miltiades wrote:My daughter was born in London, her mother English. Came to Cyprus 26 years ago, wouldn't change it for all the tea in China. My late wife, as English as a cup of tea, fell in love with Cyprus so much so that Cyprus was her chosen resting place.
My son , still in the UK , would love to come here permanetly, his work, music promoter, restricts him right now but has expressed his dream to come here permanetly. He speaks no Greek but knows..Malaka !!!
If your children came to Australia and were allowed to stay, you will never see them in Cyprus again. Why? Well our schools are fantastic and well appointed with state of the art music halls, theaters, gyms, and education is now in the technological stage here in Australia. 5 year olds are learning to use tech. We have parks. The most expensive and high tech hospital in the world is in Australia (Adelaide). Transportation and infrastructure is second to none. Little Johnny can play Soccer on a grass football pitch. We are already testing driver-less cars in Australia and Elon Musk loves the place and is investing Billions in Adelaide. I can go on.
Yes, Brits move to Cyprus. Would an Aussie move to Cyprus? No, because no reason to.
Just 2 weeks ago I met another Rhodesian Cypriot family. They were lovely. Farmers from Zimbabwe!
They lost their farm to that Mugabe thief who dispossessed all the whites of their immovable property. They moved to Cyprus, with all they had - 400K Euro in Laiki. Lost everything and were left with 100K Euro.
And applied to migrate to Australia and were accepted as migrants. Which means eventual citizenship.
So basically done over by 2 shit tin-pots - Zimbabwe and Cyprus. I call Cyprus a tinpot because with stuff like this that is exactly what Cyprus is and in EXACTLY the same league as other tin-pots like Zimbabwe, and now migrated to Australia to start over with their young Son.
So no, Cyprus is no frigging Paradise ok! Ask this guy if he is going to move to Cyprus. He said he never wants to step foot in that shit hole again, same as Zimbabwe.
So which country wins? Australia wins because they adopted a beautiful Cypriot Family yet again, who will now become Australians.
Don't get me wrong. I like Cyprus. But the only thing that keeps me coming are a handful of people - family. I am losing my connection to the place year on year. If it wasn't for these people, I probably would never go to Cyprus again.
As a family, we lost over 2 million Euros in that shit hole too, and that does my head in. Every-time I step foot on that island I start getting Vietnam War flashbacks (quite an achievement that) and something happens to me psychologically and not in a positive way. I actually want to sell everything up from that place. My wife sees the transformation in Cyprus and by day 3 can't wait to ship me out on the next flight to Greece. Either that, or there is blood on the walls. When I'm walking on that Aegean flight to Athens, you can't wipe the grin off my face. I feel more at home in Greece now.