No Day

Tomorrow is 28 October which is a Greek National Day (they seem to have several). This particular one is known as Ochi Day and commemorates the day in 1940 when Greek Prime Minister Metaxas refused to allow the Italian Army into Greek territory, thereby prompting the Italians to invade and thus bringing Greece into the Second World War on the side of the Allies.

So, not only will most shops etc be closed, they'll be having parades and there's nothing yer average Cypriot likes better than a parade of marching bands of drummers. They've been rehearsing for this at the school which is about 100 metres away from us - rum tee tum tee tum tee  tee tiddly tum tum bum bum bum it goes. Interesting at first, but becoming tiresome. No doubt they'll be at it from the crack tomorrow morning, along with the church bells...