I’m just watching our Israeli friend Eve pull her catamaran up to the security dock.  A bit of our North Cyprus life come to Israel.  With this email I am saying a last good-bye for now to our past Cyprus adventures.  Maybe in the future we will have more.  Never say never.  Thanks to everyone who made it such a wonderful visit for us.

Ru

Kaleburnu walk and lunch

Purple thistle and sheep…two of my favorite things.

Randal pose….

We were passed by a huge herd of sheep and a tiny donkey carrying a large man.

Kral Tepe Restaurant where we had melt in your mouth stone oven cooked lamb and potatoes. It tasted like my mom’s pot roast! We had salad, wonderful bread and home made yogurt. Even after our long walk we still couldn’t eat all of the food. Not by a long shot. We also had a lovely chat with the owner/chef Ayşe Gül who wanted to practice her English. In another life she would have been a teacher or writer, she was still so interested in learning and maintaining her English skills.

Sipahi Hill walking

Kumyali walk

More sheep…which were the most interesting part of the walk and it was just when we started.

Lighthouse walk and my friend Sharman

Miss you Sharman! You will always be Sophie’s hero! Love Ru

DEKS walk # 14, back to the Stone Statues

Mother and Daughter

Thanks Denise for everything! I’ll miss you. And best of luck to you Deena, we’ll be looking for you and TK when we get back to Turkey.

Love Ru

Maggie and Ken from the Carob Villas just down the road.

Victoria Sandwich Cake with lots of butter and sugar.

Up on the roof which was a wonderful space with a great view of the coast in both directions and the hills behind.

We walked off a few bites of the cake calories with a 3 ½ hour walk through the hills, back down through Sipahi and then back to the marina.

He was a cutie but too far away from the road to pat.

After a quick snack we jumped into the car to make our 4:OO hair appointments

We all left smiling but my hair is still recovering a bit as the sides were trimmed a little too short to clip back.

Ziba, our Salamis tour guide and Omar ( her boyfriend) came to visit with us and Bill and Judy on BeBe

Omar, a computer specialist worked on Randal’s ill computer and it took so long they stayed for dinner.

A second visit to Nadia.

Nadia Yildiz sitting next to her son, (a cousin of our friend Özgür Yildiz,) his friend with two children.

Sharman and I had been invited in for coffee by Nadia and during that visit we’d taken photos of all of us and Nadia’s granddaughter. Sharman removed the stove pipe from behind her head and my shadow looking mustache and I printed copies for Nadia. We stopped by with the copies and were again invited for coffee. I dumped half of my coffee on my pants right away. Sharman put on her sunglasses with one missing lens not realizing what was what, and Sophie farted just as we left. I’m still laughing about it and hope Nadia and her family are too. We certainly were a silly looking trio.

And last, but not least, our friends Robin and Julia who took us under their wing and helped us with whatever we needed. Thank you Rob and Jules !!! Have a great time in England this June for your daughter’s wedding. Love Ru