New wheels arrive

We drove into Geriskipou to pick up our new cars, Mandy is now the owner of a Subaru R2 and Rob now drives a Honda HRV.

On the way back to Pissouri we stopped off at Aphrodite’s rock to commemorate the occasion by taking a couple of photographs of the cars.

We finished off the weekend with a nice BBQ at a friends house (Lisa and Dom), the wine flowed, the food was superb and we all ended up improving or Greek dancing.

Our Container arrives

Today our container arrived with all our possessions from the UK. The truck bringing our container was a tight squeeze through the streets of Pissouri and a number of locals came to see and voice their opinions.

Our 3 moving men were Mario and the 2 Georges and they brought with them a telescopic lift that enabled them to pass everything through a bedroom window with the minimum of lifting. We soon began to unpack and it felt like Christmas had arrived as we opened our boxes.

Concert in Episkipi

Along with several friends we drove over to the British army base at Episkipi to see a musical concert.The show was opened by the Royal Welch pipe and drum band.

A guest choir from the Welsh village of Ynysybwl entertained the audience with a varied repertoire of Hyms, African American field songs and modern day pop songs

The Royal marine band followed and were in Great form as they played a variety of music from big band swing to Jazz.

The night was finished off with a fish and chip supper at the Paramali StationTavern

Coco channel arrives in Pissouri

We went to the Pissouriana to celebrate Mandi's birthday, a night's entertainment was laid on.

Top of the bill was a drag artist "Coco Channel" who belted out a few Shirley Bassey numbers.

A superb buffet was served and the dance floor was soon

buzzing with the local shaking thier bootie.

Football tournament in Pissouri

The Easter celebrations concluded with a football tournament at the Pissouri football pitch, a number of local teams entered and a good crowd turned out to give their support.

Easter Sunday.

The Easter celebrations took place in Pissouri square where the village council laid on food and drink.

A large crowd were entertained with traditional music, folk dancing and local games.

Rob won the Egg and spoon race and was presented with a souvenir medal although there was some dispute concerning if he completed the course.

Our friend Theo then invited us to a small family gathering at his local bar.

Theo is pictured with his Wife Xena and his daughter, Rafiela.

Good Friday in Omodos.

Good Friday morning we drove up to the picturesque village of Omodos to see how the locals celebrate this traditional holiday. The local church of The Holy Cross was packed full with local residents. The Church was decorated with colourful gardinias and numerous candles.

We then sat outside the local coffee house in the cobbled village sqaure and watched the young children play with their sparkler fireworks.

We then took the chance to wander through all the tiny backstreets of the village that are dotted with old village wineries, small tavernas and lace shops.

Pissouri Cycle paths

The Pissouri Cyclepaths are a committee of friends who have come together with the collective aim of raising money for the more than worthy charity ‘Friends’ Hospice in Paphos.They plan to cycle around the Island of Cyprus in November 2007.

More information can be found at thier website at

http://pissouricyclepaths.googlepages.com/home

Job interview in Limassol

We drove into Limassol where Mandy had a job interview with a local hospital. On the road outside Pissouri we came across a car that had rolled into a drainage ditch and ended up on its roof.

Our first stop was the main Police station to get a Police check for employment, we then headed down to the Fish Market to buy fresh sea bream and salmon.

We are now using a jeep for our travels as the car in for a replacement windscreen.

We asked friends if they had a spare tv and DVD player that we could borrow until our container arrives, as usual they all offered help, we now have 2 TV’s and 2 DVD players plus a large box of movies.