Archive for February, 2010
North Cyprus Life – Market Days
Posted under Cyprus Life, Living in North Cyprus, North Cyprus on Thursday, 18 February 2010 by Lavinia Neville Smith
All the major towns, Kyrenia, Famagusta, Iskele and Guzelyurt have their open markets on different days of the week. The big covered market in Nicosia is open every day except Sunday and sells the same variety of produce with a few added extras.
The markets of the TRNC are not like the large...
North Cyprus Life – The British Residents Society
Posted under Cyprus Life, Living in North Cyprus, North Cyprus on Thursday, 18 February 2010 by Lavinia Neville Smith
Formed in 1975, Just after the creation of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the British Residents Society (BRS) was established for British Nationals who had chosen to make the TRNC their home either in permanent retirement or as swallows who come and go with the seasons.
Many of the...
North Cyprus Life – Recycling
Posted under Cyprus Life, Living in North Cyprus, North Cyprus on Monday, 15 February 2010 by Lavinia Neville Smith
This is a generally light-hearted look at what is essentially a big social and environmental issue. The subject of rubbish strewn across the landscape and dumped in huge landfill sites is a constant topic of conversation among visitors to North Cyprus. It is not as yet an issue that the Government...
North Cyprus Life – Banking
Posted under Cyprus Life, Living in North Cyprus, North Cyprus on Monday, 15 February 2010 by Lavinia Neville Smith
It has always been said that the French invented bureaucracy, so that may be, but to us who live here it seems that the Cypriots who have taken it to a stratospheric level! We have all encountered unwieldy working methods in civil service departments whilst living in Cyprus, and there is nothing...
North Cyprus Life – Spring-time !
Posted under Living in North Cyprus, North Cyprus, To Do & See, Tourism on Monday, 15 February 2010 by Lavinia Neville Smith
It is self-evident that Spring-time has come very early this year. A wet and warm December gave a false message that the cold weather was over. As January began, so little shoots of green started to appear on the trees and shrubs. Leaves and vestigial fruits burst forth on the mulberry trees, the...
North Cyprus KAR – Kyrenia Animal Rescue
Posted under North Cyprus, North Cyprus Charities on Monday, 15 February 2010 by Lavinia Neville Smith
Kyrenia Animal Rescue (KAR)
There are several high profile charities in North Cyprus, the most prominent being The North Cyprus Cancer Charity Trust; The SOS Children’s Home, and The Kyrenia Animal Rescue. There are many others, no less deserving of mention and all of them rely entirely on the...
