Sunday, December 10, 2023

9 December 2023 Paphos: Our First Foray Along the Coast

 


We took a 2 mile walk to the east and another walk in the afternoon to the west.  The day was sunny and warm and we hare loving this December weather.  My sunglasses had broken in Greece and somehow I left them in Turkey.  So we replaced them at an Optometrists shop.  We had a fun time talking with the owners.  We continued on, only I was no longer squinting and we passed a violin player on the edge of the water.  We scouted out some places that we would like to return to and then headed back for lunch.  We did some travel planning and found a great London AirBnB to replace the travails we have had with booking Toronto.  Then we headed west for our afternoon walk.  We heard a busker playing a traditional instrument and singing.  


A Harbor Castle of the Ottoman times


Our view from our living room


The balcony and the walkway below


A cold and slow iguana


A kindly nature lover


First determine that he is alive


Then pick him up


Try not to get clawed  and remove the lizard to a warmer place


the Christmas decorations are out


To the west


To the east


Our place from the walkway below


We have the entire top floor


A cute dog!


Eyebrows!  Added on just last night


The Little Fisherman sculpture


It is a big fish


My new sunglasses are the bomb!  Thanks to Christine and Alex for selling me a pair of replacement sunglasses


A recycling fish


A protected reef right outside our place


Many species to see


Looking back to the Harbor castle


A brand spanking new lifeguard shack


A dicey boat launch


The surf is up along this section of coast 


A fancy spiral lookout


Fungus on the coast


A water overflow area or a skate park


Big Budda 


A fish mobile


Medusa!


Feeding the birds


Some ruins along our afternoon walk


The Harbor Castle


More like a fort


The coastal walkway goes for miles


Looking west


Nice tidal pools


The waves over here were stronger by far


Sol Alter is the name, it means Another Sun


Venus was called another sun due to its brightness.  Venus is also Aphrodite who emerged from the seafoam on this coast


Back towards our place 


A navy boat


Arts and Crafts show!  Leslie found a nice necklace


A great spread of fresh fish, but I wonder how fresh they are after being in this box


A large selection of almost fresh seafood


Playing the traditional tampoutsia 


Iguanas again.  Is this one the same?


Sunset central


She found her contact lens!


The Harbor Castle


Golden light


Reflecting directly into our place


Dramatic skies


Game of Thrones?


Winding down


We love being on the water


The last hurrah


Ahhhhh


Sunset party outside our window


It had been 1 year and 187 days since we began our Migration