I’ve been seeing advertisements for a beer festival in Paphos. €6 to get in + a pint included. So of course I had to go. They had some nice dancing earlier (teenage girls, a bit embarrassing) and now there is a DJ who is actually pretty good. I’m drinking a Blackthorn Cider which I’m told…
The myth goes that Cyprus was the birthplace of Aphrodite. There was a significant pilgrimage and cult worship complex for millennia near Pafos. So of course a Jackalope has to check that out. I had a few words with the Aphrodite and she gave me some tips for the lady’lopes.
They had a festival in the village tonight. We went to eat, which was a Greek catered meal on big tables spread in what I think would best be described as a village common in front of the church. Excellent food, but I can’t pronounce any of it. Greek salad, lamb, potatoes, hummus, olives, chicken,…
I had recovered enough by Wednesday afternoon to accompany AJ to the Tombs of the Kings.
Cornwallis, reporting in! I’m helping with the straw for the mud-brick! First level is done and marked with a Jackalope Butt-Print. Everyone is waiting with their mud-bricks to put the next layer on. AJ’s feet after manually mixing the mud-brick in the “traditional” way (Don’t let her mother see this!): The progress so far:
Everyone else was hungover on our day off, (including the lil’ope) so I had to go exploring on my own. So, I took the bus down to Paphos and headed to see the Paphos Mosaics. They are incredible and took my breath away. I was trekking up the hill and even though it was only…
Cornwallis reporting in… With a terrible hangover I must report. It is our day off on Wednesday so Tuesday night turned a bit… Festive. Someone coined the term "Archaealcoholics" and they weren’t kidding. I don’t know what this was, but it was mean and green and I let AJ go to the Paphos Mosaics without…
Our dig team is divided in to 3 teams of 3 "students" each and each team is responsible for breakfast and lunch food set up, clear away and "household" cleaning twice a week with responsibility to cook dinner once a week. Our night was Sunday. An Arkansan, a Cypriot and a Manchesturian walk in to…
So I should give you some idea about the people I’m living with. I’m giving them code names to protect the not-so-innocent. Currently we have: Issac – dig director from Edinborough Adam – Greek dig director currently living in Glasgow Mary – university student from London attending Manchester University Jenn – university student from London…