J and I for a walk over to the warehouse - a discount store where almost everything is simply piled in boxes, many of them labelled €1.99. The warehouse itself is enormous and the variety of goods is huge as well - cheap Christmas ornaments, detergents, radios, shoes, cushions, flyswatters, plastic toys, scent, office furniture, umbrellas, clothing, bags of sugar, tools, pressure washers, carpets, cases of beer and soft drinks, clocks, instant coffee, crockery, bottles of wine, reading glasses, and many etceteras. The list could go on endlessly. Much of it is cheaply made and not everything is a bargain. The flyswatters at €1.99 are no better than Carrefour's at 80 cents. Some things, like the pressure washers, are justifiably expensive. Others, like the bottles of wine at €1.29, are probably worth no more than they cost. And there's the old trick of selling things in unnecessary quantities: does anyone really want three mousetraps - better built or not? Still, and interesting place - and vast.
Kiki, in reception, says that there has been snow not only in the Troodos Mountains but in Paphos, where schools and the airport have closed. Of course it doesn't take a lot of snow to shut things down when people don't have snow tyres, equipment, or driving skills to deal with it.
Kiki, in reception, says that there has been snow not only in the Troodos Mountains but in Paphos, where schools and the airport have closed. Of course it doesn't take a lot of snow to shut things down when people don't have snow tyres, equipment, or driving skills to deal with it.
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