loving it all so far so friendly

chriswife


Joined: 30/03/2011
Posts: 449

Message Posted:
28/07/2011 22:47

well after all the asks on here finally made it what a beautiful place we feel very lucky to be here.

Glasbury


Joined: 13/08/2010
Posts: 268

Message Posted:
28/07/2011 22:52

chriswife - well done to you hope you continue to enjoy. Best wishes.

chriswife


Joined: 30/03/2011
Posts: 449

Message Posted:
28/07/2011 23:31

thankyou once work starts will really bed in but what a lovely hols so far.

Quarmby


Joined: 15/09/2008
Posts: 975

Message Posted:
29/07/2011 00:26

Yes, you will be on holiday for at least 18 months, then reality sets in. Hope all goes well.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
29/07/2011 00:54

Good luck, you will soon settle into it all, enjoy the honeymoon period, you worked hard for that. x

chriswife


Joined: 30/03/2011
Posts: 449

Message Posted:
29/07/2011 18:44

leaving uk was hard esp getting all worldy good into 3 holdalls aaargh. Thankyou all.

brother



Joined: 29/01/2010
Posts: 446

Message Posted:
29/07/2011 19:00

I wish you well. I hope you will find time to explore and learn more about the place as time goes on.

Jetski


Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 584

Message Posted:
29/07/2011 19:47

Fawkes- this is a wonderful place. It doesn't take long to get used to having the odd 100TL note hanging around in your driving licence pocket..it won't be there for long. And one must always remember that the locals are the best and most courteous drivers in the world.

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
29/07/2011 21:05

Fawkes;



are you sure you live here?



If it's that bad why do you do so?

chriswife


Joined: 30/03/2011
Posts: 449

Message Posted:
29/07/2011 21:14

lovely sunset this evening but I am so hot!! just found a spot in the library by a window and got a nice breeze wonderful.

philbailey


Joined: 17/01/2011
Posts: 3533

Message Posted:
30/07/2011 01:59

Is Fawkes, Anthony Davy?

chriswife


Joined: 30/03/2011
Posts: 449

Message Posted:
04/08/2011 20:28

aw got a lttile homesick today fror my doggies and some rain then realised it was heat stroke!!! skyped mum and she moaned about uk news etc to me feel a lot better now.

philbailey


Joined: 17/01/2011
Posts: 3533

Message Posted:
04/08/2011 20:34

How long you been there ?

Quarmby


Joined: 15/09/2008
Posts: 975

Message Posted:
04/08/2011 20:43

philbailey



very obviously not very long!

Redwine


Joined: 15/01/2009
Posts: 565

Message Posted:
04/08/2011 21:52

Don't know why some you live here. This is a great place. Ok a few scams but you get scammed in uk as well. Go home if you don't like all you do is moan.

Good luck chriswife you will enjoy and get used to the heat. Winters great here - apart from the odd "shower"!!!

suzi1951


Joined: 14/02/2010
Posts: 191

Message Posted:
04/08/2011 22:59

Chriswife, welcome and good luck. I have been here a year and love it. Of course there are things that do not go to plan, but that happens anywhere. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!

Becky123


Joined: 01/06/2011
Posts: 144

Message Posted:
05/08/2011 00:27

Hi Chriswife, sounds like yr settling in well - we move out on monday 8thfrom the UK ! and also trying to pack all our belongings into 4 cases - really not easy arrrgh! which area are you living in? Becky x

Visitor


Joined: 19/08/2010
Posts: 492

Message Posted:
05/08/2011 08:56

Enjoy



Policy: Ignore the grumpy old men brigade!

chriswife


Joined: 30/03/2011
Posts: 449

Message Posted:
06/08/2011 21:03

catalkoy becky

thanks guys went to kaplica lovely scenery boo hiss to litterbugs

xx

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
06/08/2011 21:23

msg20 "Boo Hiss to litter Bugs"...Ah, you are getting a feel for the TRNC then? Try looking for the Hypodermic Needles on almost every Beach,Hospital waste from Syria I am told.

chriswife


Joined: 30/03/2011
Posts: 449

Message Posted:
13/08/2011 14:15

it is a disgrace boo hiss syria.

too many pluses for the minuses for us so far.

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
13/08/2011 14:20

Early Days...

