Funday Friday...

We woke this morning to rain - 'What???' I hear you cry - yes RAIN!!!  However looking at the skies it was clear that this was only a temporary situation and that the day was going to improve.  We also woke to the BDITFND (bloody digger in the field next door) re-doing the road which they put in last week.  Peace was shattered and so we took ourselves off. 

Mum, Dad and Family had been to Viklari the day before for lunch.  Viklari (or the Last Castle) is one of our favourite places for the view alone and so we decided that we would go there for lunch and then on to Lara Bay to see the Turtles and spend a couple of hours in the sun and then back to Droushia and then possibly down to Polis in the evening for one of the free concerts in the municipality.

John used his best Cypriot greek to try and book a table (with a view and beans) for 12.00am but wasnt sure that he had actually made himself clear - only time would tell!!

As we thought the sun burned the clouds away and we descended down to the Paphos coast with the sunshine breaking through and the temperatures rising.  The storms had stirred up the seas and we were greeted by some of the most fantastic views of the sea I have seen in the 20 years I have been coming to Cyprus, something was giving the sea a vibrant two-tone colour scheme.

We headed down through Peyia and round Coral Bay so that Vix and Trev had the full tourist experience before heading out to Viklari.

I took loads and loads of photographs of the sea and the coastline on our way - I wont bore you all with the details but you can see that it was looking really really beautiful.  We will be heading back this way tomorrow when we go to the Avakas Gorge for a 'proper' walk before our stifado Sunday tea.

If you are ever contemplating visiting Cyprus you really ought to try and get to Viklari - although we did have to sit on wet seats courtesy of the storm the night before. 

We arrived early - just as well as John's booking didnt materialise but they weren't full for once (weather may well have put people off!!).  We got a seat with a view and ordered our food - spit roast pork and chicken with mega chips and salad and a plate of their beans (fasoulia) which I adore and which they dont often have unless you order it.  These are like naked baked beans cooked in stock with carrot and celery.

Although breezy it was beautiful and the food good and plentiful and it was so good to share this with friends.  We even got Vix into trying to learn the basics of the language although as we have found out learning Greek is a bit of a mistake as the locals speak Cypriot!!!

Full and content we then made our way to Lara Bay to check out the turtles and to spend some time checking out our eyelids for a couple of hours.

Lara was beautiful and warm and Vix got to see some of the little turtles that are there.  They are due for release very soon so we are trying to find out when that will be in case we can witness it for ourselves. 

The sea was beautiful and warm and it was lovely to be on the beach with about ten other people instead of hundreds!!

Sun and sea'd out we made our way back to Droushia cross country which was a bit hairy at times but interesting all the same.

Needless to say we were all too exhausted to go down to Polis so Vix and I retired to bed early leaving John and Trev to watch dirty dirty Leeds scrape a 3-3 draw against Brighton.