It was a long journey but it went very well although our fellow travelers were completely 'zonked'when we got here. Porridge was almost comatose and his latent lumbago had really got to him being cramped up in the suitcase.
Our flight with Swiss International was very comfortable and smooth and we landed on time in a rainy Geneva. The pilot of the plane from New York was on his last flight before retirement and the 'pompiers' (fire department) at Geneva airport greeted him with hoses and washed the plane as we taxied. (That is what they said, maybe we were really on fire and they didn't tell us!!). Anyway it was a nice and unusual salute to the pilot after 30 years with the company.
The onward flight to Athens was similarly uneventful. Luckily we were able to get an earlier flight out of Athens for Larnaca, (at some small expense). This meant we arrived in Larnaca much earlier, picked up our car and drove for Paphos. We arrived at Paphos airport at almost exactly the time when Helen and the family landed from U.K. so we managed a 4,000 plus mile hook up almost to the minute.
We drove to the villa which is gorgeous. It sits on the side of a hill overlooking the city of Paphos. It has an 'Infinity' pool, a barbecue and lovely interior accommodation including a gym room. The next post will have a lot of photos of the place. We were met by the owners, Mauro and Carol who showed us around and left uis to settle in. The night's sleep was long and peaceful.
Monday will be shopping day and quite a bit of relaxing.
Our flight with Swiss International was very comfortable and smooth and we landed on time in a rainy Geneva. The pilot of the plane from New York was on his last flight before retirement and the 'pompiers' (fire department) at Geneva airport greeted him with hoses and washed the plane as we taxied. (That is what they said, maybe we were really on fire and they didn't tell us!!). Anyway it was a nice and unusual salute to the pilot after 30 years with the company.
The onward flight to Athens was similarly uneventful. Luckily we were able to get an earlier flight out of Athens for Larnaca, (at some small expense). This meant we arrived in Larnaca much earlier, picked up our car and drove for Paphos. We arrived at Paphos airport at almost exactly the time when Helen and the family landed from U.K. so we managed a 4,000 plus mile hook up almost to the minute.
We drove to the villa which is gorgeous. It sits on the side of a hill overlooking the city of Paphos. It has an 'Infinity' pool, a barbecue and lovely interior accommodation including a gym room. The next post will have a lot of photos of the place. We were met by the owners, Mauro and Carol who showed us around and left uis to settle in. The night's sleep was long and peaceful.
Monday will be shopping day and quite a bit of relaxing.
Here is a preview of the pool.
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