Saturday, February 5/2011

Sun back in evidence and M has sussed out a café where the sun hits earlier and stays later It's just round the corner from the Athene - the best of our former hotels, now half rebuilt and up for sale. Tables a bit weather warped - and nice wicker chairs just off the pavement with views of sea and lovely old Larnaca buildings across the road and lots of interesting foot traffic. The owner is a painter as well, so his paintings are in evidence as well as large blow-ups of old Larnaca photographs. Friendly relaxed atmosphere and even biscuits with the Cyprus coffees. Good find!

M to dinner in the evening. Spaghetti with vegetarian sauce - lots of mushrooms.

Email fro Lilly in Syria. She's planning to take the bus in from Lattakia - four hours up the coast - and meet us in Damascus for a day and is giving us several possible plans of what we could see and do. Quite exciting.