admin on December 18th, 2008

Pics from Alison’s first birthday in America :)
We had a lovely dinner at BJ’s restaurant in Jarvisburg. Mom bought us dinner and had made arrnagements to have the table decorsted with flowers and gifts and we were joined for dinner by Tracey, Megan and Grace and Phil and his wife Kathy. afterwards it was a [...]

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admin on December 12th, 2008

Today marks one of the ‘firsts’ for us with so many more still to come. This one is very special though. We have always had a hard time being apart on holidays; Christmas being especially hard for us. Today we went and bought a tree together and some decorations. We put on some Christmas msic [...]

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admin on December 4th, 2008

and nearer to 4 days now! :)
I really am just so full of anticipation of our reunion, knowings its forever is just beyond words.
Well Alison is still n Sunderland as I write this, spending her last evening out having dinner with some very close dear friends. she’ll catch the bus in the morning (Friday) to [...]

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admin on November 27th, 2008

It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without a rendition of Alice’s Restaurant
Enjoy

Alice’s Restaurant from http://bookmole.vox.com/
This song is called Alice’s Restaurant, and it’s about Alice, and the
restaurant, but Alice’s Restaurant is not the name of the restaurant,
that’s just the name of the song, and that’s why I called the song Alice’s
Restaurant.

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garazon on October 30th, 2008

The day Alison and I have dreamed and planned for so long is now nearly here, and today marks one of the happiest days of my life. Alison booked her flight today to come to the US permanently! (Pause here for celebration and cheering! YEA!! ) Its really hard to believe its finally come. Though [...]

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Chester Wade on July 3rd, 2008

Yes I know this is Independence Day but there is one Brit I wont ever lose my dependence upon, my beautiful bride, Alison Michelle! Happy 4th of July baby! :)
I can’t help but think that if the US had lost the Revolutionary War Alison and I would both be Brits and we wouldn’t be going [...]

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garazon on June 23rd, 2008

Day 6 found us on the way to Paphos for a mini 3 day holiday given to us by Alison’s parents, Jack and Maureen, as an engagement present. It was so nice of them to do this and it is a memory we will have all our lives. We set out Monday morning and did [...]

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garazon on June 22nd, 2008

From my Cyprus trip in October 2007, Oct, 14, 2007 recap finally done , 6 months later! ;)
Sunday Morning, the 5th day of our holiday we had been invited to go to a tavern in one of the mountain villages that Alison and her friends frequent, Taki’s tavern, for lunch. With no rush to get [...]

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admin on April 26th, 2008

X X X X X I love you Alison <3
Well this post is going to be a bit different in a way from most on here…  Alison and I have spent the last two years faithfully writing each other each morning and night and in between too. Only the rare occasion when one of us [...]

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admin on February 18th, 2008

Public Holidays in Cyprus

2008
New Year’s Day 1 January
Epiphany 6 January
Green Monday (Monday of Lent) 10 March
Greek Independence Day 25 March
Greek Cypriot National Day 1 April
Good Friday 25 April
Holy Saturday 26 April
Easter Sunday* 27 April*
Easter Monday 28 April
May Day / Labour Day 1 May
Whit Monday/Pentecost/Kataklysmos 16 [...]

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