Paphos Life

Gov advice for U.K. passport holders here:

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advic ... quirements

See section under ‘Visas’.

Ian

From the Cyprus Mail today, just to add to the confusion, 3rd para from the end is interesting.

https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/02/27/cypr ... ce-of-ids/


Sorry to appear picky, but it’s Biometric, not Barometric, though I do accept most of us like to talk about the weather

Ian

Yup, by chance we were one of the first up there. The redeveloped park Dominc videoed looks good even though still early days in terms of planting.

Ian

4.93 per installed kw.

Any in the cake shop in the village?

Ian

Yes, friends with MEU3 did at the Citizens Service Centre at the Paphos main post office about a year ago. You can download the application form here: https://www.moh.gov.cy/moh/moh.nsf/All/F8B5861FC3801B6C422579D7003EEFB8/$file/APPLICATION%20EHIC%2020.pdf And you can book an appointment online at t...

Amazon FAQ’s are the best.

Q, Does this product come with xyz included?
A. I don’t know as I have not purchased this.

Amazon, and other similar sites, are littered with garbage like this.

As our team at work used to say, sometimes the problem is between the keyboard and the chair.

Ended up in SHC in their new location twice today. Nicely laid out, more spacious than the previous site, seemed to Bev more variety of stock - or at least if not it’s more visible than before. Plenty of parking outside and signage to the extra covered parking area which I didn’t use.

Ian

It’s also possible you have a leak somewhere. We had exactly the same thing a couple of years ago due to a faulty part in the cistern of one of the loos, so the loo was being constantly topped up - and the water pumps are very sensitive to the slightest demand for water.

Ian

The village museum in Steni is also well worth a visit - as are the platter meals, in The Watermill tavern which is just opposite.

Ian

We are also very happy with the treatment from Dr Lenia.

Ian

Drove by yesterday morning, a new sign has gone up over the entrance area - Neon Mall, but lots of construction work still ongoing by the look of it.

Ian

Just before she passed away my Mum spent nearly 6 hours on the floor waiting for an ambulance. The same thing happened to my friends father, 11 hours in his case. I have friends in different parts of the U.K. who have had and are having an absolute nightmare and consistent issues with care and treat...

Trev, you know you can pay this and water bills online via JCC now? A doddle to do.

Ian

We posted around 30 cards to the U.K. the other day, I think 64 cents each plus the extra 2 cent stamp. Total cost including 3 others to USA, Canada and Australia was €22.11. Cards were all a similar size, fairly average size (purchased with postage costs in mind 😂😂) Never worked out how it’s so che...

Some businesses used and preferred cash to avoid putting it through the books and avoid corporation tax. This backfired on some when it came to claiming for support during COVID as their figures don’t meet the required criteria due to the missing funds.

Ian

This is probably a stupid question, so don’t shoot the questioner, but why would a resident of Cyprus have medicine posted from the U.K.? Are we talking about private purchases or from a GP practice? Or does this include vitamins etc that I guess may fall under the banner of medicine?

Ian

My thoughts on the OP are that they are quite simply not complying with the law. In the early days when the rules came in a common response was that “we are still waiting for the machine”, 2 years or so down the line that should be much less of an issue. Even our the dog groomers we use have those l...

Have always thought why don't they charge 1 euro for parking at the harbour and then this to be used for the General. Could also do this at the Hospital itself. I am sure the Mayor could be proactive in doing something about the hospital. Or he could divert some of the Smart payment parking scheme ...

Yes. Steve at EcoTek did the original engineering drawings for our house but we chose not to build with them. Our house kit was constructed by a company in Scotland and shipped here. Everything was coordinated and subsequently project managed by our architect here - from designs to permissions, cont...