The local beer, brewed in Limassol.
Many restaurants have these outdoor pizza ovens.
Aphrodite's Rock.
at Zias beach.
a plaque up on the road side by the shrine.
Interior of the shrine.
Icon inside the shrine.
Cosmopolitan.
Frappes are very popular...ice, frothy coffee.
Seagull biscuit at Lady's Mile beach, Limassol.
Mojito.
Tiger prawns at Paphos.
On the way to Agioi Vavatsinias, the old ancestral home of one of my friend's husband's family...it's 800m up into the hills.
grapes growing.
Cypriot coffee...very sweet and strong.
Prickly pears...tasted a little like melon and passion fruit.
The old family house we visited.
The old family cafe.
At Pissouri Bay.
We were taken by surprise by a Praying Mantis!
The restaurant used burning coffee to ward off the wasps.
beautiful sunsets.
evening at Paphos harbour.
coffee cups.
waffle and ice cream.
down at the Cove.
taking it easy..
Greek flag.
Coral Bay.
driving to Limassol.
goats.
tunnel on the way to Limassol.
Limassol docks.
Lady's Mile Beach.
yellow post box.
in the old quarter of Limassol.
interesting door knocker.
mosque.
ancient mosaic at Limassol castle.
grafitti
hugs and kisses?
huge fig tree in the car park.
paddling at Aphrodite's Rock.
Aphrodite's Rock....the legend says that this is the place where Aphrodite, "
She who rises from the foam" was born from the sea after
Gaia (Mother Earth) asked one of her sons, Cronus, to mutilate his father, Uranus (Sky). Cronus cut off Uranus' testicles and threw them into the sea.
lots of cats!
Pissouri Bay.
Chicken kebab and tzatziki.
Baklava the size of my head....almost!
all the little birds roosted together in a tiny garden below one of the hotel's bars.
beautiful crescent moon.
Pissouri.
last sunset over Cyprus.
