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Friday’s Adventure

Today we all joined Sharman and Sophie for an 8 am 3 hour hill walk. It was another beautiful day with more bird spotting and lots of wild flowers. This afternoon we’re catching up on rest and reading and a few boat chores. Tomorrow we’ll h…

Deks Walks and Charmaine and Linda arrive

  I am really tired!  We’ve had three great days with our Canadian pals who arrived 1 am Wednesday morning.  I’m just about asleep but want to get this off or I’ll never catch up as every day is another adventure!
Ru
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Why Learn Turkish?

   We were having such lovely bahar havası (spring weather) and then Tuesday winter returned.  Today it can’t decide but as there was no rain, just wind and sun, I joined Sharman and Sophie for a morning walk through the hills.&#1…

The Tulips!

  My sister emailed me commenting on the Avtepe festival saying she was looking forward to the tulip photos!  My mind must be going….I forgot the tulip photos in an email about the Tulip Festival.  Good Grief!  So here are the…

Avtepe Tulip Festival part 2 of 3 emails of our adventures with Heidi and Kalle

  March 24, 2012 (Time to Spring Forward at 4 am)
Randal and I have had some busy days lately.  We are getting the boat shipshape for our friends Charmaine and Linda who will arrive Tuesday evening from Canada.  Late in April or early Ma…

Karpaz Peninsular and the Avtepe Tulip Festival with Heidi and Kalle March 17th and 18th 2012 Part 1

  I am hoping to get this off before we leave the boat this morning for our Thursday Deks Walk.  It is beautiful here in Cyprus!  I have another email to write about the Tulip Festival and will also give the link to what Heidi has writte…

Deks Walk # 10

  Cyprus is beautiful this time of year with more and more wild flowers blooming.  Our friends Heidi and Kalle are coming this weekend and we will travel down the peninsula to the tip of North Cyprus.  Randal and I went by motorbike in A…

Walking Adventures

Here are two more walking stories.
Ru
Walking Adventures
When I go walking with Sharman, I never know where we’ll go. I just follow along and trust she knows where we’re going. Sharman has studied the area on Google Earth and pays attention when w…

The Yildiz family

   Tuesday morning we had coffee in Sipahi with another Yildiz family. As usual we didn’t know that would happen, but we are finding how much we enjoy the experiences. Randal and I had joined Sharman and Sophie for a walk along the coast an…

Deks walk to the Oasis

    Today is the calm before the storm.  The weather is perfect; lots of sun and no wind.  It’s T-shirt weather, almost.  Monday’s weather forecast is iffy which will make the Monday market messy if we even get…