On a blustery day we popped down to Cardiff Bay to the Hollywood bowl centre. We were joined by Nanny Flav, Jude, Cari and their dad, Lee.
After a quick visit to the amusement arcade we got down to serious matter of bowling. There was some intense competition as the kids kept a close eye the scores.
To celebrate New Year's Eve we jumped on a train from Fairwater to the Riverside district of Cardiff.
We enjoyed a lovely meal at the Riverside Cantonese restaurant.
On a wet and windy day in Cardiff, we caught a train into the centre of Cardiff and ran a few errands before finding sanctuary from the persistent rain by popping into a local pub for lunch.
Another wet and gloomy morning in Cardiff, with a constant downpour of rain.
Our hosts, Lisa and Andrew, decided to head to warmer climes as they jetted out to Portugal for a short break and we were quite happy to be house sitters and look after Dude the cat.
Boxing day started with a visit to Auntie Cheryl's house, we enjoyed drinks and nibbles and met some of her family.
On a bitterly cold and rainy evening Lee and Rob then made their way down to the Cardiff city stadium to watch the Bluebirds play Queens Park Rangers in the EPL.
Sadly the scoreless draw was a pretty boring game with neither side managing a shot on target.
Christmas day started with a downpour of rain in South Wales as our chef, Andrew, prepared a sumptuous Christmas dinner.
Afterwards we held a Secret Santa and played a few table games, all in all it was a memorable day.
Along with Lisa, Andrew and Ma Flav we trooped over to Lee's house, Cari and Jude were very excited see us in our Christmas outfits and they also got to open a few early gifts.
In the evening we made our way to The Claude pub to catch up with some old friends.
We then returned home for dinner, which was a lovely curry.
Today we made our way over to see Cari, Jude and their dad, Lee. It turned into a craft day as we prepared letters and signs for Santa.
The kids were in great form and were just so excited about Christmas and to be fair, so were the adults.
We awoke to a grey, drizzly morning in Bristol. We had a good breakfast and the took the five minute stroll to the coach station and hopped on the National Express coach to SouthWales.
This was the first time that we had used this coach service and we we both impressed by it.
We crossed over the bridge into Wales and were met with rain, fog and heavy traffic.
Arriving in Cardiff Lisa was waiting for us at the coach station, our first job was to do some food shopping for the festive season.
In the afternoon we met up with Cari and Jude and their dad who introduced us to their new pet hamster, JB.
In the evening we joined Lisa and Andrew and made our way down to the Landsdowne pub in the Canton area. We enjoyed a good meal the sat back and listened to "Carol's around the piano".
This year we plan to spend Christmas with our family in Cardiff, South Wales.
On a cold and wet evening in Cyprus we made our way to Paphos airport for our Easyjet flight to Bristol. The flight over took 4 hours 30 mins and was pretty smooth.
Due to late arrival of our flight, we stayed overnight close to the airport.
The Cool kids marked our arrival in their Christmas dairies.
Back in Cyprus, the 1911 club was the venue for a small Christmas party, the guests were in good spirits and the Karaoke went down a storm.
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Sunday saw us at the Hillview restaurant in Pissouri. The Carvery was as ever top quality, the views of Akrotiri bay spectacular and George and his friendly staff made for lovely afternoon.
A short video of our recent trip to Romania and Bulgaria.
