Holidays

I've been away these past weeks.
First I went to Yorkshire for six days.
It was John's birthday and we made lots of cupcakes with his little cousins.
I went to York for a day where I walked around the city. The weather was quite lovely and I lay in the sunshine in the garden near the Museum of Modern Art.

Then we went to Cyprus for a week.
It is the second time I'm in Cyprus.
The first time was in October and I spend most of my time visiting the island. It is the island where it is said that the Greek Goddess of Love, Aphrodity was born of the sea foam.
The first time I was in Cyprus I went to the pebble beach. It is called Petra tou Romiou.
It is said that if you swim around the rock at full moon, you will become one year younger with each lap. I also went to her bath where she met her lover Adonis who stopped by the spring to quench his thrist.


This time we didn't visit at all.
We just went to the beach every day and ate.
We woke up at 4.30 twice to see the sun rise. It was amasing.

I ate very good food. My favorite kebab is in Pissouri and is called "Antoni's Kebab".It is a little kebab shop with two tables outside.Antoni is a man of few words who looks like he is strait out of the Godfather. He is small and wears an shirt with a golden chain around his neck.
He takes his time to prepare a delicious kebab with salade and lemon juice which you eat in a paper wrap warm and fresh.
When you take the first bite, you can taste the warm and soft bread, the fresh and tasty salad and the grilled meat. mmmmm heaven.

I find that Cyprus is quite an odd place.
Maybe it is because of the places I went to... but I have the feeling that it looks a bit like a "happy land" for English people more than a Greek speaking country.
Many houses are made of concrete and look the same. Most of them are empty and the villages look like ghost cities as most of them are only holiday vilas.

But still, I like Cyprus!