Hibernation

I am bored to write here, just as I would not be bothered to tell upon return how it was on holidays/ trips, no matter how great they were. So for now the blog hibernates. Bye!

The highlight of my winter.

All year round ice skating pool? Yes! That's why it is worth leaving in Poland. The highlight of my winter.

Praise Google!

I am not a tech person nor a Google lover, but recently more than ever I appreciated their brililant products. The Translator- thanks to that I managed to complete research projects in 7 different countries without leaving my office nor hiring 7 translators. THIS is independency!

Speak out what you desire

I've mentioned recently that I miss mpougatsa from Thessaloniki, which is almost impossible to find in Cyprus.
And today I woke up and it was waiting for me for breakfast :)

I'm a hypocrite...

... putting effort working for an organisation that tries to limit food wasting and then eating in a cypriot tavern where sooo much food stays uneaten. But seems if you don't order too much, it is a shame.

The Marathon of Cyprus

Running is my least favourite sports but still I joined my friends' cyprus.com team to run Marathon of Cyprus in 5K Corporate Race. And despite the fact I hate running I loved the event. We run just along the beach, in sun, the waves were splushing on the rocks, nice music in my ears - a great beginning of the day. And we got third place out of over fourty teams - a guy from our team was first with about 12 minutes time!

Observation nr 1) Cypriot girls from our team  came in FULL MAKE UP to run the marathon. Do they EVER go sote?

Observation nr 2) 4 of the medals  for 20 and 10 km went to Polish guys. Polska górą!!! (42km podium belonged totally to Kenya who run it in 2.5 hours at about 17km/h!!That's my speed on the bicycle!).

Observation nr 3) The weather conditions was a miracle. It had been pouring all night, we woke up it was raining, we went to the meeting point it was raining, during the warm up it was pouring so much that my hair and shoes were soaking wet. Then 8.54, 6 minutes before the  start the sky suddenly cleared and we had beautiful sun for 5 hours :D

Still wet from the rain:

Third place for cyprus.com :)

Pomos village

 Remains of the "Oxi" movement I guess

 Would anyone believe that this deserted hut becomes alive once a year to turn into headquarters of the best jazz festival in Cyprus?

Trivial pursuit

Some people decided to take the most of  the house and to sit out inside every of many euros they paid. So they did not move from the saloni for anything but going to a tavern. The trivial pursuit was on all the time.

Weekend in the most amazing house

For the weekend I stayed in a rented house in Pomos, close to Akamas. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EVER! I was speechless at its simplicity, lucidity, luxury and beauty. My jaw dropped lower and lower when I first was showed around and I was happy as a kid to discover the panorama, the pool, the sauna, the jacuzzi... and the view from my bed :D Oh, yes!

View from my bed :D

A new idea

I have had this idea for a non-profit organisation which I would LOVE to pursue. Let's get to work and see if I can make it happen...

Effects on the french pro-family politics in the flesh

A French guy: “So how many kids do you want to have? I think two is a good beginning”.

A Pole would normally say: “I think two is the maximum.”

Marathon

I spent last days sick at home. So I consolated myself with a marathon of films with my favourite cinematography geeks: Larry David (born 1947) and Jesse Eisenberg (born 4 decades later). BTW Finally saw the Social Network among other, which is a great film indeed. But this is not about the films. This is about the geeks: could not help but notice that young can be cute. But when they get old they'd better be witty and funny as there is nothing cute about an old geek.