Day 105...

Today is Bank Holiday Monday so it is busy busy busy everywhere in Droushia - in fact it is busy everywhere in Cyprus!!!

You will all be delighted to know that back garden frog has a partner - we saw them both in the swimming pool last night doing whatever it is that courting froggies do - not sure whether it is boy meets girl or girl meets boy or I am being far too stereotypical and it is boy meets boy!!! Anyway whatever they were both in the swimming pool last night making out frog style!

That is the nice face of wildlife in Cyprus and although they can be rather noisy they are very sweet when you see them ....

...this afternoon we witnessed the not so nice side of wildlife when we had a tarantula or bird eating spider in the garden!!  Dont know if you can make him out but he has really beady eyes and was about the size of my palm.  We think it was in the garden and then made its way underneath our swimming costumes which John moved and then there it was - John wanted me to take a photo but had one eye on it as he didnt want it going in the house.

Well it did move and fortunately not towards the house and John managed to get it captured in the swimming pool net so that I could get a picture of him or her!!! 

We leave our doors open all day so are now worried that this might be the sort of thing that is making its way indoors!!!

This afternoon we decided to take a walk around the village and see what was going on as it was the Bank Holiday weekend.  The village is looking lovely and there is more to it than we realised.  We have found that there are at least four places that call themselves 'supermarkets' although they are nothing more than corner shops!!  We ventured up to the top of the village and had a local coffee in a coffee shop that we havent visited before but which we think is next door to the Muhktar.

We have a local cobblers - which apparently is quite a thing in Cyprus and is new to Droushia - the nearest one used to be in Polis and we have a number of houses that sell their own cheese or Halloumi (Xaloymia).  John is desperate to give it a go but it looks like it is strained through the owners American Tan tights!!!  Maybe that adds to the flavour and the quality???

The local tavernas were doing a roaring trade today.  We sat under the vines in Stathmos watching the world go by and laughing at the posturing young lads with their quad bikes trying to cut a dash but failing miserably when one shot off up the hill and then missed a gear and started sliding backwards!!

For once Christos's taverna was busy too with some local ex-pats having a Mezze and some visiting Nicosian Cypriots calling in too.  Both tavernas have their own charm and we like visiting both.  In fact we plan to go to Stathmos on Saturday with Mum and Dad to check out the Stifado which has to be one of the best we have ever sampled and which Nicky insists on when she and Mark come to visit.