Lisa's Birthday 2008

On Saturday we popped down the Pissouriana to watch the football and meet the locals, Lisa and Dan ended up at the Red Fever and trundled home in the early hours of the morning .

On Sunday it was time to celebrate Lisa’s birthday, we started off with drinks around at Steve and Mary’s house, we were joined by Debbie, Colin and Theo. We then headed up to the Hillview restaurant for Sunday lunch and chocolate birthday cake.

Cyprus Night

We took the short drive to Aphrodite’s rock for a photo op before making our way to the town of Paphos.

We started the weekend witha trip to the Vineleaf tavern in Pissouri bay to take in the weekly Cypriot night show. The show consists of traditional Cypriot dancing, a belly dancer and disco.

Visitors from the Diff

Lisa, Jo and Dan flew in to Paphos from Cardiff ,UK for a weeks holiday. On their first day we went to Aphrodite's rock, a visit to Paphos and then took the short drive to Kyrenia beach for dinner as the sunset over the Mediterranean sea.

The next day we drove them up to Latchi for a boat trip along the Arkamas coast and a swim in the Blue lagoon.

A girls night out

A girls night out was organised at The Hillview restaurant and after their success at the Amphitheatre, Abbadabbadoo returned to Pissouri to entertain the locals.

Pam's 60 th Birday at the 1911 club

Pam’s 60th Birthday Party was held at the 1911 residents club, over 50 guests enjoyed one of Arthur's special dinners of chicken curry and Faggots. The musical entertainment was provided by Jo King who soon had the guests on the dance floor and belting out a few karaoke tunes.

Jan's Birthday 2008

To Celebrate Jan's birthday, her friends held a surprise birthday party at Sheena and Brian's house. The birthday girl was surprised to see her friends gathered on the porch and after a champagne toast, the guests were treated to a dinner of one of Arthur's famous curries.

Lee's Boxing bout

News reaches us from Cardiff, UK, that Lee has won his second amateur boxing bout. Lee admitted that he started the fight slowly and was caught off guard with a punch that opened up a nasty cut on his nose. Lee managed to regain his composure and stopped his opponent at the end of the second round.

Our 4 th Wedding Anniversary

To mark Our fourth wedding anniversary we went to the Olympus palace restaurant in Pissouri. Steve and Mary came along to help us celebrate,

Steve's brother, Colin, his wife Moria and son, Liam also came along to enjoy the wonderful food and festive atmosphere.

At the end of the evening we were invited by the owner to indulge in some Greek dancing, not a pretty sight !

Austrian Orchestra in Pissouri

Over 40 musicians of the Austrian orchestra, WK LAUFEN GMUNDEN ENGELHOF performed at the Pissouri amphitheatre. The young and impressive orchestra music played a variety of music from Bach to Gilbert O’Sullivan.

President in Plataniskia

Intending to have a quiet meal with friends we drove up

to The Plataniskia tavern which is situated in a small hamlet a couple of miles North of Pissouri. As we drove into the small village we were surprised to see hundreds of people gathered, a number of Police and three large cars with blacked out windows. We were told that the President of Cyprus was there to open a new museum telling the history of printing in Cyprus

New village football pitch

New Village football pitch. The British Army based in Cyprus have upgraded the village football pitch, they have levelled the area, laid a drainage system and installed under ground irrigation.

Robin and Diane's Golden Wediing

Robin and Diane invited us to a party in their house to celebrate their Golden wedding anniversary.

The Party was held in their garden in Pissouri, a superbly cook BBQ and live music helped family, friends and neighbours celebrate 50 years of marriage.

As a surprise gift, friends and neighbours chipped in to give them a bronze garden statue of a couple embracing. It was a wonderful party for a very special couple.

Abba Dabbadoo in Pissouri

The Pissouri amphitheatre with its dramatic coastline views was the setting for the Abba tribute band, Abbadabbadoo.

On a warm and windy evening over 600 people were entertained with the hits of the former Swedish pop band. The popular tunes soon had the dance floor full of people dancing the night away. 

Tony's Birthday Party

A Birthday Party was held in Birmingham, UK for Mandy's brother, Tony.

There was a good turn out of family and friends to help Tony celebrate the special day.

Adam's 16 th Birthday

Wendy & Jason invited us to a BBQ to celebrate their son, Adam's 16th birthday. Jason cooked a superb BBQ and there was almost a riot when the black pudding hit the grill.

An evening on the waves in Paphos

After several days of sweltering heat in Cyprus we decided to cool off by joining 40 other residents of Pissouri by joining the "Wavedancer" evening cruise. The cool sea breeze was a welcome change and the cruise provided good food and live entertainment.