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[Kikapu]

I can't believe the number of people spend so much time on their Mobiles, that we are forced to listen to their stupid conversations. Those that need it for business, fair enough, but for the remaining 99.9%, they are just causing "noise pollution".

Glad not everyone thinks like this, or I'd be out of a job!!

Pete

So, you're a Cell, Mobile, Handy, Cep Telephone pusher.

Not sure which is more addicted, Drugs or Mobiles.

[Pete_D]

So, you're a Cell, Mobile, Handy, Cep Telephone pusher.

Not sure which is more addicted, Drugs or Mobiles.

No, I just help make them. Which I suppose would make me the equivalent of an Afghan poppy grower, if you are comparing to narcotics?

[Kikapu]

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a 3 hours journey is not that much....it is a time span that it is offered for a one-day trip. since i was never in switzerland, i could even come to zürich

dann musst aber die Rolle des Reiseführers übernehmen

If you come to Zurich, which is a lovely city, lunch will be on me. One can easily spend few hours wondering around the lake and the old town.

[Kikapu]

I was thinking the last couple of days, of doing something a little out of the ordinary, while I'm visiting my Birth Country of Cyprus, so once again, I will need your help.

In 1977, during the Queens Jubilee, I had a chance to talk with her for a very brief moment, as she and the rest of her family were walking outside the walls of Windsor Castle.

In 1982, I had a brief conversation with Elton John at San Francisco airport , before he was knighted "Sir".

In 1992, I had a long conversation with Elvis, in Las Vegas.??? OK, so he was only a Elvis impersonator, but felt real at the time.

In April this year, it will be 43 years, since leaving Cyprus, and never to have returned, thanks to the Cyprus Conflict. I may be one of very few people who have been gone from Cyprus that long, because of the conflicts, so I really feel like, someone should hear some of my complaints, so the two people that came to my mind are:

President Papadopoulos of the RoC and President Talat of TRNC. I think these two leaders owe me , as a citizen of Cyprus, some explanation, as to why my country has not returned to being "normal" yet.

I will need from you, particularly from Lana, Kifeas, Viewpoint, Sotos, Reportfromcyprus and others, an accurate addresses, so that I can send them a letter or a email, asking them to meet with me while I'm visiting the island in April. If they are not COWARDS as to meet with me, and they will agree to it, I will ask you again later, for your inputs.

Let's see which one of the two leaders will use their heads , to invite me to meet with them first. There may be some "Political Mileage" to be gained here.

So please, I need those addresses to these leaders.

Thanks.

Just to clarify something here. I need the members to help me to get accurate addresses to the Presidents Papadopoulos and Talat, so that I can mail them letters. I don't need members addresses, in case it was not very clear to you.

Thanks again.

[BirKibrisli]

I was thinking the last couple of days, of doing something a little out of the ordinary, while I'm visiting my Birth Country of Cyprus, so once again, I will need your help.

In 1977, during the Queens Jubilee, I had a chance to talk with her for a very brief moment, as she and the rest of her family were walking outside the walls of Windsor Castle.

In 1982, I had a brief conversation with Elton John at San Francisco airport , before he was knighted "Sir".

In 1992, I had a long conversation with Elvis, in Las Vegas.??? OK, so he was only a Elvis impersonator, but felt real at the time.

In April this year, it will be 43 years, since leaving Cyprus, and never to have returned, thanks to the Cyprus Conflict. I may be one of very few people who have been gone from Cyprus that long, because of the conflicts, so I really feel like, someone should hear some of my complaints, so the two people that came to my mind are:

President Papadopoulos of the RoC and President Talat of TRNC. I think these two leaders owe me , as a citizen of Cyprus, some explanation, as to why my country has not returned to being "normal" yet.

I will need from you, particularly from Lana, Kifeas, Viewpoint, Sotos, Reportfromcyprus and others, an accurate addresses, so that I can send them a letter or a email, asking them to meet with me while I'm visiting the island in April. If they are not COWARDS as to meet with me, and they will agree to it, I will ask you again later, for your inputs.

Let's see which one of the two leaders will use their heads , to invite me to meet with them first. There may be some "Political Mileage" to be gained here.

