So we raced back from Nicosia and grocery shopping and had Passover dinner on Eve’s catamaran.  Here’s the story.

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Passover on Eve’s Catamaran Karpaz Gate Marina

There were no Haggadah, matzos and no bitter herbs, but there was also no bread and we drank wine and sat back and relaxed while we ate, drank and enjoyed a lovely evening.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/low_concept/
2006/04/the_twominute_haggadah.html
has a very funny explanation of Passover and the Seder which sort of fits with our “Seder.”

Charmaine and Linda enjoying this unique Seder.

Ünal Dede and Hülya Koçak Cypriot friends of Eve’s. You met them in an earlier email not that long ago.

Not your usual Passover fare; we ate Chinese food cooked by an Israeli in Muslim North Cyprus.

Our first course was unleavened shrimp puffs. The second was eggroll filling wrapped in blintz wrap and fried. They were great and eaten too fast for photos. Fruit salad and ice cream for dessert. We talked and there were some questions and answers but not the traditional 4 Questions of Passover. And we drank a lot of wine!

Eve, our hostess and chef and Charmaine.

Sharman maybe celebrated her first Passover. Randal has had Passover in the past at the home of our friends Ellen and Gabriel Szego so maybe that’s why he seems to be telling the story to Eve.

We had a great time and lots of fun. We hope Eve will be home in Israel to spend time with us while we are there.

Next adventure, our visit to Heidi and Kalle and our new friends Robin and Tugberk