A trip to Lee and Sarah's Wedding day in South Wales

We returned to the UK to attend the wedding of Lee (Rob's cousin) and Sarah. We  left Paphos airport on a beautiful clear day and we had superb views of the Greek islands as we cruised high above them. We landed at a chilly Birmingham airport, picked up our hire car and headed South.














The day next day started for us at The Old Barn Inn which is situated just outside Newport, South Wales, UK. The hotel was to be the setting for the post wedding celebrations and it proved to be the ideal venue with wonderful food, superb staff creating a truly memorable atmosphere.

Lunch and a Ruby Anniversary Dinner

Sunday began with Lunch at the Artimis restaurant in Pissouri Bay with friends Simon, Karen, Mary and Steve. We were then joined by Warren and his family and 4D got an "Ice Cream Kiss"

In the Evening we made our way down to The Hideaway restaurant in Pissouri square where we had kindly been invited to help our nieghbours,
Mike and Tina, celebrate their 40th Wedding anniversary.

Talk of the Town

The song and dance show  "Talk of the town" came to the Pissouri Amphitheatre and the produced a wonderful show including numerous show tunes and music from the 60's.

Under the Weather and a Planned Wedding.

We have both been feeling under the weather over the last week, we even had to cancel our Wedding anniversary dinner.We both now feel a lot better and are looking forward to Lee and Sarah's wedding Next week.

With time on our hands we tried out this New travel site below.....

Las Vegas and Hawaii 2004 on Tripline

Cyprus Night in Pissouri

We made our way down to Pissouri village square to attend our first "Cyprus Night" of the Summer.











The highlight of the evening was a young man named, Andreas, who showed off his superb skills on the Bouzuoki.



Of course, they always get some clown out of the Audience to make a fool of themselves and on this occasion they picked on "Yours Truly"

Cyprus and the Syrian crisis

Once again the Island of Cyprus hits the International News headlines, this time regarding the ongoing crisis in Syria. According to the Cyprus Mail.......

"Britain is sending six RAF Typhoon jets to Cyprus as a defensive measure amid growing tensions over Syria and talks of Western military intervention. Cyprus is a mere 100km from the Syrian coast and the city of Latakia, Assad’s hometown and recently re-captured by government forces.

With two sovereign bases in Cyprus, the UK is also taking steps to increase security and military forces on the island. While the Cypriot Foreign Minister, Ioannis Kasoulides has stated that he does not expect the UK sovereign bases to play a major part in a military strike, it seems naïve to think so."

Pissouri's own Cowboy John

On a warm August afternoon, Pissouri's very own cowboy, John, took his trusty steed, Sonny, down to Pissouri Bay for a cooling beer and Ice Cream.

Photo's by James Boyne 

Rising Temps, Curries and a Drag show.

As we come in to August, once again the temps in Cyprus begin to rise and the ever present threat of Scrub fires is only too real.

On Friday we went down to Pissouri Bay to visit the Saffron Indian restaurant and enjoyed a spicy meal.




On Saturday night we strolled down to the 1911 club in Pissouri to watch the Miss Debonair drag show. Ms Debonair entertained the crowd with numerous costume changes, comedy routines and some well known show tunes.

Even the bar staff joined in the fun with the appearance of two new barmaids, Roberta & Jiminia.

Stags, Wibbles and a Michael Buble tribute

News reaches us from the UK about Lee's Stag weekend to Kilkenny in Ireland. Lee's friends dressed him up in a shocking Pink outfit as a Jedward (popular Irish duo) fan. I am sure that he got plenty of strange looks at Cardiff and Dublin airport.

On Friday evening with went over to Sheena and Bryan's house for a lovely meal and we even learnt what a "Wibble" was.

On Saturday night we trundled down to the 1911 club to watch a Michael Buble tribute act.

On Sunday we drove out to Curium beach for a relaxing lunch, a bask in the sun and a cooling swim in the Med.

Just a quick mention for the "Bluebirds Unite" action group who are trying to reinstate the traditional Blue shirts to Cardiff City Football club.

The Vox Beatles

The Tribute act, The Vox Beatles, came to Pissouri Amphitheather and entertained  a Full house.

The Fab Four soon  had the crowd dancing the night away as they played a string of hits from the 60's.

A Trip to Ayia Napa

 We decided to take a short trip to the town of Ayia Napa on the Eastern side of Cyprus. Our base was the Napa Mermaid hotel.











On our first day we made our way the Harbour to join Aphrodite II, which is a boat that makes its way from Ayia Napa to the Ghost town of Famagusta.

The boat also visits the sea caves on he coast and Cape Greco which is the most Easterly point of the European Union.

In the Evening we returned to the harbour and had a lovely meal at the Isaac tavern.

The Next day were drove along the coast to Kermia beach, this is a Private resort but we strolled down to the beach, snagged a couple of sunbeds and swam in the Crystal clear waters of the Lagoon.