Shall we dance?

Argentinian tango – it’s as close as men and women get on the dancefloor

From a beginner’s point of view

ONE two three. One two three. I always had the impression that dancing should be carefully thought out with counting being part of the process. I’m not referring to the type of dancing I am used to when clubbing but more classic types such as tango. My movie experience was quite different to my real life experience last Sunday.

Diary

Day one of a three-day Egypt fest: solo parenting, 34 weeks pregnant, with four and five-year-old boys and no Ritalin at hand. Would it be worth it?

Eat dirt… and like it

Who would have thought pedalling through sand in the scorching sun would be the best Sunday of the year?

IN MY head there are bike people and not bike people. The bike people wear flowing white linen and take leisurely rides around flat terrain only to stop by a lake and feed some ducks. Gears? Pfah! The bike people in my head rarely break a sweat let alone climb a hill.

The Wine Guy

Wine on the side
Small, Dhali-based winery churns out some winners
WHEN the Christoudias family began their winery in Dhali, Cyprus already boasted numerous small wineries. All were making different wines to suit different palettes, leading John Christoudias to produce something different still.

Comment – The new game of Cypriot roulette

HURRAY! At last, EU membership is paying off. The Commission has written to the government asking to be informed on the procedure by which the government intends to assign the construction and management of the new airport to a private consortium.

Tales from the coffeeshop

MUCH AS we dislike advertising it when we are proved right, we always give in to our human weakness and do so anyway. In the last edition of the Shop, it was reported that the Communications and Works Minister Haris Thrasou had reacted with defiance to European Union snooping about the government’s BOT deal for the airports with the Hermes consortium.