Five Generations of Mandy's Family

Five generations of Mandy's family, gathered in Redditch, UK, to introduce baby Jake to his Great, Great Grand Mother, Edith.

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Christmas day started with a trip down to Pissouri bay for a beach breakfast of Champagne and sausage sandwiches. Jan and Steve were brave enough for a dip in the sea.

Next stop was The Pissouriana for a pre lunch drink with friends and neighbours. We then returned home where Mary and Mandy cooked a superb Christmas dinner.

Mary's Birthday.

 









Mary celebrated her birthday with a lunch at The Symposium. With a roaring log fire, the guests enoyed a lovely meal, lots of laugher and some dancing. Mandy baked a splendid home made cake and Steve provided the Champagne to  toast Mary.

Christmas visitors.

Our first 2 Christmas visitors, Sue and Damion, turned up bearing gifts of homemade mince pies.

Dinner at The Symposium

 

On a blustery evening The Symposium tavern was the venue for a fish and chip dinner. One of the guests (a certain dive instructor)  had to leave early but his slice of apple pie did not go to waste. We then moved onto the 1911 club for a bit of dodgy carol singing.

A hike from Plataniskia.

During a break in this Month's wet weather, Rob and Steve took the opportunity to go for a hike in the local hills. Their starting point was the village of Plataniskia, they then walked South, following the valley of a dried up river bed. 

A lunch break was taken on top of a high plateau with superb views of the surrounding countryside. A  nest of insects was found and the insects had strange makings on their bodies.

                     

The Hike continued South through local vinyards and arable land to the finishing point at Pissouri Bay.

Carols in the Square

Thankfully the heavy rain subsided long enough for this years "Carols in the square" to take place. Mulled wine and mince pies were provided by he PRA as the excited crowd waited for this years Christmas draw. Steve and Mary won a fish supper at a local Tavern.

We then returned home for a warming meal and an Irish coffee.

PRA Christmas dinner 2009

The Hillview was the venue for the PRA Christmas dinner, a full house enjoyed a superb buffet and was entertained by Stevie D.

Meanwhile, outside a huge electrical storm lit up the night sky.

Lunch and Karaoke.

Lileth and Kevin invited us to lunch at their house. A superb home cooked meal was enjoyed by all the guests. Then the dreaded kareoke machine came out. A perfect way to spend a rainy, Sunday afternoon.

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Pissouri Chippendales

Jake arrives

News reaches us from the UK of an addition to the family. Congratulations to the proud parents, Natasha and Leo on the birth of their beautiful baby boy, Jake.

Best wishes to Roy and Janet on becoming Great Grandparents.

Mandy visits Birmingham

Leaving Larnaca's newly opened international airport, Mandy flew in to Birmingham (UK) to visit her family. First stop was a visit her mum and to catch up on allthe News.   Mandy's next stop was to see her Brother, Roy and his wife Janet, then she hit the shops !

The Horse and Jockey pub was the venue for a family get together and it just happened to be kareoke night, the star of the evening was young Jade who got a standing ovation for her singing.

Lilet held her birthday Party at the Fantasia club in Paphos, a great turnout of Family, friends and workmates helped the birthday girl celebrate the night.

The crowd were suprised at a certain Brummie's version of "Build me up buttercup" on the Kareoke.

For this years's Bonfire night we went down to the beach at Episkopi,there was a huge turnout for this annual event. A military band played a selection of well known tunes as the kids danced around withtheir "glow in the dark" bracelets.

The Hot dog stand did a roaring trade (as well as the bar) as the large bonfire with its traditional Guy Fawkes effigies was set alight. Then the main part of the evening began as a superb firework display lit up the night time sky.

Twins at Craven Cottage

Robin and Johan took a trip to London to see their first premiership football match. They went to Craven cottage to see Fulham beat Liverpool 3-1