Too hot -no work

The temperature surpassed 40 degress (officially) so it is officially prohibited to work between 10.00-16.00 outdoors (.e.g. construction workers). I am indoors but would not mind if someone told me - go home, it's too hot to work today ;)))

Heat wave

It's unbelievably hot - 41 degrees last weekend so the seaside was packed at noon ..

Spent the whole Sunday in my favourite resort - Nausica in Protaras which is somehow not so crowded. So nice and lazy..

Echo patishes

It is quite common that on Saturdays fruit and veggies sellers go around the city slowly slowly and shout through loudspeakers fitted on their cars ' Echo patishes, echo angurakia!' Which is a very village way of saying I have watermelons and cucumbers. They stop every now and then so that people can come outside their houses and buy stuff. One of them often stops under my window. I thought that this kind of trade is non existent anymore ...

The most expensive city for expatriates

The BBC news say Moscow is the most epensive city for expatriates (like me) to live. I vote Nikosia in Cyprus to be most expensive!!

Rent of flat (ok not so bad ) 290 GBP per months

Bus ticket (actually almost no buses!!) - taxi equivalent around 3.6 GBP to go from one end of the city to another

Music CD 13 GBP

International paper/magazine 4GBP

Cup of coffee -frappe (that is ubelievable) 3GBP

Burger meal - no idea

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6761487.stm#graphic

LOT and pork

Now LOT - the polish airlines they put this note in the food.
As far as I know main problem with pork only the muslims and jews have because of their religion. Is Poland expecting a flood of muslim and jew travelers that it is necessary to have such a note????

Cyprus minister visits Poland ;))))

Yeah, its good to know your mission...

http://www.tvn24.pl/2048365,0,0,1,1,wideo.html

Yummy

In the entrance to the park (next to my house) there is a giagia (granny) dressed all in black (must be 90 years old!) selling the best grilled corn I have ever eaten! It smells so good that whenever I can smell it from my veranda I cannot resist and go downstaris to get one :)