A Beatles tribute and Cari's 5th Birthday

 On a very warm, early Summer's evening   Mandy joined Tania and Pete to watch a "Beatles duo" tribute act. Although the event was not that well attended, the duo kept the audience entertained  with all the old hits.

                                      

Back in the UK, our Goddaughter, Cari, celebrated her  fifth birthday with a family gathering at her Auntie Lisa's house.

Cari had lots of gifts, a special cake and even won a dance off competition with her brother, Jude. Here in Cyprus we managed to join the party via a video call.

Mandria Music Fest.

The village of Mandria, which is a 20 minute drive from Pissouri, was the venue for its musical festival. The festival was held in the village square, where numerous acts were each given 40 minutes on stage.

The local tavernas did a roaring trade from the hundreds of visitors to the festival and they were entertained by some very talented people on the stage.

We chose the the Klimataria taverna where we enjoyed a few drinks, a tasty souvla lunch and had a good view of the stage.

The Full Monty in Paphos

 Mandy organised a  coach for the Ladies of Pissouri down to Atlantida beach bar in Paphos to see the show "The Full Monty". On a beautiful Spring evening the ladies were entertained by several acts before the Headline act, The Full Monty, chaos ensued.

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Clapton tribute act

 On a cool, late Spring evening,  along with Tania  and Pete we made our way down to The Bay Tree bar and restaurant to have dinner and watch the Eric Clapton tribute show performed by Dutch entertainer, Ronn van Etten.

After a very good meal we settled back to listen to the music and Ronn could certainly make that guitar sing,  although some of his song choices were a little random.

Easter Monday in Mandria and an Earthquake.

 On a very warm afternoon we drove over to the town of Mandria to see some friends and check out the Easter celebrations. 

We enjoyed a very good lunch at the Klimataria taverna and the village centre was very busy. We were informed that the entertainment/ celebrations would be starting around 3.00pm, but sadly, when we left around 5.30 they were still setting up.

We just experienced quite a severe Earthquake here in Cyprus at 10.00pm. The whole house shook for about five seconds,  quite  disturbing. 

St George's day and a Cardiff Bus Trip

On our return to Cyprus  we made our way down to the 1911 club in Pissouri where they were celebrating St. George's day with a party in the courtyard. The entertainment was provided by Kaela Santosh  who belted out a number of classic songs.

                                

Back in Cardiff, Lee took the Cool Kids on a Mamouth seven hour bus trip around the City using 3 different buses. The trip included visits to Cardiff Bay and Cardiff Castle.

A short video of our recent trip to Tenby.

Our final morning in Cardiff

 We woke up to beautiful sunshine on our final day in day in Cardiff. Lee brought Jude and Cari over to say their Goodbyes. 

Lisa cooked us all bacon sandwiches before going out into the garden to play football, play with a few toys and some last minute photos. 

A short Video of our time with the Family in Wales.

We then made our way back to Cardiff airport and on a beautiful, clear afternoon we enjoyed some great views of the Welsh capital as we took off.

We flew on passed Newport and then had views of the two bridges that cross the Bristol Channel.