So please, I need those addresses to these leaders.

Thanks.

Just to clarify something here. I need the members to help me to get accurate addresses to the Presidents Papadopoulos and Talat, so that I can mail them letters. I don't need members addresses, in case it was not very clear to you.

Thanks again.

In a former life I was a TV producer,Kikapu.
What a pity we haven't coordinated this a little bit better.
A documentary on your homecoming,together with your meeting with Tpapa and Talat would've been just the medicine to bring a state of reality into most Cypriots...Do us all a favour and buy yourself a digital camera,and record as much of your trip as possible. maybe we could turn it into a doco one day. And there is nothing like the presence of TV cameras to make the politicians want to come out to play.If you write your letters,tell them you intend to make a documentary to be broadcast on Foxtel or Skychannel or something,they might even pay for your accomodation costs....

[BirKibrisli]

I will be honoured to serve with such senior citizens such as Kikapu and Birkibrisly on one condition. Red wine in winter white in the summer and beer in between since Im diabetic I would need time off to fight the sugar concentration in the body.

I know just the right diet for you,miltiades.
I've been on the GI diet for some time now,and though my sugar levels have not behaved themselves any better,I can drink all the wine and beer I want without putting on weight.
We just have to change your name to Mehmet and call you ASSOS...The TRNC military will never be the same after us...

[cypezokyli]

If you come to Zurich, which is a lovely city, lunch will be on me. One can easily spend few hours wondering around the lake and the old town.

offer accepted

why dont you set a date ? i believe i am free for most of the coming w-ends

[Kikapu]

If you come to Zurich, which is a lovely city, lunch will be on me. One can easily spend few hours wondering around the lake and the old town.

offer accepted

why dont you set a date ? i believe i am free for most of the coming w-ends

Good. I'll PM you with some dates tomorrow, then we can arrange something soon.

[Anne Elgar]

Hi,

Glad to know you're returning after 43 years. You will certainly be surprised by the changes over here. We've been here for five years, having retired from the UK, and, even in that short time, we notice big changes.

First of all, I don't know where you are coming from, but do you actually need a RoC passport? Do you have a European one, as that is all that is needed? If you do, that will also get you through to the TC area, if you want to visit.

Now, as to where is the best place or places to stay, the road system is so good that you could actually stay in, say, Limassol, and be able to reach both ends of the island easily in a few hours. There is now a motorway which links Paphos - Limassol - Larnace - Nicosia. It's a lovely quiet motorway too, so you don't have traffic jams to worry about.

I don't think you will find any motels on the island, so small hotels are probably your best bet. It is compulsory for hotels to display their tariff, so you won't be ripped off, not that that's likely to happen in Cyprus anyway!

Shops, etc, do not normally accept other currency, but it is very easy to exchange your euros, etc, for local currency, either at the airport or at any bank.

You need have no worries about the language. Just about everybody on the island speaks fluent English (and often French, Italian and German). The only exception may be some of the more elderly locals, but even then, they've usually got children or grandchildren who are only too pleased to show off their knowledge of English.

There seems to be no hard and fast rule re tipping - we do leave a small tip in restaurants, etc, but that's all.

Afraid I can't help you re lawyer's fees.

Hope you enjoy your trip here - it's a lovely island.

[Kikapu]

Hi,

Glad to know you're returning after 43 years.

Hope you enjoy your trip here - it's a lovely island.

Hi Anne Elgar,

Thank you for making your first posting on the Cyprus Forum, to try and help me in anyway you can, to make my trip to Cyprus a pleasant one.

Since you're new to the forum, obviously you don't know who is who yet, but hang around for a while, and you will.

I was born in Cyprus, and the whole family left for England in the mid 60's when the civil strife began in 1963. So, I'm actually going HOME for the first time in 43 years. I do hold a British Passport, so that will not be a problem, as far as getting around the island.

I hope to post a short journal when I return back to Switzerland from Cyprus, at the end of April, to share with those who may be interested, how the trip went. I'm sure it will please some members on the forum, and disappoint others, which ever way the trip goes.!!

Once again, thank you for the information that you have provided.