Paphos Life

Excellent, Maggie
Thank you very much for that.
It means I can fly off on holiday at the weekend, feeling more settled about the future!

I shall sit back and keep an eye on my bank account.

Are Cyprus pensions paid on a specific date each month for everyone do you know?

I'm still trying to get my head around the 4 weekly payments from my UK government one. I've had to write it on a calendar for this year.
I think the double payment in one calendar month is in October for me.

Many thanks again for all your help Maggie xx

Cheers, Shell

Nae probs Shell.

Our pensions get paid monthly. Usually on the last Thursday or Friday of the month.

Easter is an exception when you get paid approximately 2 weeks early and then in December you will get a double payment because in Cyprus they make 13 payments per year.

Yep, just a wee bit different to the UK.

Have a FAB holiday.

Maggie B x

Maggie B,

I got a short email from Cyprus this morning to confirm I will definitely be receiving a monthly pension payment.

That was a nice start to the day

We took ourselves off on the bus to Arrecife and had a wander around the old town area, where we sat and had a drink and a pizza at one of the bars around the small boat harbour there.

We're here for another week.

Cheers, Shell

Hey Shell, I hope you are enjoying the 'windy' Island. It was certainly windy the last time we were in Arrecife. Wonderful all the same.

Off to Kefalknia for us soon. Never been before so excited for a new adventure.

Hopefully, this topic will help others who find themselves in the same position as us. It can't just be the two of us. Can it???

Maggie B

Hi Maggie,

I'm sure there must be more than just us and yes; let's hope it will help others who find themselves in a similar position.

Once I got in contact with Andreas it was like having a personal hotline and, oddly enough I was chatting online with a friend who moved to Cyprus at the same time as we did and they had to go through the same procedure, dealing with K. Andreas.

We each agreed, the man should have a pay rise

We have a few more days in Lanzarote, heading back to UK in the early part of next week.

Have an enjoyable trip to EFL.

We're not totally convinced Lanzarote is going to become a permanent winter destination for us. It certainly has lots of eateries, bars and restaurants as well entertainment but, the Irish influence is somewhat overpowering.

We liked the old town of Arrecife and also Tias, the old town area of Puerto del Carmen. A revisit to Costa Teguise was disappointing, although we did manage to find the apartment complex we first stayed at back in 1996.

Look after yourself Maggie and, thank you for your help here.

Cheers,
Shell xx