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Our friendly pharmacist

Linda and Charmaine went through our haphazard and somewhat out of date medical supplies to see what we needed to replace.  They dropped the list off at the local pharmacy Sakiner Eczanesi and today we went to collect it.  The pharmacist, Erdoğan Sa…

Thank you to our friends in Kibris (Cyprus)

This email is really for our friends in Cyprus and I hope if it goes into the Internet they will somehow see it.  I am madly trying to find a way to share it here but at least if it is on our website some people will see it.  We are rushing t…

Waiting…

It seems to me a whole lot of time I am waiting for something. Presently, I am waiting for the 1st of May, when the season starts at the New York Canal System and the locks open up so that we can start transiting the 35 locks of the canal system which…

Passover

  So we raced back from Nicosia and grocery shopping and had Passover dinner on Eve’s catamaran.  Here’s the story.
Ru
Passover on Eve’s Catamaran Karpaz Gate Marina

There were no Haggadah, matzos and no bitter herbs, but ther…

Nicosia Part 2

  I am learning more about Nicosia with each email.  I’ve one more after this one to complete the story.
Ru
Happy 100 Fenway Park!
Nicosia Part 2
While Selin was explaining to us about the cocoon art I noticed this scene down the stree…

Happenings on the Hudson

Heading north to Canada I do not really define as cruising, not at this time of year, anyway. It is an enjoyable motor trip nevertheless with lots to see. We are now traveling on the Hudson River. It is 300+ miles long and flows from north to south th…

Nicosia tour part 1 mostly crafts and food!

On Friday April 6th we drove off to Nicosia for the free two hour tour. Today is April 18th so what I remember of the tour are the bits and pieces interesting to me. We had a wonderful tour guide who’d had to explain everything twice, once in Turkish…

Deks Walk # 13

  It was April 5th when we did this walk which now seems ages ago.  Time is just flying too fast!
Ru
DEKS Walk # 13
Walk # 13 was not only a walk along the coast, but also a walk back in time for Denise and Deena. As a teenager, Deena had gon…

DEKS dinner part 2

Charmaine and Linda on the dance floor.

I couldn’t get Randal onto the dance floor, but sitting them out was ok too.

Jill and Denise Margaret, Donkey Dave, Denise, and Kip

Denise cooks, teaches Turkish, leads walks, and SHE CAN DANCE!

Sue and Ju…

Buyukkonuk continued

Part 2 completes our day in Büyükkonuk.
Ru
After lunch we went to the Children’s Park named for Alikko and Caher famous radio personalities from Büyükkonuk who set their sketches in Büyükkonuk village.

Alikko and Caher are described as the Cyp…