25 December 2026 Paphos: The Tiny St. George Church Next to Us

 

There is the cutest little church just a few hundred meters from our place.  We walked over there, keeping to the sunny side of the street, and explored the church.  It is only 30 feet by 20 feet and so that did not take long.  While we were finishing up more folks arrived to see the church.  So we left and gave then the space.  Merry christmas to all.

A little shrine

With lots of candles

The interior was very warm and welcoming

Gold icons could be found in every niche and corner

A wooden cross on the door 

Looks like a recipe for saintly stew, part of the extensive decorations

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The back door

A modern styled building on the hill.  We were envious of the balcony

The cats areoun here are developing super powers!  This one has developed laser enabled eyesight to hypnotize people and convinve then to bring food

It worked!  

This appears to be one entire salmon!  Based on how expensive the slab of salmon was that we ate a few days ago, this must have been 150 euros of salmon

A christmas avacado and tomato salad, very festive

Merry Christmas Llighthouse

Our christmas dinner, after we ate.  What do you call a chicken with no thights or legs?

Leftovers!

Happy New Year moon

It has been 3 years and 203 days since we began our Migration

24 December 2025 Paphos: Oh Christmas Eve, Oh Christmas Eve, We Ate a Rabbit Whose Name Was Fuzzy

 

We have seen rabbits in all of the stores here.  We researched this to see if it is a traditional Christmas dish but it is not.  That is not going to stop us from cooking a rabbit for our Christmas eve dinner.  We looked up recipes and baked the marinated bunny for dinner.  I made some gravy from the stock I made the day earlier.  

Even the pan is happy

Making rabbit gravy

The front legs came out of the oven earlier than the rest

Rabbit, spinach and smashed potatoes with gravy

A most delightful dinner

The tongue!  Tasty but just a tiny bite.

It has been 3 years and 202 days since we began our Migration

23 December 2025 Paphos: More Coastal Walk Explorations

 

We headed out for another walk along the coastal road.  Starting at Dimma Beach, the place we left off last time, we headed off to the north west.  It started out sunny but the wind picked up and clouds started building off to the west.  We had to pick and choose our way as the direction of the path was no too clear.  Just when we thought the path had ended we saw someone walking up higher on the ridge and we were able to reconnect with the path and proceed.  Eventually the risk reward calculation swung over to the "head home and stay dry" side and we returned to the car.  We stopped off at the store for the last bit of Christmas dinner shopping.

Fishing 

A steep part of the path

Mersini Beach, our half way point

The wind is reduced in the valleys and these little breakwaters allow for swimmers to enjoy the water

A sandpiper!

Will we be able to make it over there?

Th black panther is lies in wait for unsuspecting prey to walk by

A sheltered path through the reeds

The houses here are high end

Much more stylish and less blocky

It looks lie we have reached an impasse

The black redstart says keep on trying 

The facades on the houses are all different

A nice touch

We have found the path again.  It passes an active construction site

We shall proceed

Looking back to the last promontory 

The path continues, but we decide not to risk the rain that seems to be building to the west

A tricky fishing spot

Very rocky and St. Georges Beach is off in the distance, next time...

A ship shaped kids play center

Time to turn around

Is it being built or being torn down?

A nice sheltered cove

This place was for sale

Right next to the place being torn down.  The had the same architecture so it was hard to figure out why one is up for sale and one is only good to tear down

The black panther has found it's prey, a big bag of cat food

The laughing dove is not amused

We stopped off at the store on the way home and the snails have escaped their enclosure

I don't think I would want to buy these greens

But we did buy a rabbit for our Christmas eve dinner

It  required some butchering and then marination.  I quartered the bunny and cooked the smaller parts for stock.  I used the stock to make the gravy

The rain arrived just in time to redden up the sunset

And then it was gone

A sliver of a moon

It has been 3 years and 201 days since we began our Migration