Saturday 3rd October 2015

Bargains – Monarch Cheap Flights | £29.99 | monarch.co.uk & The Toy Shop Discount Code | 50% off | thetoyshop.com &Photobox Offer Code | 50% off | photobox.co.uk & Bhs Discount Code | 60% off | Free Delivery | bhs.co.uk &Bargain Crazy Discount Code | 90% off | bargaincrazy.com & Flowers For £10 | Free Delivery | Blossoming Gifts Discount

I went to Atakara quite early to buy some olive bread and also Cyprus Today. A waste of 5tl for the paper, there was little of interest in there. The assistant at the till asked me for 12tl and again didn’t ring it up in the till. She was always doing this but then who am I to care any more?

I forgot to mention yesterday that a “sleeping policeman” has been fitted across the road just before you get to Incesu. I laughed so much as I drove over it, the guy who lived in the house next to it laughed too and shrugged his shoulders!  I don’t think that is going to contribute much to the country’s road safety as you have to slow down for the bend anyway. In any case all of our road is a total mess. They have dug it up to lay the water pipes and then just covered it over. I’m glad I am driving a hire car! The bottom of our drive is horrendous too, they have even dug up a couple of the reinforcing metal strips we paid to have put into the drive. They have dug up the gardens I have put down by the road and what they don’t realise is where they have dug is our land.

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Steve and George came to look at my car. It has been standing for nearly a  year because to claim my no claims in the UK, my insurance had to be cancelled here. A very sad day for me when my good old Renault 9 departed. George has just passed his test and wanted a first car. I hope it serves you as well George as it has done me. I think he may take the pink dice down and change the pink flowered seat covers. Sad to see it go. I think that is the longest I have ever had a car….ten years.

Margaretha came round and so we went out to lunch together but we couldn’t decide where and it was suggested Blue Song and so that is where we went, yes we went there last night too. Kerim did do a double take when we walked in!

We have acquired a cat! It may be the black cat we used to feed but there are so many here because the Russian lady opposite won’t have her cats neutered. This one has been trying to get in the house and then sits with us under the terrace and tries to nibble our toes!

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Thought for the Day – “Live for each moment. Today well lived makes every yesterday a memory of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.” ~ Kalidasa

Friday 2nd October 2015

Bargains – Cotton Traders Discount Code | 50% off | cottontraders.com & The Toy Shop Discount Code | 50% off | thetoyshop.com & Premier Inn Discount Code | £29 per room | premierinn.com & Debenhams Flowers Discount Code | Bunch of Flowers | £5 off & La Redoute Discount Code | 40% off | laredoute.co.uk & Tesco Discount Codes | £15 off | tesco.com

We went to see David and Kenny in the morning. Davids’ sisters are over from Scotland. They have had an awful summer in Scotland and now they are here, it seems the weather is really good back home. I hope they enjoy their holiday. It was lovely to see David and Kenny and also to see Jekka and Loppi after all this time.

It also seems as though they are temporarily looking after another two lots of kittens!

On their recommendation we went to Blue Song in the evening. Yes, it has gone more up market since the last time we visited. The menu has improved and their steaks are excellent. It is often hard to find a good steak on the island. Not that I had one, The price was around 35tl for most of the steaks. Mal said it was good. It’s a nice setting too. Not a good brandy sour but Mal’s Irish coffee was evidently full of alcohol!

Blue Song
Blue Song

 

Thought for the Day – “Use your voice for kindness, your ears for compassion, your hands for charity, your mind for truth and your heart for love.”

Thursday 1st October 2015

Bargains – Boots Discount Codes | 50% off | boots.com & Debenhams Discount Code | 70% off & Thorntons Voucher Codes | 50% off | thorntons.co.uk & Warner Leisure Hotels Special Offers 2015 | 50% Discount & Cheap Experience Days Sale – 50% off Sale & Wallis Discount Code | 60% off | wallis.co.uk

More cleaning, not so bad after a  day off yesterday. Just before lunch Steve and Huseyin came to view the property as they are going to market it for us.  I also mentioned the car to Steve in case he knows anyone who is interested in buying a cheap run around. It seems such a waste for it to just sit there when it still has a years MOT on it.

It was a bit of a cloudy dull day so no hassle being indoors cleaning.  I may have a buyer for my car. They will let us know by Sunday.

I read this on the internet, let’s hope it went well for him…………..

“It was today that the owner, of Club Güzelyali had to go to court to fight to keep his beach bar. He’s only had it standing there for 25 years!, and could stand to lose it if the local government win their claim that it has no legal right to have been put up…. In spite of him holding building rights!
Good luck in your case to keep what is a gorgeous spot with natural surrounds. “

I am speechless!

In the evening we went to my favourite Restaurant, Charcos. The prices have gone up but it is still very good value as the starter, dessert, coffee and brandy are all included in the price of the main course. Cristina makes you very welcome and the ambiance of the place is lovely, just like it used to be in the old days when we first came to the island! I love Cristina’s art work.

Charcos, Lapta
Charcos, Lapta

If anyone reading my blog hasn’t visited and would like to know how to get there, contact me and I can give you directions as it is not the easiest place to find but well worth the effort!

Thought for the Day – “What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” ~ Joseph Addison