Wednesday 31 January 2018

The meteorological delights of Paphos...

Today highlights exactly what we love about the island - its diverse weather conditions!!!!!

We were expecting Dip and Dave up today to go down to Latchi for Dave to see that part of the island and to have a spot of lunch - beforehand someone was coming to pick up our neighbour Lakis's car and take it off for an MOT.  The weather last night had been absolutely horrendous with driving rain and gale force winds and it had kept me awake for most of the night and John and I were up and having a coffee at 5.30am!


When we got up the winds had died down and it was not raining but the skies were heavy and threatening and in Droushia we were treated to periodic rolling mists.  We sat waiting for Maura to arrive for the car - if the sun was shining the conservatory felt nice and warm but when it was covered by cloud it was really quite chilly.  Maura arrived just before 12.00 with Argy's mum Kia who was looking really well.  Maura had managed to lower her car window and then couldn't get it back up and it was beginning to rain - fortunately John managed to sort it for her.


Dip and Dave arrived shortly afterwards - they said that the weather in Paphos when they left was lovely and were amazed at how different it was up in the hills but they had come prepared - we could see the coastline was bathed in sunshine but with plenty of white horses at the water's edge so it probably wasn't as warm as it looked.


We decided to park up at La Plage and walk in to the marina so we could have something to eat at Molos.  Dave was really impressed by the scenery and the relative non-commercialisation of Latchi compared to Paphos and that, I explained, was why we love this corner of the island so much.  Dave it hoping to return in the Summer with his son and if he does it will be lovely to catch up with him again.


Can you believe we were lucky enough to have sufficient warm sunshine to sit outside at the harbour and have our lunch?  It really was warm enough and there were several others doing exactly the same - diverse weather conditions? you bet your life - jumpers and thermals required in Droushia, eating outside in Latchi!


As this was to be our main meal of the day - and as it happened our only meal we decided to ring the changes and not have our usual steak baguette.  John chose a mixed grill and I chose a lasagne, Dip and Dave went for the bacon wrapped steak.  My lasagne was ok - the cheese on the top was a bit strange - it looked like a processed slice that had been melted - John's mixed grill was disappointing it looked a bit uninspiring - the others enjoyed their meals so maybe we just made a wrong choice.


We managed to walk back along the coast to the car before the weather deteriorated and by the time we got to Droushia it was grey and pouring with rain.  The boys were more than happy to shoot back to Paphos and the warm and we battened down the hatches, lit the fire and relaxed.  We wont get to see Dip again this visit but he will be back soon with Karen and without decorating to do they will have plenty of free time on their hands.

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