There's now just over 24 hours til check in time!! Yes, it is tomorrow that I fly off to Cyprus! I'm very excited, my suitcase is packed, and all is good!

My suitcase is very heavy - but more than half of it is filled with presents for my family in Cyprus! So, it's really not my fault that it's so full & heavy...

I'm still trying to improve my Turkish...I'm not doing too well, but in August, being the fool that I am, I made a bet with my uncle that by the time I went back - ie tomorrow!!! - I'd be able to talk in Turkish. This bet is VERY important to both of us...It rides on personal pride...So, humiliation for the losing party, especially if it's me!

I will be glad to get away from home, & I don't get back until the 21st, so then it's only a couple of days til I go back to Exeter! Yay!!!

It will be very weird being in Cyprus over Easter - they don't have it! Being Muslim, it's obviously not something they celebrate...So, I'm going to be in school for the whole of Holy Week...Ah well, I suppose that even here, kids don't always get the WHOLE of Holy Week off school any more - I certainly didn't! So, it might not be quite so weird after all.

It will be a bit strange being in school 5 days a week though, & I will have to get up very early; they start school at 8am - & since I'm teaching, I'll have to be there at about 7:30am...The other thing is, I have to get a bus there in the morning...So, lots of early mornings for me, then! It's not all bad though...They may start school early, but they also finish early; my working day finishes at 1pm!! So, I have all of my afternoons to myself, and can explore! Should be great...I'm really looking forward to going to Salamis!

I think though, that the 3 weeks in Cyprus may be 3 weeks without the internet...So, that may also be 3 weeks without blogging...Very sad, I know...But, I will try to access the internet somewhere so that I can blog! Do not despair, my friends!