We're up early, having packed yesterday. No weight restrictions here, but extra unpacked jackets will be a nuisance in a hot shared taxi. It's here at 8:40, but takes some time filling up at various hotels, giving us a mini tour of Kato Paphos, as the driver makes cavalier right (equivalent to North American left) turns over an arched cobbled median. There are nine seats, including the driver's, and a surprising amount of room for luggage. Ours is no problem. the seat next to ours is taken by a young woman who speaks English, rather than Greek, to the driver, but with an Eastern European accent. We collect her at a posh hotel and she's headed for Larnaca airport, her only luggage a small flowered cloth carry-on bag. I consider congratulating her on managing to travel so light, but think better of it.
In Limassol the exchange takes place with drug runner speed at a mall. We and the Eastern European girl are moined in the new van by an elderly Cypriot couple, cane in hand, packed in by solicitous younger family members. They're handed on to other relatives at a villaage stop just off the motorway. In the end the two quotes we've been given re prices are irrelevant, and we pay each driver €10 for a total of €20 for each of us. Not much different, but where did the €19.40 and €21.80 quotes come from?
Back at the Suflower, with emphasis on the sun. Acquiring a southern exposure is like moving to a different, and warer, country. Emotionally warmer, too - when Kikki begins her afternoon shift at 3 there are hugs.
In Limassol the exchange takes place with drug runner speed at a mall. We and the Eastern European girl are moined in the new van by an elderly Cypriot couple, cane in hand, packed in by solicitous younger family members. They're handed on to other relatives at a villaage stop just off the motorway. In the end the two quotes we've been given re prices are irrelevant, and we pay each driver €10 for a total of €20 for each of us. Not much different, but where did the €19.40 and €21.80 quotes come from?
Back at the Suflower, with emphasis on the sun. Acquiring a southern exposure is like moving to a different, and warer, country. Emotionally warmer, too - when Kikki begins her afternoon shift at 3 there are hugs.
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