Search found 139 matches

by sued51
Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Starting school advice - English speaking 4 year old
Replies: 4
Views: 780

Re: Starting school advice - English speaking 4 year old

My daughter was 3 when we cameto Cyprus - she’s now 31 so possibly things have changed, but she went to a private nursery in the mornings, then to a state kindergarten when she was 5, Cypriot children start ‘proper’ school at 6 and she was transferred there automatically after the compulsory year at...
by sued51
Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:29 pm
Forum: Items For Sale
Topic: Audi A3 for sale
Replies: 0
Views: 198

Audi A3 for sale

Audi A3 2007 1.6 petrol
119k
Mot 2025 and taxed
Manual gear box
Air con
Immaculate condition throughout 4000 euros
Pm for more info
by sued51
Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: “No couriers” … Scam?
Replies: 3
Views: 600

Re: “No couriers” … Scam?

I've sold lots of things on Facebook here and I don't think it's a scam, just very inconvenient. Usually the buyer calls to collect their item and pays cash - all done and dusted, but if they don't live in Paphos and want it sent by courier, you have to package the item, deliver to the courier offic...
by sued51
Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: MUKW3
Replies: 20
Views: 5769

Re: MUKW3

I remember in the late 90’s sending my husband to get a number at immigration around 7.30am, he then came home and went back with my young daughter and I complete with a picnic breakfast/brunch, we usually made it home before lunchtime! One of the immigration officers - young and obviously quite new...
by sued51
Mon Jul 03, 2023 6:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Paphos Care Homes
Replies: 0
Views: 555

Paphos Care Homes

Unfortunately the time has come for my elderly mother who suffers from dementia to go into a care home - she has had an excellent Filipina carer in her own home for 5 years but now needs more care. Please can anyone who has had experience of any of the homes (Not Blue Cross in Mesa Chorio as I alrea...
by sued51
Fri Jun 16, 2023 3:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Filipina Carer for Elderly
Replies: 0
Views: 697

Filipina Carer for Elderly

I have an excellent Filipina carer for my mother and her sister is also in Cyprus, she isn't happy in her current position working for a Cypriot family and would really like to work for English people. She is completely legal and registered with an appropriate employment agency who are doing their b...
by sued51
Wed Oct 05, 2022 1:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Last Castle Restaurant - Review
Replies: 8
Views: 1730

Re: Last Castle Restaurant - Review

We have also never had a good meal at the Last Castle - the souvla has always been dry and only just edible. The views from there are fantastic but there are other places far better
by sued51
Thu Sep 29, 2022 6:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: price of carrots
Replies: 4
Views: 959

Re: price of carrots

Think you’ll find these type of carrots are also expensive in the UK, as are the small different coloured varieties, worth buying for a special occasion if you only want a few and want to recreate a restaurant dish
by sued51
Tue Sep 20, 2022 7:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: ROC stopping UK Expats from North visiting.
Replies: 9
Views: 1880

Re: ROC stopping UK Expats from North visiting.

I remember the English owner of the accommodation we stayed in several months ago telling us that you had to pay road tax when crossing from north to south and that the rules had changed for UK passport holders that they could only tax vehicles for 1 day at a time. Her main problem with that was she...
by sued51
Sat Jul 30, 2022 3:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Blue disability badge
Replies: 7
Views: 1473

Re: Blue disability badge

The citizens centre will give you the form then it needs to go to your doctor for completion, I think I then sent the form to the address on it (prob Nicosia) with a photo, it came back pretty quick. Be careful though - my mother’s carer parked in the mall last week and they managed to forget to dis...
by sued51
Wed Jul 06, 2022 3:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: High speculation Turkey's Erdogan to announce northern Cyprus annexation on July 20
Replies: 7
Views: 1221

Re: High speculation Turkey's Erdogan to announce northern Cyprus annexation on July 20

I apologise if I'm being a bit dense here but does anyone know if this move would have any implications for us travelling to the North and Turkey?
by sued51
Sun Jun 12, 2022 9:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Tourist Access To Health Service
Replies: 14
Views: 3178

Re: Tourist Access To Health Service

If you’re going to another country on holiday, you buy travel insurance, it’s not expensive (I paid £6.48 for one adult and one child for a week) you are then covered - why would anyone go on holiday without it?
by sued51
Fri May 27, 2022 5:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Customs & Import duties
Replies: 4
Views: 981

Re: Customs & Import duties

If your item was ordered from M&S Cyprus abd charged in Euros I would have thought this pricealready included customs duty and VAT, just as if buying from the store here if the goods were available
by sued51
Sun May 22, 2022 12:52 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: New York Apts
Replies: 28
Views: 12577

Re: New York Apts

I don’t think being racist or not comes into it - the latest immigrants who just happen to be of African descent appear to be predominantly young men - if a large number of young men are thrown together with nothing to occupy them and presumably little money, then there will eventually be trouble of...
by sued51
Mon May 16, 2022 5:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Health Ministry reminds use of protective mask mandatory indoors
Replies: 16
Views: 4271

Re: Health Ministry reminds use of protective mask mandatory indoors

I picked my daughter up from Paphos Airport this afternoon and of all the passengers arriving on 6 flights within 20 minutes very few were wearing masks - it would appear that they didn’t know it was still mandatory here, surely an announcement either on board prior to landing or in arrivals would b...
by sued51
Wed May 11, 2022 9:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Car insurance Europe
Replies: 2
Views: 530

Re: Car insurance Europe

We used the ferries twice when they were previously operating - a long time ago but we were insured by Atlantic at the time and from what I remember they covered us, so maybe worth asking them or just other local insurers, alternatively maybe the AA could point you in the right direction as we used ...
by sued51
Sat Apr 02, 2022 10:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Airline ticket
Replies: 14
Views: 2039

Re: Airline ticket

Yes I remember paying £250 return in the late 80’s early 90’s and thinking that was a bargain with Cyprus Airways Manchester Paphos, whilst I would love to go back to the old days in terms of service and being able to carry whatever I wantedin hand luggage, those days are unfortunately over - being ...
by sued51
Wed Mar 23, 2022 3:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Census call
Replies: 6
Views: 1161

Re: Census call

We came home from holiday to find a paper in our postbox with a name and mobile number asking us to call to make arrangements to answer the questions, it was a lady from the village who had just taken on the job temporarily and was using her own mobile number
by sued51
Wed Mar 23, 2022 1:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Migrants Re-located to Paphos
Replies: 18
Views: 6474

Migrants Re-located to Paphos

Let’s hope it’s not a re-run of recent events in Chloraka


https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/unaccom ... famagusta/
by sued51
Sat Mar 19, 2022 3:04 pm
Forum: Items Wanted
Topic: Wanted - Comfortable Reclining Armchair
Replies: 1
Views: 1932

Wanted - Comfortable Reclining Armchair

Confortable reclining armchair wanted - condition not too important as will re-cover.

Can collect in Paphos area

Amount paid dependant on condition