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I too am married and we retired out here.
I am member of C3A the Cyprus version of U3A - book club and family history.
We are very restricted at the moment.
Keep safe
Pat
You live in a lovely part of the world, I've never been out of the UK..
I read a lot and love Lee Child.. Jack Reacher books...
Kate
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I down loaded a couple of books and told book club I'm reading them this month - boy I know how to chose them - both about the plague!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I also do family history so can disappear for hours up my tree 🙂
Very restricted here but it's working - only 13 deaths.
I was in the WRAF and was posted here in 1970 and fell in love with the place. My husband was made redundant and we had planned to retire here but a little later - a quick sort out of finances and we decided we would retire early to here. My husband has a bad back and the warmth here suits him better than the damp of UK.
Lots of UK tourists normally here. No tourists allowed at the moment. The majority of the tourists are British.
Have a look on Google or you search engine for Kolossi and Kourion to see the locality I live in.
Stay safe
Pat 🙂
Just looked up on Google where in Cyprus you are. That is a beautiful place. Here in the New England area of United States the coast is also very dramatic. We spend a lot of time driving into Maine and discovering new coves. Things are getting semi-back to normal here. Not really a touristy area where I’m from but a lot of businesses are just opening up.Both my wife and I are in the healthcare business working in hospitals. I retired last August and have enjoyed a Perdiem status. We intend to start traveling soon as she is a little younger than I and still working.
Yes we fell in love with Cyprus in the early 1970s when my husband and I were both posted here and met here. We always said it was our ideal place to retire. Some of the areas are very touristy but we live away from those areas although we do get tourists visiting our local castle and the Roman remains at Kourion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kourion
The theatre is still in use wonderful acoustics no microphones required every word or musical note heard.
Where do you intend to go to when you start visiting places?
Pat 🙂
Bruce9999
I was born in the centre of England - Walsall near Birmingham, the area was the industrial centre of UK. I lived most of my adult life in Nottinghamshire, the last 14 yrs in UK near the famous Sherwood Forest.
I am doing my family history, my maternal grandfather had an Irish mother, My gt gt grandparents came from Tuam in Galway. My husband's gt grandmother came from Blackpool, Cork.
In UK I'd also look at Wales, the Lake District and Yorkshire as being to your liking. Have you ever seen All Creatures Great and Small - the TV series, now that showed you Yorkshire.
Can't help with Norway though.:)
Pat 🙂
Our ancestors apparently came from Nottingham area ( probably too broad for exacts) according to my grandma. My grandfather was orphaned and left at a home in Canada after traveling from England with his mom. Hard to get completed tree line.
Newfoundland is probably were we will travel to in spring once the border between US and Canada re- open. Until then, it’s trips to New England for stress release.
Still working a little at hospital. Cardiology. Semi- retired. Have to stop answering phone when they call for help.
Reading DCI book based out of Norfolk. Always google map area to understand story. Also Cardiff on Doc Martin is on the list.
So many places, so little time.
A bit confused with Cardiff and Doc Martin as Cardiff is in Wales and Doc Martin is set in Cornwall.
I was sent to Cornwall for 10 weeks in summer by the WRAF (Women's Royal Air Force). Such a hardship :).
Terrible when work gets in the way of retirement 🙂 I suppose at the moment it's all hands on deck. We have been lucky here as we went into island isolation straight away and only repatriations allowed in with 14 days isolation using the empty hotels as isolation units. We are now getting back to normal - whatever that is.
UK has so much history. York is wonderful, We used to live in Newark on Trent in Nottinghamshire, a historic town itself with what's left of a castle where King John died. Oliver Cromwell punished the town in the 1600s by destroying most of the castle. Lovely old town centre. From Newark it was easy to get to York by train and I'd often take my 2 children to there in the summer holidays. There is so much to see, York has history from Roman times through the Vikings to more recent history. Take a walk around the place on Google, some terrific buildings and of course York Minster in Deangate.
I love Nottinghamshire, our children live there still, although both do a lot of travelling in their work. Son is an executive chef so not doing much work at the moment but normally he has to go around all the restaurants in the East Midlands for company he works for. Daughter is a civil engineer and area director of the East Midlands. At the moment she's in charge of a road widening scheme in Leicestershire (pronounced Lestersheer). She has been a key worker through lock down so has had to go to make sure the work progressed with the people keeping the required distance - not easy for those working on the road.
Americans tend to emphasise the word shire at the end of some UK county names and say it as shire, the Brits say sheer with no emphasis on it. Some place spelling seems to have nothing to do with the pronunciation :). Do as the rest of us do - go along with the locals.
Lived in Norfolk for a short time - not a fan, very flat, gets cold and very damp in winter. I have also lived just outside Salisbury so visited the wonderful cathedral many times, Salisbury is close to Stonehenge. Lived near Oxford as well, went on a tour around the university. Well my friend and I tagged on to the end of a tourists tour around Oxford and the university. We disappeared as the tour guide started to do a head count when they were going back to the coach :).
I come from near where Peaky Blinders is set, pity none of the actors have managed to get the Brummie accent correct. I can't watch it as their accents upset me too much.
