Paphos Life

I have just seen that Cliffyamo is the latest to join the forum. Better late than never! Cliffy, love the videos. Please upload them all to this forum if that's possible. I have subscribed to Motor Cycle Rides Cyprus on YouTube to keep up since the demise of the other forum but it's not behaving wel...

I have been an "armchair "supporter of Wolves for longer than I care to remember. Or as I know them, Wolverhampton Wanderes NIL, but hey, as I tell myself every year,.it will get better. To console myself I am watching rock legend and Wolves vice-president Robert Plant on Sky Arts "Le...

Royal, Tetchy., well yes and if so apologies to you and Hudswell. I'm actually more annoyed with myself for stating the amount paid for medical insurance rather than just declaring it was purchased because.. The OP only asked is my pension adequate and how soon should I apply for a yellow slip, no m...

Hi Jamboal, From our research no-one provided a definitive answer on savings as to how much is enough or how much is deemed enough per annum to live on. I assumed, with all the 'comings and goings ' of people moving to and from Cyprus that they deal with each case on its merits. We handed over a sta...

Hi Lofus-Jan, Thank you for reading and understanding my point. I was just trying to relay our experiences and decisions so far. I did not mean to be hijacked by an interminable scolding on the merits of various healthcare schemes. Still, good experience for Boro886 (another greenhorn like myself) o...

Boro886 ; You and I are the same age and I understand the way questions about the unknown swirl about. I read many Cyprus forums for years but never had the nous you display by joining one and asking the very people my specific concerns should have been addressed to. I determined to join my favourit...

Hi Hudswell, No, €165 each for one year. Standard Immigration - compliant, and yes basic but we were surprised at being seen by Immigration so quickly. Now we will review future health insurance options at our leisure. We had read of deals for €180 on other forums and found this one when we insured ...

No, No, I 'm really committed this time, honest. She's asleep now but we have to discuss transferring some money this weekend.

Do you think if I offered to buy her a dishwasher? I'm not bothered really.

What about an SLK? She does like those and I do like Coca-Cola.

After a heavy Christmas and Birthdays month I am resigned to a "spirits-free February ". So after a pleasant day of chat and coffee with locals and friends and a drive and walk in the hills around the Evertou reservoir, what to do? Fish'n'chip Friday? Meze? No, home-made curry and some gre...

This was discussed on here recently. See page 4 of this section. The OP was "We have a meeting with Immigration ". Mrs David and I are below retirement age and have no income, only savings. .We took a statement from our UK bank, dated two days before we left UK, and same from our new Cypru...

What's this,...what's this? You, Sir John of Oddy, appear to covet my wife's pert pastry and moist apples. I will have satisfaction, (I don't get to say that very often), I challenge you Sir, Manflu not withstanding, to a duel ; Place Pantelis, Skoulli., the pm of the morrow (Paul's Birthday).My wea...

Johnoddy; Mrs Cradley Heath, (Kaye), is speaking to me again after your last restaurant recommendation. Hangover has finally subsided and she's found the kitchen again. There will be apple pie at Paul's celebration on Tuesday, (' cos haggis is out of season ) and I am dropping hints all over about p...

Royal : The insurance was just another beaurocratic hoop we had to jump through in the alloted timeframe. We purchased 'immigration compliant ' insurance to attain residents status and allow time to consider our real-life options. In saying that, We were pleasantly surprised to review the policy bef...

We got ours today, did you get yours yet? We only waited about five weeks for today's appointment and they even called us thirty minutes prior to confirm our attendance. Myself and Mrs David, suited and booted, in at 9.30 and back on the street at 10am. We all shuffled paper, they photographed us an...

Thanks for all the above guys. As a lifelong petrolhead in a new country the more advice the better. Met a fellow sufferer in my local taverna tonight and he gave me a few pointers re the.local scene. I've always wanted to harness the moment, the zeitgeist if you will, in the popular modders market ...

On a purely selfish note we were terrified by the thought of a referendum and what either result would mean for our Cyprus dream. My son, (29), asked how I would vote and my honest answer was, I was torn. I understood people "wanted their country back" but we wanted to move to the EU and w...

Thanks Pafos. That is the sort of local knowledge I was looking for. Don't want to get involved with 'clockers', had enough of that in a previous life. Plan B then. Something old and neglected that needs some some time spent on it. It's a sad addiction but it keeps me from under her feet. There is a...

I would never buy a 'lay-by' used car in the UK but since arriving in the Paphos area I have seen quite a few collections in various locations, some of them appear quite recent and straight. One local guy said "beware of Z cars" but the rest was lost in translation. Can anyone enlighten me...

Whilst planning our move here Irini was one of the first numbers added to our phones due to the fulsome praise on CL as we knew we would be without Internet for a while when we arrived. HiC, Jim and others were our go-to reads for great info and so right about Irini and Frixos. Good wood, same day d...

Happy new year everyone, new to the island but.already met fantastic neighbours and locals, the dream is happening, may all yours come true.