Apples and The Sea

We travelled to the Paphos region in the western part of the island to spend some time at the beach and for a visit to the family farm belonging to our colleague, Andreas who teaches High School Chemistry.

On the way, we stopped to see Pedra Tou Romiou, AKA Aphrodite's Rock.  This is where Aphrodite floated up on her clamshell, and it's said that you should swim around the rock three times or something to be lucky in love.  We're already lucky, so we just dipped our feet in the water and took some pictures.

Andreas' farm was truly wonderful.  We picked apples and pomegranates, ate several kinds of figs straight off the tree, and visited with the family pigs and chickens.  While we weren't looking, Andreas filled the trunk of our car with fruit.  Time to start making apple pies.  We also picked up some quinces to go with the apples for baking.

Lunch was typical Cypriot, and lasted for about 4 hours.  Everything we ate and drank was from the farm including the rooster, and the homemade wine and retsina.  We also left with a supply of these beverages packed in the car.

We drove to the beach to splash in the water and watch the sunset.  At 77 degrees F, the water is apparently too cold for the locals, so we had the beach to ourselves.

We love Paphos!