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
13/08/2011 14:21

very envious of you chriswife, you have done what I want to do, but havent had the courage to do so far..........all the best to you and your family........x

flowerfairy


Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 1277

Message Posted:
13/08/2011 14:46

Chriswife, good for you. We've been here for four years, and haven't regretted our move for one nano second.The only thing i don't like doing is going to bed. The skies are so wonderful at night, and the sunrise is amazing.

Shrimp, if you do your homework, and don't leave your brains on the plane, life can be great here.

We now wished we'd made the move a few years ago.

As for the 'moaners', Ercan is that way -------->

cocobutik


Joined: 02/05/2011
Posts: 188

Message Posted:
13/08/2011 14:47

Msg 16 - Redwine. I agree with you totally. If the UK ws so wonderful why did some of these moaners leave it in the first place.



Chriswife and any others that have just moved here or are planning to... I was born in London to Turkish Cyproit parents, born in Limassol.



(Yes we had land and property on the south of the island too, beleive it or not. We were not all living in tents like the Greeks like to say so.)



I have come and gone to Cyprus all my life. I have since moved out here permanently and it was the best decision I have ever made. Every place has its good and bad points. this is the rule od the world.



Considering we are not recognised by anyone as a country, I would say that the TRNC is not doing as badly as some may wish



Welcome to KKTC

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
13/08/2011 15:51

chriswife.

Life is what you make it !! Enjoy.

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
13/08/2011 16:26

msg26 " TRNC is not doing as badly as some may wish"



No ,at least not at first sight, but take out of the equation the Turkish hand outs,and you get a clearer picture..

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
13/08/2011 17:54

I don't know how 'NegativeNick' has been able to restrain himself from not commenting - it's taking me all my time!!!

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
13/08/2011 17:58

Tenakoutou - can only assume "NN" is busy with other things - and I know exactly what you mean

chriswife


Joined: 30/03/2011
Posts: 449

Message Posted:
15/08/2011 00:19

thankyou for the lovely comments here, it is very scary to do but sooooooo worth it done a month and feeling more settled now. made some lovely friends and not had one local cross word we have got 15 words in turkish down and feel encouraged to have a go(not like my spanish experiences) we can see the sea from home and using the pool to get trim. in the uk we joined the gym cost a bomb then never went hahaha. life is never black and white there are always shades of grey to say uk rubbish trnc great is daft we miss stuff(primark and cheaper meat) but are also still enthralled with the mountains and the sunshine again heat we soemtimes could do without. long may the love affair continue and for those that stay when it ends life is too short subject to externalities.XX

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
15/08/2011 00:33

just enjoy your new life love, its what you make it. Its beautiful a wonderful place when you can see the mountains and sea, enjoy every minute xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

misunderstood


Joined: 08/04/2011
Posts: 1004

Message Posted:
15/08/2011 11:28

May your rose coloured spectacles never loose their rosy hue/ May life treat you as you deserve to be treated/may all your troubles be little ones/may fate prevent you from ever buying here/



Despite all that has been thrown at us here, we still love the place/



Love the sinner = hate the sin/ although with Akfinans abd Akan Kursat = I make the exception.

cyprusLulz


Joined: 01/08/2011
Posts: 113

Message Posted:
15/08/2011 11:35

chriswife



Enjoy your life here there are some really nice people but also some sad spiteful gits.



Live life to the full each day it is so easily snatched away from us at the most unexpected time.

dinner-dave


Joined: 14/08/2011
Posts: 48

Message Posted:
15/08/2011 11:55

message 27, if the trnc were a public company the shareholders would go stark raving bonkers about it was being run.

chriswife


Joined: 30/03/2011
Posts: 449

Message Posted:
02/09/2011 00:07

hi again well just been through a week of hell with some bug or other laid up head and body aches and dodgy tum got pretty depressed and was hating the heat,,,,,,,,,,,,,,however some fab friends helped me pull through and my lovely hubby now on the mend and have ventured into the pool again was horrible being ill in foreign place but its out of the way now. neighbours fab and thought it may be sand fly fever???xx

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
02/09/2011 00:20

Chriswife,



Sorry to hear you have been ill but don't ever feel that there is no support. We as UK nurses are here to help, support and guide you to the appropriate Doctor, we are only a phone call away. 0533 884 5621



Sounds exactly like sandfly fever but then again everyone's symptoms are different.



Chris