We live close the the beach at Ayia Triada (near Kaparris/Paralimni) and we get a lovely breeze through most of the day and evening so its not yet reached the particularly hot and sticky point for us yet. I'm determined not to use the air con at all and so far we haven't even wanted to.

think the simple life and thats about right. There's no rat race to speak of, people are more interested in having a good meal and chatting with friends than owning the latest electrical entertainment products.

for the first time in our lives, we are getting 8 hours sleep a night, our food is pretty much all from the local area, (very environmentaly friendly), we don't need to have the heating on for 3 quarters of the year. you don't need to put an umbrella and sunglasses in your handbag just in case, and just going for a walk or sitting by the sea is pleasure enough