Hard to believe it’s December. The day starts with clouds shrouding the mountain tops. The highest peak, Mt Selvili, at 1024 metres, is behind us. Clouds dissipate though and the day is sunny, reaching a little over 20.
We walk down in the afternoon to the Blue Song, a favourite restaurant from last spring. It’s on the seafront and you can eat either inside or out, though in good weather there isn’t always much difference in Cypriot restaurants as they tend to have sliding glass walls rather than windows .
On Friday afternoons the Foreign Residents Association meets here. All of foreign origin - English, German, Scandinavian, and more - but not all residents. Some have retired here but many live elsewhere but regularly spend part of the year here. It’s partly a relaxed social organisation but also an excellent source of information on everything from the Byzantine visa system to where to buy local SIM cards. Chat with a couple of people including Horst, a genial German chap who is apparently its chair. TWO draft beer 120 TL (€3.80, £3.25 $5.60 CAD). Hard to complain. 🍺🍺.