My Christmas in Cyprus...

As some of you will already know, this year Jayne and I spent Christmas week in Cyprus. It was our first visit to the island, which for those who don't know is in the eastern Mediterranean. We stayed in Paphos, which is a quiet but popular resort. It's also a World Heritage Site because of the amazing Roman ruins and mosaics that are still being discovered there.

We had a great week, and I thought you might like to see a few of the photos I took. The first one is a view of our hotel - The Pioneer Beach - by evening.



Although the hotel we stayed at was for adults only, we had a visit from Father Christmas on Christmas morning. Here's Jayne standing beside him. I think he was the smallest Santa I'd ever seen!


The Roman mosaics at Paphos were truly astonishing. I thought there might be half a dozen or so, but there are literally hundreds, many of them incredibly well preserved considering their age. The photos I took don't really do them justice, but here's one showing close-up details, which reveals just how intricate they are.



We were lucky with the weather during our stay. Here's a typical sunset...



And here's one of the beautiful tapestries at the Kykkos Monastery, which we visited on a coach trip. Yes, that really is gold leaf!


I hope you like the photos. If you wish, you can see a lot more I took on this Picasa web page.

I'd definitely like to visit Cyprus again before too long!