Charity fun Night

The Pissorianna was the venue for a Charity fun night to raise funds for the Pissouri Cyclepaths group who are planning to cycle around Cyprus in aid of the Paphos hospice.

The evening’s events included quizzes, virtual tenpin bowling, pool, guess Big Paul’s weight and a Grand Raffle.

Andy Evans took the honours as he volunteered to have his hair chest removed by waxing, it looked painful.

More info about the Charity ride at

http://pissouricyclepaths.googlepages.com/home

Steve’s Birthday Bash

Our friend, Steve, celebrated his birthday by hosting a meze meal at The Two Friends restaurant.

Fourteen people turned up to wish the "Birthday Boy" all the best, but we still could'ent get his real age out of him.

The only disappointment of the evening was that the Sparkling candles on his birthday cake did'ent sparkle.

A quiet evening turned into a long one as we moved onto the Pissouriana for a few late night drinks.

New Gym, Olives and Welsh Gold

This month the Serenity gym and Spar (www.serenity Cyprus.com) opened in the village, we wish them every success.

This week were given a bucket of olives from a friend's tree and are in the process of preparing them in brine in time for Christmas.

Our friends Pam & Arthur returned a visit to Cardiff and brought back a drop of Welsh Gold.

Bonfire Night

We celebrated Guy Fawkes night by visiting the British Army base at Episkopi. At Lemmings beach the huge crowd that gathered were entertained by the lighting of a huge bonfire followed by an impressive firework display. Even though the evening was mild we still used it as an excuse to try out a few glasses of mulled wine.

Also entertaining the crowd were The pipe band of The Queen's Royal hussars were there playing some stirring tunes.

Web page at      http://www.qrh.org.uk/pipesanddrums.htm

Paul’s Birthday

This weekend we went up to Paul and Tina’s impressive six bedroom house to attend Paul’s birthday party. The weather in the evening was still warm enough to hold the celebration outside.

The centre of a superb buffet was a roasted suckling pig.

Leaving party

In a odd turn of events we marked one year of living in Cyprus by going to a leaving party. Ourfriends, Eileen and Peter, are heading back to the UK to live and held their party at the 1911 club to say goodbye all of their friends.

In the evening we strolled over to the Pissouri amphitheatre to see the Cowbridge Male voice choir (from Wales) perform a concert.

Choir web site at    http://www.cmvc.org.uk/index.html

Elvis is in the building

Chris King brought his Elvis tribute act to the Hillview restaurant. His polished act Using 3 costume changes, a fine voice and sense of humour kept the crowd entertained for a couple of hours.

Even Elvis's musical assistant was dressed up as the King's wife, Presilla.

Ann Summers Party

The "ladies" of Pissouri gathered at the Hillview for an Ann Summers Adult show. They all had a scream looking at the Rampant Rabbit and other various toys and lingerie.

Sadly, despite my best efforts, men were barred from the event so I cannot bring you an eye witness account.

Girls night out.

Pat and Cheryl were taken on a girls night out around the hotspots of Pissouri ! The following day we took them out to lunch at the Plataniskia tavern set in the hills above Pissouri.

We finished off their week’s holiday by popping into the 1911 club for their final Goodbye’s, they both said that they’d had a wonderful holiday.

Pat and Cheryl visit.

Our friends, Pat and Cheryl, fly in from Wales for a week's holiday. We took them up to the villages of Omodos, Platres and Vasa.

We also took them to Cyprus night in Pissouri square where they enjoyed the display of traditional dancing.

Our Wedding Anniversary

We decided to celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary by spending a long weekend in the Northern town of Kyrenia. Our base in Kyrenia was The Ship hotel. The hotel sits between the old harbour and the dramatic Pentadaktylos mountain range.

The bustling, picturesque harbour of Kyrenia is a a magnet for visitors but still remains some charm and has a variety of restaurants dotted along the front. At one end of the harbour is the imposing Kyrenia castle with its museum that hold one of the earliest shipwrecks ever found.

The ruins of Bellapais Abbey are situated just East of Kyrenia. The Abbey was built between 1158 and 1205. Bellapais Abbey in Northern Cyprus (or 'Abbaye de la Paix', as it was originally known) is one of the most excellent examples of Lusignan period Gothic architecture.

We visited the stunning remains of St Hillarion Castle which was built around the 10th Century. The climb to the higher parts of the castle is a quite steep but the views into the valley and town below are well worth it.

Jan’s Birthday

We gathered at the 1911 club for a surprise birthday party for Jan. Theo cooked up a superb Chicken and Pork souvla meal and Sheena made 2 lovely cakes.

Every one was in high spirits and a good time was had by all, especially the  birthday girl. No Music so thankfully No dancing..she'll kill me when she reads this.

A Summer’s wedding

Robin and Diane kindly invited us to the Wedding dinner of their son Jason and his new wife Palbinder. The happy couple were married in Paphos and returned to Pissouri for a  pool side buffet.

In the evening a champagne reception was held at The Hillview restaurant where the guests enjoyed a splendid meal.

Hen Party for Palbinder

Cyprus night in Pissouri square was the setting for the pre wedding hen party of Palbinder.

Mandy and the girls met up the 1911 club for drinks before moving onto the Vraka restaurant for an evening of music, laughs and dancing.

Last Cruise of the season

We drove into Pafos to join the Wavedancer boat for the evening cruise.The evenings are starting to draw in slightly and it was dark as we left the harbour.

A cool evening breeze made for ideal conditions as we enjoyed the buffet and onboard entertainment.

Limassol wine festival

Along with a number of Pissouri residents we took a coach into the town of Limassol for their annual wine festival. Their were numerous wine stands offering free samples of their wine and other local products.

The large crowd were entertaind by local dancers, bands and singers. Under a clear sky on a warm and humid evening we enjoyed a suovla dinner and bottles of local wine.