We had a surprise extra day off – both Wednesday AND Thursday. So, instead of sleeping like a normal person, AJ took off 2/3 of the way across the country to visit a museum in Nicosia (pronounced Nick-oh-see-uh). The Cyprus Museum was cool, lots of ancient sculptures and things. Can you figure out who the…
Month: August 2015
Cypriot Cats II
Like I said, she’s the crazy cat lady… The internet is made for cat pictures, right?
Ginormous spider
I’m now in fear of being carried off by THIS: I know this specimen is deceased, but look at the size of it! That’s a 20 cent Euro coin, approximately the size of a US quarter. Enjoy your nightmares.
Roman Amphitheatre!
Or Hellenistic? The sign was confusing. It was in the middle of Paphos. And my photographer was apparently suffering from the heat.
St Paul’s Pillar
On the grounds of afore-mentioned anti-mythical creatures church there was a pillar with a purported interesting history. Supposedly St Paul was tied to this pillar and whipped for some reason or another.
AJ’s Discrete Old Old Old Church pictures
The Jackalope wanted me to share these since he wasn’t allowed in to see for himself.
Really, really, old church
We did some more sightseeing in Paphos Tuesday after work. Which means it was so hot my antlers were drooping. (This is a real problem). I wanted to stay back with a cold Keo (beer in giant cans) but AJ said we had to go exploring. We found an old old old old old old…
Cypriot Cats
They are everywhere. You may not know this, but my traveling companion is a bit of a crazy cat lady. She yelled at one of the guys here for making a foul remark toward her favorite of the dig house cats. So, just a bit. Though she has softened her disapproval of the “cat-haters” as…
Brewing Beer!
We brewed beer today! Jackalopes serve in a supervisory role of course
The best taxi driver ever
I just experienced the best taxi ride ever. He was super excited about life in general, very happy, very positive, gave us beer or Pepsi and called the van his baby. It was a lovely ride (air conditioning!!!) + a free beer + super friendly happy taxi driver = awesome. “I smile all the time…