Cypriots don’t like winter. We hate the cold weather, the rain and the wind. We were born to be brown, to bask in the golden sunshine that belsses the Cypriot shorelines. As soon as we even get a sniff that winter is here, the heaters come out, the jumpers and scarfs get thrown on and […]
The Troodos Mountains in the centre of Cyprus are sufficiently lofty to provide good skiing conditions in winter, a fact which led to the founding of the Cyprus Ski Club, by Cypriot and British ski enthusiasts in 1947. Several FIS (International Ski Federation-recognised) events take place here, including an international competition. The piste on the […]
Well yesterday we got rain, today we got snow. A level of 25cm of snow has been reported in the mountainous region of the island, with continuous snowing predicted for the rest of the night. As of writing the skiing slopes are all still closed. But families were voyaging up to have some fun in […]