Minerva Hotel Platres

... river Karkotis, and the modern resort with shops, cafes, banks and even a public swimming pool. The population is about 2.000.

Because of its good vegetation, Kakopetria is known for the good quality of fruit like, pears, apricots, peaches cherry trees, and especially the fine quality of its apples.

There are numerous ancient churches in the area, one of which is Agios Nicolas tis Stegis ...

... my friends.

I try to take as many photos of the area while up here, and my friends are looking for me. I always have to walk much ahead of them as I don’t want them to spoil the photos. Usually I am asked to take them photos, and they stand posing, which is something I want to avoid.

Actually I am trying to find a fine spot, to take a picture of my travelpod pot.

OUR PARTY IN KAKOPETRIA



I just want to show here, how Cypriots dance and have fun.

Of course I hate loud music, but I hate that I cannot dance all these dances that you see here. This is from our party in the lodge where we are staying, just outside the village, just 3 km from Kakopetria ...

We are up on the Troodos Mountains with my thermos(?)

I ask a friend to take a picture of me with the it, so when my friends saw us taking photos, thinking that I am promoting the product, and I get money out of it, wanted to participate in the promotion!!!
We took many photos, and had fun.

... Of course it is not like I cook it at home) but this does not bother us.

I promise the owner to have his photo put in my blog, so people from Limassol might recognize him.



We get a table outside the small kiosk, and while waiting for our pitas to come, Thodoris, one of my friends who is a High School teacher, goes to the nearby ...

... the Greek flag.

The streets are bedecked with flags, people wearing their formal clothes, parents with their younger children, all waiting for the parade to come, to admire their children, and feel this unique moving moment.

We are out in the streets and free to have a stroll in this beautiful picturesque village of Lefkara. My Greek friends are interested to see this popular embroidery, others want to visit the museum ...

Happy 6th Birthday to Zak. Caught the shuttle but into town which was a long way from the ship and it was quite hot, so we didn't walk. Had a look at an old Castle but couldn't take photos so decided not to go right inside. Walked up and down and around all the streets. Went down to the waterfront which had a huge park right along it on the other side of the road. No beach; it was all rocks but quite pretty and relaxing. We had lunch in a Greek cafe where the ...

Cyprus was never on our list of places to go or see for that matter, as it is so far off coarse. But Cyprus is now where we find ourselves, as this is were boats from Israel land. After all the horns, hustle and bustle that is the Middle East it is quite refreshing to be back in a European country where we don't get asked constantly to look into someone's shop, hassled all day long and Shona can ...

... hard to find a
church, although in retrospect we could have tried a bit harder. We
got into Limassol and once again struggled a bit trying to find the
hotel but we managed. We went out for a wander and lunch and then
had a leisurely afternoon by the pool. That night we discovered the
old castle and tried the meat mezze. It was a nice night and
Limassol proved to be a worthwhile stop in Cyprus.

... of my childhood when with my parents and especially my dad who used to LOVE TRAVELING like me, would bring us to this village and even spend one or two nights at a certain restaurant for lunch or dinner.. The restaurant owner had one or two rooms to let, and my dad arranged each time we were up here, to spend the night in one, just to be next to the river and hear the ...