Any hint at all where in Nottinghamshire your relatives are from? It has many villages and not many towns. Nottingham itself is famous for lace making. Coal mining area as well as agriculture. Clothes and nylons/tights making in more recent times.
You can always give me a few names and I'll try to find some information.
Off to get lunch ready. Keep safe.
Pat 🙂
Just returned from Maine. Father and mother grew up there. Older brother lived in cabin build by my dad when he was 18. Now my brother has built a post and beam house so we visit when we can.
This area of Maine consists of PHD lecturers to lobstermen. All ready to give opinions on our political quagmire.
My other brother runs an Apple orchard that he married into. Tough business with long seasons. 3000-4,000 trees.
We live in upstate New York right next to the Vermont border. Adirondack park with 650,000 acres within day traveling distance for mountaineer ing. 46 peaks above 3,000 feet which many hikers try to accomplish. Maybe with retirement, I'll give a couple a shot.
We have 4 kids between us. Second marriage. All live close by. 3 grandchildren. 2yrs, 9 months and a newer one at 4 weeks. They all keep us busy on the weekends!
Joined a group on Facebook that discusses BBC shows and such. Interesting how well written your mysteries are. Many in the states agree that American tv is not worth watching. I agree.
I will rummage thru my mother's information of our family tree and see what I can decipher from the notes. It would be interesting to get a new perspective on our past from someone who lives in the area.
Take care of you and yours,
Thanks for listening
Bruce
Unable to got to 2 of the funerals as not here. Our friend here wasn't unexpected as he had dementia and he deteriorated very quickly in the last 3 months. It was a release from a dreadful situation, he was unable to move and stricken with several infections, one after another. He hadn't known who his wife was for over 6 months.
The area you live in and vacation in sound lovely. Went on a holiday to the Hereford area as a child and saw lots of apple trees - they were cider apples belonging to Bulmer's Cider.
UK is small compared to the USA, I have been to almost every county in England and Wales and some in Scotland. I love the countryside and although born in an industrial area have really enjoyed living in the countryside - in UK living out in the sticks. lol
I have a sister who lives not far from where she was born and has only had a passport for 3 years. Her son took her for 2 weeks to France and I managed to talk her into flying back here with me after I visited UK 2 years ago. As you may guess we are very different.
I would love to help you with your family history, I love doing research.
Hope you and yours are safe and well.
Pat 🙂
I am new hear, and found your post interesting, although I don't live in Cyprus, I have a holiday home there in Kiti.I will look up where you are. I have not been there this year due to Covid but maybe in a couple of months.
Niru
I'm somewhat west of your holiday home. 🙂 The far side of Limassol to you.
It's hot at the moment. Not many able to come to the island as restrictions still on. They were very quick to isolate us here. Covid 19 -19 deaths and just over 1000 infected.
Hope you get to your holiday home soon, when do you normally come here?
We stay away from tourist areas in the summer but doesn't matter so much at present. Have you ever been to Kourion as we live not far from there?
Have been around the Kiti area, not much of a journey to and from the airport for you. Most of our relatives and friends come into Paphos which is our nearest airport by about 12 minutes so almost equidistant.
Nice to meet you.
Pat
I've just finished a Lesley Cookman - Murder Repeated and now starting of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes.
Two very different books but I like that. I have a free kindle app. on my laptop, books in English here are too limited.
Most places here in Cyprus are now open. Severe restrictions at first made sure the virus was contained. The airports were shut and we even got a 9 pm curfew.
Stay safe
Pat
We can all get lonely whatever our situation for various reasons chat anytime…Ian
I think that we have all been there at one time or another, well no need to be lonely any more.
I am now in my seventies and have been on my own for the last six years. Whatever you want to talk about, you can talk to me I am a very good listener. If you want to talk by email, that is fine by me.
Hope you get back to me soon.
Applejack.
I like walking, reading and good Tv programmes.
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I love movies, music and all the arts. I watch quality TV not some of the drivel out there but well scripted and well acted are my thing.
I am a Christian and a gentleman.
I would like to get know you if you think you would be interested.
Regards,
Wryno
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I am new to Silverline and am just looking around the site, discovering people and seeing what’s happening.
My husband died in 2017 and like you I am now starting to see what’s out there.
Taken me a while but I am enjoying the experience even thought currently it’s somewhat limited ☺️
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It is a very lonely being on ones own,I would be happy to chat to you,I live on my own in cyprus but I am English, my wife died with colon cancer and now my conversations are one sided,the dog doesn't answer me and neither does the tv,how about you,
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It’s always good to chat so don’t be lonely, I am sure that there are lots of people out there feeling similar at the strange time in our lives.
Please get in touch if you want to chat, but not today as I am currently painting skirting boards and moving furniture around the room. Sounds really exciting doesn’t it?
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I'm Kris, My life has been weird for the past 20 years. I've been ok through most of it, but I'm having a hard time dealing right now!
I'm single, kinda wish there was another pea rambling around here, although I do need my alone time, I miss the conversations, sharing, hugs, and some kisses thrown in here & there for good measure.
I live in New Mexico, US, this has been some interesting reading, Scotland, England etc. My ancestors are from Scotland, Wales, maybe England.
This has helped make the evening nicer, glad I stumbled onto here.
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