Well, i have been in north cyprus for a week. all is good. i have been working in school for 2 days now. all of the teaching is done in english, which can only b good! so, i have been doing some teaching!

it's great weather here - above 22 every day!! bliss!

i am staying with my uncle, & from his house, there is a great view of the mountains, so i have spent quite a lot of time just sitting on the balcony with a book, or some work. it's great. have not been out & about much. my turkish is not good & i'm a bit nervous about getting lost, etc. i WILL b getting about a bit more though. i am working in a city right on the border between north & south cyprus, & some of the city is really old, & beautiful, so i'm planning on going further into the city at some point.

the teachers here get so much free time it's funny... the school day is from 8am to 1pm, they have 1/2 an hour of break time during that...there are 7 lessons of 40 minutes a day, & they only teach for 3 of those!!! they spend the rest of the time sitting in the staff room drinking coffee & chatting. they don't even have that much marking to do! also, EVERY school in northern cyprus employs someone to make coffee etc for the teachers!!!!! i was so shocked when i realised that this woman's job was purely to make coffee & tea for the teachers, but apparently all schools have someone to do that!!! it's insane!

anyway...i could stay in this internet cafe, or i could go & enjoy the sun...hmm...hard choice! byebye!!!