Public holiday today. The last one of the year as Christmas isn’t a holiday here. It’s Republic Day, celebrating the 41st anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 1983 of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus. Airshow slated above the harbour in Girne. It’s an annual event and apparently a good one but we don’t opt to go as our usual gathering at the Blue Song is more attractive.
As with most public holidays, banks and government offices will be closed, supermarkets open. We’re basically village, and the sounds on a holiday morning are village sounds. Including the buzz of a power saw - shades of Sioux Lookout. And, from a little further away, a rooster greeting the day.
Had thought we might be able to see something of the air show from the Blue Song where we’re enjoying a draft beer outside at the starting time - half past three. But seems that fifteen kilometres is too far, though we did spot some of the planes arriving from Türkiye earlier.
And, appropriately, the last super moon of the year due tonight.