Hotel Nissi Park Ayia Napa

... this place is a very hard nut to crack. Three highly drunk Russian guys sat behind me on the plane and I thought how odd they would be heading here. I land at the airport and discover that airlines from Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and more serve Larnaca and this is Russian holiday hell. Yep, Russians outnumber me 100 to .5. I say .5 because I am half Russian and I can't really bash on my people too hard. We'll just say they are slumming it with me outside the ...

... unlike here where it's all out in the open.

But back to my point...Billa provides a shopping experience I have never before seen in a supermarket. Just when I think I have seen it all, I find one of those travel experiences in some Bulgarian grocery store underground next to the subway station. All right there grouped together next to the registers (manned by dour matrons) where we would keep the tic tacs and magazines were mints ...

All packing and cleaning is underway !!! Only 36 or so hours left before we hit the tarmac at Larnaca !! Just need to get the dog wormed and de-flead (not that he has them !), groomed and then buy him a travel box for the flight !

Fingers crossed all our accommodation arrangements have been made for Athens and Samothraki !

... fort ended with us parking the car and eating lunch...a mere
100 yards from the castle. From Larnaka we headed back towards
Limassol in order to visit Ancient Amathous and Kourion. Kourion,
although at the end of the journey, was perhaps my favourite. Here I
saw the ruins of the temple to Apollo as the sun was going down. It ...

... eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, pointing longingly towards the shores of Syria, Turkey and Lebanon. Whilst parts of Cyprus have been overrun by keen developers if curiosity draws you out of the resorts, you'll discover small country villages and some lovely near deserted beaches. Walking in the gorgeous Troödos mountains you can inhale the scent of the citrus groves or climb to the medieval castles with their shimmering island views. Having ...

... all over the world by midnight on the 18 of April.) My family was worried we would miss this big ceremony in jeruselum but we had it right in front of us on the plane. On the next plane ride I sat next two brothers one was my age and one was 10. They were jewish and the 7th grader was getting back from his bar-miztvah trip just like me. Esther

... hell of a time. We remembered old times when we were young at school, and the songs brought us good memories. Then the next day, I took a taxi for the airport. It was raining cats and dogs, but eveyone had a nice smile on his face - Cyprus needs this water!!! The plane arrive on time, but the passengers had to wait for 45 ' in the plane because of the heavy rain. A big coach was waiting outside to drive the members of the choir to Paralimni, and when ...

... swimming or sunbathing, but I am a bit disappointed because I am with the impression up to now that the Fig Tree Bay, is what I see infront of me from the Hotel's room. A BIG MISTAKE!!! I discovered in the following trip I had here, that the beach is extended on the other side of the fig tree. Following the small narrow road that leads to other hotels, you come to a long beach with the same colours and quality. It is open sea, calm crystal waters, for every ...

LARNACA It is July, and we have come to the Island I love again. We are spending 3 nights in a nice hotel in Larnaca, enjoying the sunshine, having some quick visits to relatives, but mostly we are on the beach. The reason I am at this hotel this time is because I enjoy the early morning jogging by the beach. People from Larnaca, as well as tourists walk early in the morning and late in the afternoon ...

... alone, and I am going to spend some days at mom's house but most of the time I am staying at my sister's apartment right next to the beach. I don't have anything special to write, except that the days are nice and relaxing. I've got my friends and classmates in Larnaca, so we meet and have fun mostly in the evenings. Most of the time I am out on the beach, which is extended to about 8 kms. The waters are nice and warm, and ...