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| courtesy in-cyprus.philenews |
The Red Sea, South Cypriot style. Accumulated water swept significant amounts of earth into the sea at a Paralimni beach, turning sea water red. About as bizarre as reports that the mountains are leaking water.
Meanwhile rain continues here throughout the morning and early afternoon. Clears up mid-afternoon, with the sun actually in evidence. So we get to go down to the store to top up. Bread - including a loaf of still warm sourdough (good timing) as well as eggs, cheese, lentils, onions, potatoes and carrots. European style, we only buy a few of each item - three onions, five carrots. Everything fresh and not too much to carry.
Power off for a couple of hours in the early evening yesterday. Other locations have reported intervals, sometimes long, with no internet. Sarah and Ralph post that with no internet they are forced to resurrect an old DVD for entertainment. It had previously been lent to a friend and when Sarah opened the box there was a message saying ‘buy yourself a beer’ along with a five lira note. The loan must have been some time ago. Though maybe not as long ago as one might suppose. When we were living in Famagusta in the summer of 2020 courtesy of Covid five lira was equivalent to a dollar Canadian or £0.57. Today it’s $0.16 CAD or £0.09. Barely the foam on the head of a beer.
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