The Resources Director range me yesterday and asked me to stay in Nicosia until Christmas... I can go home to Paris tomorrow as planned, but I will be flying back next Sunday. I managed to get the last apartment at the Hotel Cleopatra, they only have a few. It's one bedroom, again it will be strange for me to have a bedroom, because I am used to only having one room.
So it looks like the client won, and the powers that be lost.
This is Partita, as of now:

Only the date and the holbein stitching to go!
Partita looks wonderful ... you're soooo close to finishing :) Sorry for the late comment, I just realised it was still sitting here unread!