Little Drummer Boy and a PRA Mystery tour

Little Jude takes up the drums at 2 years of age.

On a gorgeous Spring day The PRA (The Pissouri residents Association) organised a Mystery coach tour.

Our first stop was the Cyprus wine museum in Erimi where we learned about the history of wine making in Cyprus and tasted 3 types of wine and 3 types of Zouvania.

Our next port of call was the Classic car museum in Limassol which houses a  superb collection of cars and other memrobilia. We we lucky enough to have a   fascinating talk by the owner and former Rally driver Dimi Mavropoulos.

Our final destination was 'The Cookery school of Cyprus' which is situated near the village of  Paramytha.

The school  is situated in a tranquil setting and serves up absolutley superb food.

To the Extreme with the Grape and Grain

We met up with the regulars of the Grape and Grain  bar in Pissouri bay and boarded a coach and headed to The Extreme cafe for Sunday lunch. The drive took around 40 minutes .

The extreme cafe is set in The  Diarizos Valley and the countryside of Cyprus looked very lush and colourful at this time of year. The cafe served up a superb buffet lunch and the entertainment was provide by Danny Rockin Summers. 

Mother's day Lunch at Gabriel's - Kouklia and Lisa in NYC.

On a lovely spring day we took the short drive to the neighbouring village of Kouklia for lunch. The hosts at Gabriel's taverna were very friendly and welcoming.












We both decided to order the Meze, this turned  out to be a very good choice because the standard of food was superb and below we will go through the dishes on the Meze.

1. Salad, 4 dips and Pitta bread.

2. Halloumi Cheese and Sausage.

3. Mushroom with courgette and aubergine.

4. Mousaka.

5. Beef Stifado and cous cous.

6. Pork kebab, sheftalia and chips.

7. Chicken Kebab.

8 .Lamb chops.

9. Orange cake.

Meanwhile, Lisa took a trip to New York City, the weather was cold but the Welcome was warm.

Jane's Birthday and a new Gym in the Village

Sheena held a buffet to celebrate Jane's birthday and Jane and RT's return from a trip to a India, who knew it was fancy dress.

Our Village fitness group moved into new premises this week, after 18 months of exercising in the open air, we now have an indoor space with plans for installing air conditioning for the hot Summer months.

A visit to The Aphrodite's Rock Brewery and Our Arabian Video

A hazy dust cloud hung over this part of Cyprus as we  made our way up to the Aphrodite's Rock brewery which lies just North of Paphos.

 Set in a valley the brewery has a nice garden area where you can sample the beers and ciders made  on the Site. They also serve up very tasty food which is  all very good value for money.

The owner also gives an indepth tour of the brewing house and the process of ale production in this micro brewery.

and here is short video of our recent trip to Arabia..............

Robin flies in from Sweden.

Mandy's son Robin, flew in from Sweden for a week's visit to Cyprus. On the weekend we made our way over to Melanda restaurant for Sunday lunch.











Next was visit to Limassol seafront and the updated marina, the day was a little overcast but still warm. There were lots of impressive "Gin Palaces" on display.

African Video's

A couple of Videos from our recent trip to South Africa.

Green Monday in Cyprus

On a lovely, sunny Spring day the new village council of Pissouri organised a celebration of Green Monday, the beginning of Lent and a time of fasting of certain foods.

The gathering took place in the Panorama residences area of Pissouri. With music, dance, food, drink and flying kites meant the residents of our village enjoyed a wonderful day.

Day 26 - Leaving South Africa

On a beautiful Summer's morning we took a stroll around Company gardens in Cape Town, it has a lovely cafe in the heart of the gardens and we enjoyed coffee and cake before watching a local  couple get married.

We h0pped in a cab and took the twenty minute drive to the airport in light traffic. At the airport we were surprised how quiet it was, no other passengers at check in or security, so it was a breeze to go through. We decided on one last treat before our Emirates flight so we checked into the Bidvest Premier Lounge.

The combined travelling time to get home to Cyprus was over 20 hours we arrived to blue skies, tired but happy.