Wednesday, January 3/2018

Everything open today, so load up on fruit and veg, one of the great pleasures of living in Cyprus. And not, financially, a luxury either. Clementines at €0.59 (52p, $0.89 CAD) a kilo, tiny cucumbers at €0.19 (17p, $0.29 CAD) a kilo, and medium tomatoes at €0.39 (35p, $0.35 CAD) a kilo. We're usually limited by what we can carry, although there's not a lot of point to letting greed take over as buying frequently is buying fresher. 

We're lucky, as we're barely home when the rains begin. It's intermittent, but at times very heavy, and, as usual in Cyprus when there's more than a shower, the streets flood and water begins washing up over the curbs. J watches an old man walking  in the road looking for a shallow spot when a passing car drenches him. That too is unfortunately common - cars throwing up a wake higher than their own roofs as pedestrians search for safety. Although it doesn't usually take long after the rain stops for the standing water to disappear.