The kindness of Cypriots
Posted: Tue 13 Aug 2019 3:00 pm
Just want to share this because it was lovely
Our car conked out in Limassol yesterday, we were stuck in a bus stop in 40-odd degree heat and it was the first day of the South side`s equivalent of the "factory fortnight" so everything around us was closed.
We were rescued by a Greek Cypriot fella, whose family it turned out was originally from our village. He helped us get enough water in the car to get it going and took us a friend`s garage, which was closed, it being the first day of the holiday. His friend came though, opened the garage, said he could fix the problem but it would take him a couple of hours. So while our car was being fixed, this chap, Elias, took us to lunch, which he then absolutely insisted on paying for. He then took us back to the garage, where the broken part of the car had been welded and the mechanic refused to take a penny from us, wouldn`t even take it on the premise that it was for his kids. He said "today I did not come to earn money, I came to help", his family was originally from Morphou.
So car fixed, Elias then insisted we follow him to his home, to check the car was ok, but really to drink coffee with his wife and meet his grandchild.
We`ve had a lovely few days clambering around the Troodos for our Bayram break but conking out in Limassol was the highlight and it was lovely to experience people before politics
Karen
Our car conked out in Limassol yesterday, we were stuck in a bus stop in 40-odd degree heat and it was the first day of the South side`s equivalent of the "factory fortnight" so everything around us was closed.
We were rescued by a Greek Cypriot fella, whose family it turned out was originally from our village. He helped us get enough water in the car to get it going and took us a friend`s garage, which was closed, it being the first day of the holiday. His friend came though, opened the garage, said he could fix the problem but it would take him a couple of hours. So while our car was being fixed, this chap, Elias, took us to lunch, which he then absolutely insisted on paying for. He then took us back to the garage, where the broken part of the car had been welded and the mechanic refused to take a penny from us, wouldn`t even take it on the premise that it was for his kids. He said "today I did not come to earn money, I came to help", his family was originally from Morphou.
So car fixed, Elias then insisted we follow him to his home, to check the car was ok, but really to drink coffee with his wife and meet his grandchild.
We`ve had a lovely few days clambering around the Troodos for our Bayram break but conking out in Limassol was the highlight and it was lovely to experience people before politics
Karen