Ampelokipi Apartments Pissouri
14 Peter and Paul Street Pissouri, 3085, Cyprus
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Troodos Mountains (TM) and some all day religion
... t have seen the sea in the west, as that is by far the furthest away.
The TM are known for some things (alway good to start with a triviality :-)). One of them, which we valued very much, is nature. The TM are full of trails to walk or for moutain bikes. One could easily spent a summer (or a spring) here.
One other thing for which this area is famous, are the so called stall-roof-churches. From the outside, they ...
Cyprus in spring - March 2012
... speedy and no physical exercise), you can get mighty cold. Even when wearing long trousers and a pully.
Apparently, the winter temperature seldom does below zero degrees C. As soon as the temperature starts to rise, lots of flowers start growing and blossomming. It's hard to give names for the plants we see, but almost everything is lush and green and the sides of the road are full of small flowers. Only the figue, the Carob/Johannisbrot and ...
De lokale bakker
Omdat we nog niet weten hoe en waar we de nacht gaan verbrengen, besluiten we voor de zekerheid een extra rantsoen eten te kopen.
In Polemi komen we langs een bakkerij. De bakkersvrouw is de vloer aan het boenen en onze begroeting is een wederzijds excuseren. Ik, omdat ik vuile voetstappen maak op haar net geboende vloer. Zij, omdat ze de vloer boent. "Dat doe ik altijd in de middag, anders val ik in slaap."
Ze heeft ook kaas. Ik kan kiezen uit een griekse ...
We have arrived!
... so called 'developers'' at work; I wonder though whether there is some idea towards what the area gets developed), also lots of empty plots of land, were nothing happened (which means, that anything could happen there, weeds growing, litter gathering, carpark).
The second day, the sun was shining (I got a bad sunburn), the road was beautiful with hills (although not very high, there were some steep ones, in any case steep for our untrained legs) and ...
Doris & Betty
... mosaics. The site is extensive and the remains well restored although there is obviously still a lot of work to be done.
Some of the mosaics are handily labelled in Greek, I swear one says Doris but Albert assures me it is a Greek goddess. On checking on Wikipedia it seems however that there was a Greek Sea Nymph called Doris, ...
