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Green Monday To celebrate, the Cypriots all go out to the fields to light their BBQ’s with family and friends, on the menu; fresh fish, sea food, lots of fresh salads, fresh and dried fruit, nuts and in fact, anything you can think of, that’s not meat.  The theme is fancy dress, they all get face painted, and fly kites and stuff, and btw don’t worry if you’ve not been invited, just go for a walk in any field and you’ll probably get asked to join in, you know Cypriot hospitality n’all …

All you shop ’til you drop freaks will be in heaven, coz it’s looking like all the shops, malls and markets will be open from the 8th, just in time for the February Sales, so get out and find some bargains, with up to 70% off at some shops.

It's January, and normally, in this ‘versatility to the extreme’ country we live in, you can snow board in the Troodos Mountains in the morning and just over an hour later you can be swimming in the Mediterranean Sea … but this year that’s ‘if they let us’ … of course you could do it the other way round, then you can get into some Après Ski and chill in bespoke hotels up in the mountains and then get in a bit of Huskey Sledding in the morning and check out a sunset on another beach in the afternoon tomorrow!

Why not visit one of our fine harbours, in every major coastal city, with a few boat trips and fishing trips and friendly fish taverns that’ll even cook your catch for you. There’s enough bars open to get sloshed in and even more restaurants, especially in the villages, providing that home from home feeling around an open fire, maybe a little live music, but remember Cypriots live for the table, so be warned, in the festive season you’ll probably put on a few kilos

With the current covid thing, we’ll probably, sadly, see less winter opening parties, but if you think Cyprus is dead in November, you should look again, coz the places that were brave enough to open have all in all survived, some very well, oh and several will stay open for the winter this year, even Los Bandidos Mexican will be staying open to give you all somewhere to go …

There’s loads of live music, everywhere, but not as many concerts and festivals as there should be, disappointing hundreds of Cyprus Rocks Fans …. and as it's October, we’re expecting a few closing parties and naturally in turn opening parties, all over the place, and it seems we’ll see a few more pubs, bars, cafes staying open, because the many that remained closed have helped those that have opened after lockdown and especially weekends when everywhere is busy … naturally some of them will be swinging towards the local market, which makes sense. So, if you get invited to any end of season or opening parties make sure you go … it’ll be rude not to!

… and according to the fishermen, it looks like we’re gonna have another Indian summer, by that I mean it’ll still be hot during the day, but the evenings will start cooling down and if they are right, summer will probably last ’til the end of November, mmm!  So if you've been desperate to get away from it all, Cyprus should be your number one choice!

August of course is normally peak season, so expect it to get a bit busier on the coast, partly because pretty much the whole of Cyprus’ commerce and industry shuts down for about 3 weeks in August, it’s not worth trying to work coz if it gets to over 40°C in the workplace, the unions pull out the staff, and it’s definitely gonna be over 40°C, so they might as well close down for three weeks, but of course, it's a nightmare coz you can’t get anything done lol … no probs, as we say in Cyprus 'Avrion' it’s the Cypriots favourite word, but I'm sure you'll witness an occasional pull your hair out moment lol ...

… so, its peak season, and it’s hot, hot, hot, with the temperature well over 40°C by mid-July, and even the cold water isn’t cold enough!  Sunrise is about 5.30 am and it’s not getting dark ’til almost 8.30 pm, and as we move swoftly out of lockdown there’s beach bars throwing beach parties, coz the clubs aren’t open yet.  I’m missing the foam parties and pool parties but I’ve heard the night clubs are targeting to open by 16th with some massive names coming to spin their mix …

The current Covid Crises has hit us all hard, throwing us into a sci-fi film set back in March, we’re now on 'Take 82', and tbh, I think the Cyprus Government got it right … They reacted very quickly, rumour has it from a little inside tip from one of our Chinese investors … They attacked the pandemic with the only possible solution, ‘To Slow it Down’ … then using experts in Epidemiology they mathematically calculated when things would get back to normal’ish … and we’ve lifted restrictions in travel, no more SMS messages to go out, no more curfew, we’re allowed to swim in the sea and top up the tan after, and the restaurants and bars are opening and it seems people are getting together with friends, so please pop out and give these guys some support, they need it most now!!!