Party in The Park

Back in Cyprus, we headed over to Happy Valley in Episkopi to attend the annual Party  in the Park. On a lovely Summer's evening the large crowd were entertained by various musical acts. The beers tents and food outlet did a roaring trade and the whole event was very well organised.

The USA Honeymoon Road Trip - Part 4

Andrew's thoughts on Today's Drive...

 A day mostly filled with driving to Las Vegas! 5 hours... but some great scenery along the way, and a very random 50’s themed diner for lunch (which was pretty grim). To say the first time in Vegas is overwhelming is an understatement! It’s crazy and beautiful all at once... we had a little explore this evening at New York New York, and had some incredible Chinese food... but by 10pm we were done and will explore more tomorrow before seeing Christina Aguilera in Planet Hollywood tomorrow night!

The Following day Lisa and Andrew set about exploring this Amazing City of Las Vegas.

"We went for a tour bus along the strip and along old Vegas, went along Fremont street and found a happy hour where we had lunch... at Mickey Finns... we then went back, got changed and went to see Christina Aguilera at planet Hollywood. She was amazing. Lisa lost her bag in a chicken shop and we had murder getting to our room but a very helpful waitress handed her bag into security and we got back finally at 3am!! A great day overall and UB40 tomorrow night with Shaggy! "



























Lisa and Andrew finished off their road trip with a few days relaxing in Palm Springs before flying home from Los Angeles.

The USA Honeymoon Road trip - Part 3

The Happy travellers enjoyed their visit to Santa Barbara so much that they extended their visit. They started the day with a breakfast at Dawn Patrol before hiring a couple of bikes and riding from Shoreline  Park to Butterfly beach, a round trip of about 9 miles. After a relaxing afternoon by the pool then enjoyed an amazing Mexican meal at Santo Mezcal.

Into the second week of the road trip and Lisa and Andrew arrived in Los Angeles. First up was to join a tour to see the celebrity houses in Beverley Hills, the Famous Hollywood sign. They then headed over to Hollywood Boulevard to check out the famous Star's signs.

They then stopped off at Ben and Jerry's for ice cream before driving over to Venice beach and walked along Muscle beach before heading back to Santa Monica for dinner.

The USA Honeymoon road Trip - Part 2

The Newlyweds left Carmel by the sea and headed to Monterey  where they joined a whale watching boat. They found it incredible to be so close to Whales, Dolphins and sea lions. After a late lunch at the Harbour they decided to stay locally in Pacific Grove.

Continuing to drive South on Route 1, which Lisa an Andrew found to be so scenic, after 3 hours they arrived in Cayucos. They passed through a small town where there were deer roaming free in people's front yard.






















 This Amazing road trip continued with a 3 hour drive to Santa Barbara, where Lisa and Andrew spent a day relaxing after 7 days on the road and exploring.

Jude turns 4 and another Anniversary

Our Gorgeous, little Jude turned 4 year of age this weekend and to celebrate his birthday his parents took him and his sister, Cari, to the Longleat Safari park in Wiltshire, UK.
The kids had a whale of a time, especially when the monkeys climbed over their car.

Mike and Tina kindly invited us to the Hideaway restaurant in Pissouri to help them celebrate their 46 th Wedding anniversary.  They had also invited a number of other guests and some good food and a few laughs made for a lovely night.

The USA Honeymoon road trip - Part 1

News reaches us from the USA about the first leg of Lisa and Andrew's road trip. The newlyweds flew into San Francisco  and their first stop was the cycle route that runs close to the Golden gate bridge.

The following day they picked up their hire car and headed towards North  Lake Tahoe  via Sacramento . The 214 mile drive passed through some stunning  scenery  and the were surprised  to find out that the temperature dropped  to 5 degrees  when they reached Tahoe.

The following day they woke to cloudless skies and drove around the shoreline of the lake stopping off to enjoy the superb scenery.  They left North Lake Tahoe and travelled the east coast of it until they got to Lee Vining, stopping en route at Walker County Store to fill up with gas... when they got to Lee Vining they had lunch and headed through the beautiful Yosemite National Park..

 After a lavish breakfast in their motel they  hit the road, heading for the coast. After a recommendation from locals they met last night,they  headed for Moss Landing where they saw sea lions on the harbour which was quite bizarre! Yet the Mexican food they had for lunch was amazing, the best fish tacos ever... they decided to head south to Carmel as the beach here is incredible! They  went to watch sunset on the beach and found a local barwith an amazing live singer.

Louise and Patricio's Wedding

We were kindly invited by Denise and Kelvin to their daughter's wedding. Louise married Patricio in the village of Kouklia, which is about a 12 minute drive from Pissouri.

The Venue was "Liopetro", which is set in beautiful grounds overlooking the sea.

The ceremony was held outside as the sun began to set. The guests then heard some very good speeches before enjoying a Sumptuous buffet. The happy couple then took to the dance floor for the first dance before the guests joined them to dance the night away.

We even saw The International Space Station, which flew over the night sky and could clearly be seen.