Sunday June 4, 2005 – Iceberg Dead Ahead!

Without a car, Cyprus weekends are pretty humdrum. As nothing is open, your options for entertainment include going: to the beach, to get coffee, to the movies, nowhere trying to find something on Greek TV. This past weekend we accomplished all four potential weekend activities. We lounged the mornings away reading and watching TV, went to the beach for coffee in the afternoon, and we went to our favorite theater of all time. I’d been eying this floating iceberg fun park for the past few weeks and was able to sweet talk my way into fifteen minutes of fun before closing time. I was well above the median age of ten (physically at least), but had a wonderful time entertaining myself.

Not to poke fun by any means of Cyprus fashion, but these extra tight speedo boxer briefs and fanny pack are quite the style on the beach here. Maybe I need this beach getup to fully integrate into Cypriot society?

Ever wonder what happens when you leave a glass bottle of water in the freezer overnight? I woke up to it on Saturday morning (the shelf isn't normally like that). The frozen shard o’ glass ice sheet accident waiting to happen is still in there – not quite sure how to deal with it without defrosting the entire fridge.