Welcome to Cyprus, the weather told us this morning !!

First morning in Larnaca, getting ready for the Women's Cyprus Cup. After a long day of traveling yesterday, we eventually made it to Cyprus and our apartment in Larnaca. Our arrival was in the dark, so we didn't see much of the surroundings during the evening.

Tuesday morning - first game day in the Cyprus Cup 2012, weather man has been promising varied weather for the week but to our surprise first thing in the morning a big hale/snow storm passed over Larnaca and the streets were white with hale the size of your thumb-nail. Now I know it is late February and we can't expect summer-like conditions, but this certainly wasn't what I expected :-)

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Luckily the England vs Finland game is at 5.30pm, so there is some time for the weather to ... get worse?? Should be an interesting first evening game over in Nicosia (40 minute drive from the apartment). Looking forward to talking to both Finnish and English players after the game, and even if I do work for the Finnish FA over here - I probably know more of the English players due to my work with Birmingham City Ladies FC.

And to rub things in, Algarve (where I usually am at this time of the year) is enjoying a nice sunny day with temperatures up to 17 degrees. Why oh Why did Finland have to choose this year for changing their pre-season tournament venue??

Looking at things from the positive side - internet is working nicely in the apartment and everything else is looking good .. apart from the weather :-)