late June

- Lizard visiting our house on my birthday, gone the next.
- Ovenbaked aubergines to become baba ganoush.
- Beach chilling in +35°, kids grandpa visiting.
- Pomegranate tree spotted in the hoods.
- And, the baba ganoush.

okra and bubbles

Husband improvising with Okra in season with delicious outcome.
A brave crab at the pre-school party performing in Greek.
Lengthy ongoing knit project with interesting structure.
How's your June so far?

beach blossom

Fascinating flowers that definitely put a smile on my face at Lady's Mile beach.

the posh limassol marina, a first glimpse

Our evening walk was to the recently opened Limassol Marina. We where positively surprised. It was larger than thought. And really interesting architecture. Crowded for an ordinary Tuesday.

more things in May

May is perfect for strolling around in Limassol town as the weather isn't too hot yet. Beauty to be found everywhere.

Occasionally we check out the progress of Limassol Marina and Old Harbour that's been under construction ever since we moved here 3 years ago. The Old Harbour has been open for the curious, while the Marina next to it was closed actually until last week.

Our Eddie and his Lego creations. They make our day. Some more creative than other. At least one in his hand. At all times. (Yes, it's a chicken drumstick on the robots head.)

If you've missed it by any chance, we love beach promenades. Year around. Irrespective of weather. In spring we do it wearing light pants and long sleeved among early swimmers.

a promenade to Limassol old town castle museum

Went for a walk some day in May to Limassol old town, heading to visit the Medieval Castle. Some 100 meters from our house is an area somehow not habited or neglected. Very central. It's an area that to some extent temporarily hosts refugees from the north side of Cyprus. Here and there you find local businesses and residences. Some houses seems abandoned. We chose this way along the newly built promenade path and captured this side of Limassol for you.
 
At the Medieval Castle we enjoyed the view from the roof top, beautiful ancient pottery (some originating from the mountain village Kyperounta, which is nearby my fathers birth village), bread stamps, coins, suits of armour and other signs of knights templars, other crusaiders and historical monuments.

... south view ...

... west view ...

... north view ...

... east view ...

Nice rounding up the medieval castle museum visit with some awesome ice cream at the towns best Gelateria at the castle square. Me, if I have ice cream for a change - cause I don't quite enjoy sweet stuff that much anymore - I go for their very special Masticha variety.