don�€™t ask the question, w [View Full Entry]

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Well, so much has happened. Having settled into the apartment, time passed by. The weather was still decent. The temperatures were generally above 15°C most days and not much below 10 overnight. A fair amount of rain, which generally fell in massive deluges. The Island being short of water, this is a good thing. The reservoirs, which were at 5% of capacity when we arrived, were at 16.1% when I left. Apparently better than last year. On the 7th February, 2009, we awoke to find that a number of items had been stolen from the apartment whilst we had slept. Lost [View Full Entry]

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Well we've been here a week now and gradually getting our feet under the table. At first we didn't really know where we lived. I know that's a strange thing to say, but we were driven out the first time by the Estate Agent, to this and another couple of properties. So, not knowing the area we had to ask for directions and it took us until the third time to drive straight here, without making a wrong turn. We both had a less than fully healthy week. The journey from Kos through Turkey, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, then in [View Full Entry]

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