. WE SWING BY FOR A SHORT TIME TO AACHEN, CALLED FOR A LONG TIME AQUAE GRANNI, WHICH FOR CENTURIES WAS A VERY INTERESTING PIECE OF LAND FOR EACH OF THE RULERS OF THE SURROUNDING STATES. TODAY, THE CITY LIES AT THE JUNCTION OF THREE COUNTRIES – BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS AND GERMANY.
15.04.2016 – TIME TO GO BACK…
. IT WAS NECESSARY TO GET UP EARLY AGAIN. WE EAT A GOODBYE BREAKFAST IN OUR HOTEL AND WE ARE ON THE WAY TO LARNACA ABOUT 9 a.m. WITH MINUTES. DURING THE RIDE, THE GIRLS STUDYING THE GUIDES, LOOKING FOR SOME EASY TO REACH PLACES. WE ARE DECIDING TO GO TO THE KOLOSSI CASTLE NEAR …
15.04.2016 – BACK TO LARNAKA
. WE LEAVE ABOUT 9 a.m., HEADING TOWARDS LARNAKA WHERE WE HAVE A PLANE. THESE DAYS HAVE PASSED VERY QUICKLY. WE ASSESSED THE ENTIRE STAY AS VERY SUCCESSFUL. HOWEVER WE HAVE ANOTHER DAY AHEAD OF US.
14.04.2016 – PAPHOS AND IT’S SURROUNDINGS
. WE EAT MORNING BREKKIE AND WE GO TO THE ROYAL TOMBS CALLED SO, ALTHOUGH ONLY THE RULERS AND ARISTOCRATS – NOT THE KINGS – WERE BURIED HERE.
14.04.2016 – AROUND PAPHOS
. GETTING UP WITH CHICKENS AT COCKCROW HAS ENTERED MY BLOOD.
13.04.2016 – AT PAPHOS
. WE MEETING IN THE MORNING FOR BREAKFAST. THE RESTAURANT IN THE HOTEL HAS A FRONT TOTALLY OPENED FACING THE MAIN STREET. THIS CREATES A FEELING OF SPACE IN THIS AREA, WHICH INCLUDES A BUFFET BREAKFAST COUNTER AS WELL AS A BAR WITH HIGH STOOLS. A FEW TABLES ARE ALSO PLACED OUTSIDE. THE BREAKFAST SELECTION …
13.04.2016 – PAPHOS
. WAKE UP 8:20. WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH RUDE FOR BREAKFAST AT 9:00 IN THE HOTEL BAR.
12.04.2016 – ON THE WAY TO PAPHOS
. IN THE MORNING, STILL VERY FULL AFTER LAST NIGHT TOO BIG MEAL, WE HAD ONLY A QUICK CUP OF TEA AND OFF WE WENT.
12.04.2016 – LARNACA – KHIROKITIA – PAPHOS
. AS PER OUR EVENING PLANS WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO PAPHOS EARLY, AT 8.30AM. AFTER SEVERAL DOZEN KILOMETRES WE LEFT THE MAIN ROAD TO VISIT KHIROKITIA. A FEW KILOMETRES DOWN THE ROAD AMONGST THE FIELDS WAS A BEAUTIFUL, SMALL CHURCH – PANAGIA TOU KAMPOU (OUR LADY OF THE FIELDS). KHIROKITIA AN OPEN AIR …
11.04.2016 – WE ARE OFF TO CYPRUS (LARNACA)
. THE IDEA OF A TRIP TO CYPRUS CAME TOTALLY UNEXPECTEDLY TO ME.