honeymoon in Cyprus

Well, we're back! We really enjoyed our lovely wedding, had a couple of days to recuperate before heading off to northern Cyprus for a week; it was gorgeous, just stunning.

 We spent a lot of time eating by the coast, here enjoying fish straight from the sea. Well, Warren did; I was slightly more in denial!

I took a little walk one afternoon around our hotel resort and found one of the cats mid-afternoon nap, then snapped a van as it zoomed past me on my way back.

This I loved: we caught the bus into Gilne, then - where is the timetable? - drawing-pinned to a tree, of course! 

 We visited Nicosia (or Lefkosa) the capital and discovered this iconic street with shuttered windows and scarved old women on chairs outside their doors. It was magical.

 .... of course, there was also a statue of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

I'll be honest, I'm still getting used to Warren's wedding ring...

Not a great photo, but I like it! Our feet caked in hot sand after we came out of the sea.

We went on a cruise one evening, out of Girne sailing into the sunset. Obviously this was taken before the sun went down, but not before I broke my lens - see bottom left ... Oops! 

Mezze, mezze, mezze by the sea ... Yum! And yum for halloumi, I say!

Visiting a 1000 year old abbey in Belapais, set high up in the mountains ... a pillar, some chairs and the English sockets that Warren kept noticing!

Although Cyprus is hot and dry there are delightful shocks of colour, often red or pink, but sometimes sunflowers (one of my three favourite flowers).

Not a great photo, but the sunrise taken through the bus window at 6am on our way to the airport.