Friday, May 8, 2015

Cyprus - The Last One

Yes, we had an incredible time on Cyprus. We WILL visit there again. Such an easy trip for us. A 40 minute flight, relaxing locations and we didn't even get to half of the island! Here are the last pictures from our spring break.

The Paphos Archeological Park has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980. We spent about 3 hours walking around and didn't even get to see all of it! Here are just a few pictures of this incredible place.
While we have seen many mosaics in Lebanon the mosaics here were different.  Here are some of my favorites.





Many of the mosaics were outside but some were housed inside of a few buildings on the site.  In the middle of this building there was an enclosed yet open area for natural lighting. What a smart mama kitty to bring her kittens in here through the drainage pipes for safety!

Of course, there was more to this site than mosaics.


An incredible view to the west. This picture does not do justice to how beautiful the flowers were!


Not only a beautiful lighthouse but Delaney had fun going into the small cave that used to house a tomb.

Tim and Delaney going into the catacombs in another area.
 We then went north to the Paphos Zoo. While it isn't as nice as Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo it was a lot of fun.
Of course, how can you say no to feeding cute birds!



These two were sitting out on a walkway. We saw a family coming towards us and waited for them to go by but the older son (around 11 years old?) totally freaked out and thought they were going to kill him. He wasn't kidding! His little sister walked right by with her ice cream, we went past but there was absolutely NO WAY he was going by. He ended up going around in the end. I could tell his mom was not happy with him!

This big guy looked so happy to eat his lunch.

We couldn't say no to Delaney when she saw people feeding the giraffe. Definitely one of her trip highlights. I have to admit, it was pretty cool!




Here are a few final pictures that I thought I would add.

Thought Provoking
My final meal before we left! So tasty!
We weren't sure exactly what a "dang" was until a local explained that it is an ancient water reservoir. At first we thought it my be one of those signs where they get the English wrong.
Once again, an incredible trip!





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