Few people about, very little open.
After tonight everywhere will be closed, end of season.
No 1 restaurant one of the few places open. Tonight their last night before closing for the season.
Excellent pork chop served with salad and chips accompanied by half a bottle of red wine.
Covid-19 biosecurity good. Hand sanitiser on entry, sat outside, marble top tables easily cleaned, staff wearing masks correctly at all times.
Indian restaurant Larnaca.
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Temperature a little lower today, below 30C, slowly cooling day by day as head into winter.
Yesterday UK put Cyprus on quarantine list and advised no travel to Cyprus. Immediate profiteering by easyJet and other airlines. Last night flight to Gatwick €400 this evening almost €500.
Earlier to Larnaca with intention of leaving late afternoon, but best laid plans, do not leave until nnighttime.
Local bus to Ayia Napa. Wander through Sculpture Park.
Intercity Bus, once again driver not wearing mask correctly, passengers follow example set. These buses are being turned into coronavirus death traps.
Bowl of Greek yoghurt with honey and fruit at Lazaris.
I had intended to pop into The Third Room a suggest coffee to try. Stop and have a cocktail. Sorry, I do not have the time. But can try whilst chatting. OK then.
Excellent cocktail. Not only created cocktail, also the ingredients.
The Third Room coffee shop during the day cocktail bar at night. Part of Roseum boutique hotel, a contemporary hotel in Larnaca old town. Owned by two brothers who also own in the mountains s vineyard, winery and distillery.
Espresso at Koffea.
… Nick’s Coffee Bike
Indian dinner
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A very warm evening, Ithaki Garden empty but told fully booked but will squeeze me in.
Pork chop accompanied by red wine.
Pork chop tasty but tough.
Poor compared with grilled pork chop at Andama.
Ithaki Garden need to improve what comes with their meat dishes, a not very fresh morsel of salad not acceptable, needs to be fresh salad or vegetables, and improve the chips. Contrast with Andama or No 1 restaurant in Protaras.
A Tanzanian coffee for Clifton Coffee Roasters.
I have to say I was disappointed.
Usually a V60 improved as cools. This did not.
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I -decide to revisit The Third Room.
I say problem may be channelling, not the beans, though I suspect the beans and clutching at straws.
He pulls an espresso, neither of us can see anything wrong. Unpleasant taste as before.
I suggest ditch the beans, import from Athens, UK or Berlin.
Spoilt for choice good coffee roasteries.
DT coffee roasters would be a good place to start.
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Summer time ended at the weekend, it now gets dark earlier. I therefore caught an Intercity Bus an hour and a half earlier to compensate.
Local bus to Ayia Napa full of immigrant workers. No one wearing masks correctly.
Wander through Sculpture Park.
Intercity Bus driver not wearing mask correctly. When requested to wear correctly, pulled down to expose his mouth.
When I alight at Larnaca, he shouts at me and pulls down mask to expose his mouth. A big joke. Maybe not so funny when police hit with €300 fine and bus company fires him.
Police have been targeting bars and fining waiters not wearing masks correctly. They need to do the same with the buses. Also shut down and fine bars with loud music.
Walk along seafront to Larnaca Castle.
Interesting conversation with girl from Cameroon. She tells me she is an asylum seeker. I was not aware Cameroon was a country to flee from.
I find shoe shop open. Shopkeeper does not know which pair of sandals she found before. Maybe different shopkeeper. She eventually finds a pair, if not the same, similar. She tells me €30. My last visit €25 , Maybe a different pair. We settle on €25.
Bowl of Greek yoghurt with honey and fruit at Lazaris.
I decide to revisit The Third Room. I say problem may be channelling, not the beans, though I suspect the beans and clutching at straws. He pulls an espresso, neither of us can see anything wrong. Unpleasant taste as before.
To Koffea but no time for a coffee.
To Nick’s Coffee Bike. V60# frombTanxanjs tossed by Clifton Coffee Roasters. I an somewhat disappointed.
To Ithika Garden. I decide to check menu then have to go and wash my hands. Order pork chop accompanied by a glass of red wine. Chop tasty but tough.
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In Protaras impossible to obtain decent coffee. Though with rare exceptions also true for Cyprus.
Patisserie Amelie one of the few places open in Protaras.
Not somewhere I would recomend for coffee. Opened several yeard sgo. Until last year always empty.
I ordered a cappuccino. A mistake. I should have ordered freddo cappuccino.
What was served undrinkable. Froth and foam, between lukewarm and stone cold.
Never spoil a ship for a haporth of tar. variety offer. Top quality San Remo espresso machinev an Demi espresso, topbqualityvSan Remo grinfers, then cutvcorners wkth cheap crap low qualibkty coffee from LavAzza. The girl making The coffee clueless on making coffee.
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The ice cream a different story. Highly recommended.
Wandering through Protaras this evening the few businesses open a week ago now closed.
Walking along the seafront pleasantly warm, not a soul to be seen.
No 1 restaurant in the centre of Protaras one of the few businesses open.
The street outside deserted. Not a soul to be seen. Occasionally a few lost souls wander by.
Tomato soup followed by moussaka and salad accompanied by half a bottle of red wine. Excellent.
Last week I was the only diner. Tonight a couple of other tables.
Saturday will be their last night, then closed, end of season.
Covid-19 biosecurity good. Hand sanitiser on entry, tables marble tops easily kept clean, waitress wearing mask correctly, outside seating.
Note: Plain clothes police raiding bars and restaurants, on the spot €300 fine waiters not wearing masks correctly.
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