Sunny, and warm enough that I pick what at 12 noon passes for the shady side of the street walking back from the post office. There's always some breeze at the waterfront, but not inland. Much competition near the seafront for (mostly UK) tourist money. Souvenirs seldom underpriced but some genuine undercutting in restaurants. Thus one offers to take sterling, with £1 equalling €2. Much better than the official exchange rate. In fact worth changing money for if one intended to go for a meal. A €20 dinner would cost £10, which is actually worth only €12.75.
But then some things Cypriots just look at differently. The same cafés that entice tourists and others by offering full pints of local lager for €1.69 are pleased to advertise cups of Nescafé instant coffee for €1.50, assuming that this is similarly attractive.
[Some dispute here as J says that people no longer know what a pint is and I say that A) All Brits know what a pint is, and B) in any case everyone knows it's half a quart. Concede that this may be generational, as we do live in the land of litres.]
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