Coral Bay Hotel

In the village Christmas raffle we were lucky enough 
to win dinner at the Coral Beach hotel in Coral Bay. The hotel was very quiet at this time of year, but was nicely decorated for the festive season and most of the staff were welcoming.

Our friends, Paul and Judith, have decided to open their own property sales and property management Company called Celestial Cyprus, which is based in Pissouri.

We with them the best of luck with their new venture.

Scuba at St Georges Bay

On a blustery day, Rob, Steve and Jessica drove down to St. Georges bay to SCUBA dive. There were several large shoals of fish to be seen although visibility was hampered by a fairly strong sea swell.

Rob with some extra floatation equipment

Cyprus V Monaco in Rugby

We drove down to the happy valley base where there was an international rugby game taking place between Cyprus and Monaco.

The teams ended a dour first half scoreless with a string of injuries. The second half produced a much more open game with the Cypriot side running out winners by a score of 24 -3.

PAWS donation

Mandy, Mags and Tracey took a trip up to the PAWS animal shelter in Acheleia, near Paohos

to donate a loose change collection to help the shelter in its work looking after stray and unwanted dogs.

PAWS dog shelter Homepage

A visit to Tsiakkas winery

We drove up into the Troodos mountains for our first visit to Tsiakkas winery which is situated just outside the village of Pelendri We tasted a number of very good wins and ordered a couple of cases for the forthcoming Christmas holidays.

The surrounding area was devastated by a forest fire in the Summer and we noticed that some of the trees were scorched just 10 metres from the winery.

We then drove over to the village of Kato Amiandos to the Amiandos garden restaurant where they were holding a US Thanksgiving day dinner and we enjoyed a superb buffet.

In the evening we went along to a birthday celebration for Jason,Andy and Dave took the opportunity to dress as TV stars “Starsky and Hutch”

Steve's Birthday 2008

To celebrate Steve's birthday, we had a few drinks in the Pissourianna with Steve's buddies.

We then went to the newly refurbished Stone house restaurant in the small village of Paramali. The home cooked food was excellent and our host, Panicos, made us very welcome.

1911 Darts competition

The 1911 club hosted a darts competition. A good crowd turned up and over 20 teams took part in the event. The winning team of Sheen & Brian overcame the pre tournament favourites of Matt and Damon as some good natured banter took place between the matches.

Golf Lessons at Aphrodite Hills

We took the opportunity to attend an open day at Aphrodite Hills golf Course. We were given an hours golf lesson by club professional, Russell and then entered a putting competition.

We ended our afternoon enjoying a BBQ and a drink overlooking the 18th.

Yannis Bithday Party

We were kindly invited to a double birthday party, Yannis and Paul both celebrated their respective birthday with a bash at Yannis house.

The guests enjoyed superbly cooked food and wine and music coming from Yannis American style jukebox.

Two Years Living in Cyprus

Today we celebrate two years of living in Cyprus , we cannot believe how quickly the time has passed. We have loved living in Pissouri, made countless friends and enjoyed every moment of living on the Island.

A visit to the Circus

On a beautifully mild evening we drove into Limassol to see the Medrano Circus, we all thought that the Italian Circus was highly entertaining.

We then strolled in the old port of Limassol and enjoyed alfresco meal at Mikri Maria taverna where the owner, Aphrodite, sang songs, played the guitar and entertained us with tales of bygone days in Limassol.

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.