Saturday is Lambousa market day. Lambousa really an ancient name for Lapta. It was a community founded on the north coast of Cyprus, about three kilometres northeast of where we are now. There is archaeological evidence of people living there by three thousand BCE and historical references going back to at least 1000 BCE. Arab raids were frequent in the seventh century CE and forced the inhabitants of Lambousa to move uphill into the present Lapta village area and away from the harassment along the coast.
So the weekly market has taken the ancient name. About a kilometre from our place and a warm day, temperature just over 20. The market’s a cheerful affair with dozens of booths selling everything from dried fruit and nuts to second hand clothes and books, to Christmas baking and decorations to new silver jewellery to charity shop overflow. A man is pressing wine coloured juice from fresh pomegranates and there are bottles of local olive oil for sale. A couple of large and very friendly dogs enjoying all the activity and garnering the occasional treat as well. We do buy a generously measured kilo of shelled peanuts and a couple of books. Most prices not bad and some of the second hand things a real bargain.