Wednesday, January 2/2013

A statutory holiday in Cyprus, like New Year's Day, so shops shut as well as offices. Only cafés open, so J, M and I down to the beach for coffee - well, J down to walk on the sand but M and I join him for coffee. Ironically the best non-Greek coffee is McDonald`s. Actually (as in Canada) quite good. But here it sells for €1 (£.81, $1.29 CAD), while Nescafé, the normal alternative to Greek coffee throughout the island, is almost universally €2. Good spot along the beach for watching the waves and the world go by.