Where would you like to live ???

Yinglis


Joined: 13/10/2008
Posts: 290

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 20:15

After reading quite a few negative posts about buying / living in TRNC I would like to ask " where on earth would you rather be " ( apart from UK ) ?

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 20:21

without a doubt italy.

Nastynipper


Joined: 08/06/2008
Posts: 171

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 20:40

Barbados sunny lane ....not an unwin in sight.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 20:42

Observatory, Cape Town!



DD

Mrwilson



Joined: 31/10/2008
Posts: 470

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 20:48

Phi Phi Thailand.

kellybelly


Joined: 08/03/2009
Posts: 263

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 20:57

Thats a question i keep asking myself,cos quite often wherever i am i want to be somewhere else.Is that just human nature.?

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 21:26

Turkey in Yalikavak or Cesme.

kellybelly


Joined: 08/03/2009
Posts: 263

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 21:31

Yingis,further to my post 6.



Comment allez-vous ce soir, i believe is the term from your neck of the woods.I spent 9 years, 15-20 weeks a year sunning and drinking le biere grand in vias, bezier.would be quite happy doing the same anywhere where the people are nice, the weather good and beer cheap.ooops thats cyprus.

regards pete

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 21:33

Bermuda...

kenny



Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 405

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 21:46

why, '' apart from uk '' ?



north west coast of Scotland for me.

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 21:52

Next door to macha.



Park the family caravan next door and let the 12 kids play in his garden whilst I'm out collecting rubbish from sites.

kevnmax


Joined: 05/08/2008
Posts: 105

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 21:59

Quite happy with Shepherds Bush and Karsiyaka

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 22:13

my heart belongs to Musselburgh..bonny place.

















spider

the butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 22:24

Hi kevnmax,



Although I hail from the North East, I actually live very close to Shepherds Bush.

W14 It's a small world.





The Butlers wife

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 23:07

prestonpans , naw arapkoy really//

karakum5c



Joined: 18/03/2008
Posts: 1021

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 23:31

Fiji --- in Captain Cooks time, all grass skirts and no coconuts !

Macha


Joined: 18/01/2009
Posts: 650

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 23:36

Spider msg 13,



Then yir a jiner no' a carpenter, fir fuxxake.

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 23:48

kissing first love,in Musselburgh park,,in the days of,..when they called it puppy love...got what a terrible song that was...Abalady beach..

the smell of the steam trains,,them good old days..













spider,

berkeh2001


Joined: 28/02/2009
Posts: 455

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 00:20

some where there is peace and no stress lol

blinky



Joined: 07/12/2008
Posts: 187

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 00:38

anywhere with my family enjoying life......

ian444


Joined: 14/01/2009
Posts: 71

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 00:47

Ok I live in the English Lake District and am biased because I think its one of the best places on earth. Scenery, mountains (you can climb in a day), country pubs, historic towns, glorious lakes and fantastic people.



But apart from here, Brisbane great city perfect climate, Sri Lanka near Galle fort a house on the beach temperature 29 - 30oC every day of the year. New Zealand in the Summer Mountains to climb, and a city break in Hongkong.



Of course in May the Scottish Highlands Applecross walking on the beach looking at the mountains of Skye

Amber


Joined: 26/09/2008
Posts: 561

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 11:34

If can't choose England,it would have to be New England.... Cape Cod

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 12:47

a desert island with peace and quiet.

CarrieRBag



Joined: 23/12/2008
Posts: 1374

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 13:11

Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 13:19

Florida for me.

Quarmby


Joined: 15/09/2008
Posts: 975

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 14:50

ian444

don't mind me asking whereabouts in the Lake District do you live. I used to live in Ambleside. Love to go back there but I think a tad expensive now.

ian444


Joined: 14/01/2009
Posts: 71

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 16:31

Hi Quarmby



South lakes

We live near Bowland Bridge, which is about 3 miles from Windermere and 5 miles from Grange over sands, and Kendal. Very quite (boring my sons would say) nice pub.



Often in ambleside the dog loves loughrigg fell, lots of tourists of course some days half of Japan sees to be there. But it has that timeless quality, the grey stone terrace houses under shadow of the mighty Fairfield horseshoe and always that something about it, a buzz. Lots of smart shops and restaurants now.



You’re right it’s expensive even with property prices dropping nothing really under £225,000. Hard for local first time buyers.

Quarmby


Joined: 15/09/2008
Posts: 975

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 17:00

ian444

thanks for that, before I came to the TRNC I was living in Silverdale a really beautiful place and a good place to live. It was interesting when we lived there the salt flats at Silverdale were about 150 metres to the sea or should I say to the river Kent estuary and when we left they had shrunk to about 50 metres. I was told that this happens about every 100 years and the flats end up at Grange over sands, has this happened ?

flowerfairy


Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 1277

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 17:04

Well, aren't I the lucky one, I'm where I want to be..........

Lovely Lapta

ian444


Joined: 14/01/2009
Posts: 71

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 17:45

Quarmby

Can only agree, beautiful spot you were lucky to live there, many happy hours spent walking on the shore or picnicking at Jenny Browns point.



No expert on the sands scared stiff of them to be honest, ever since I saw a young man get stuck maybe 10m of the end of the pier at arnside 10 fireman took 4 hours to get him out, with the tide coming in fast and the water up to his waist. I believe though that as the Kent switches its course so do the sands. There was a story recently on the local news about a farmer at sandside who had lost 150acres of salt marsh ( very valuable as sheep grazing ) to the sea. He was philosophical about it saying that one of his neighbours would benefit as there land increases.

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 19:29

I would love to live on the beautiful Italian island of Ischia. Had a fantastic holiday there a few years ago in a wonderful villa right on the sea. The food is sublime.

Hector


Joined: 26/08/2008
Posts: 2352

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 19:38

I rather fancy living full time on a cruise ship. Permanent floating hotel.

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 21:01

Message 13, What the honest toun,, now thats a lie..........

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 21:15

Hector - I'm with you on this one. Just disembark when you fancy it. Waited on hand and foot, nothing too much trouble. Yes - would definitely suit me down to the ground!!



J



PS Just off out to buy a lottery ticket.

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 21:19

jock1, Dinny start,ya ken,wat om onabooot, xx

















spider,x

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 21:22

msg 33 , hi jock1 ,not many on here will know what that means , maybe 3 lol.

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 21:54

Hector. FULL TIME CRUISE.

Instead of a nursing home book on a cruise.

As many meals a day if you can waddle to the restaraunt or have room service which means you can have breakfast in bed every day of the week.

Three swimming pools, workout room, free washers & dryers and shows every night.

Free toothpaste, razors soap & shampoo.

They treat you like a customer & not a patient.

You will get to meet new people every 7 -14 days.

T.V broken? Light bulb needs changing? need to have the mattress replaced? no problem they fix everything and apologise for your inconvenience.

Clean sheets & towels every day, you don't have to ask for them.

If you fall in a nursing home and beak your hip you are on Medicare, if you fall & break your hip on board they will upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life.

Don't look for me in a nursing home.

P.S. and don't forget when you die, they just dump you over the side at no charge.

vikingqueen



Joined: 07/02/2009
Posts: 241

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 21:59

Yesil Kosk for sure!!

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 22:10

Well If I could not live in the TRNC anymore then It would be South Africa, down on the Garden Route.