Monday, February 1/2010

February, and it feels as if spring is here, the sun warm in the morning. take a very quick look at places in the Canary Islands re next year - and see prices similar to here but with much better facilities. quick calculation: price increase over 9 years at our old home, the Eleanora is 157%. There have been some "improvements" there, but not ones that make it much more attractive to us - and they include decreased cupboard space.

Dinner at Militzi's with M&M - though it's an early enough dinner that Cypriots might well regard it as late lunch. Magne has beef kleftiko - a week's meat on the plate it looks like - and the rest of us beef stifado, with a side order of pilaf to share. Huge portions, and, when Maggi mentions that the stifado had a little too much vinegar (as indeed it did) we find ourselves treated to free liqueurs (for the women) and brandies (for the men).