Sunday January 15, 2006 – The Cast of Characters

I’ll attempt to keep my long windedness under control in this my Blog #2 entry. So on our first night here we were taken out by the firm to a great restaurant called the Neon Pharilon –our English/Greek dictionary by the way doesn’t have Pharilon in it, so I can’t provide any clarification on what it means. The dinner was a fine welcome to Cyprus meal with wine, hors d’ovres (the best calamari I’ve ever had among others), fresh and tasty seafood, dessert, and espresso. This meal was our first introduction to the “Cast of Characters” (note – all the names have been tweaked a bit) in our Cypriot reality show:

Nichos – probably the hottest partner in firm worldwide. He is about 6’ 4”, blonde, young forties, athletic, with a million dollar smile, sharing a small resemblance to the perfect looking Russian in Rocky IV, except not as beefy. He is the Cypriot water skiing champion, runs 5 kilometers a day on the beach, farms and is a bee keeper on the weekend (yes white suit and all)…and is the lead on the project "C" is working on.

Steph – is an early/mid thirties senior manager from Germany with a raspy smokers voice and a great personality – full of sarcasm and laughs regularly. She is in charge of the day to day goings on of the project has been on assignment in Cyprus since April.

Kane – is our age, Chinese, raised in Malaysia, and attended university in Melbourne. He speaks Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay (national language of Malaysia), and English. He is well read, open minded, and fun to talk to as discussions are often interrupted with random movie quotes or references to current events. He has been on assignment working on the project since May.

Inigo – hails from Sao Paulo, Brazil and is as nice as all the others on the project. He is always mentioning how cold he is and is bundled up in a jacket and a scarf because his body hasn’t been able to adjust to the 50 degree mornings and evenings.