Chris and I made it to Cyprus on Monday with no difficulties, it was amazing to come here for the first time without being totally jet lagged! And flying into the Paphos airport (15 min drive from Chris's house) instead of Larnaca (2 hours drive). The weather has been really great, sunny and warm, a nice change from London and I get to give my summer clothes an airing, which is good since I'm tired of the winter ones now! So far we've spent our days visiting friends which means drinking a lot of tea and coffee and eating.
I did get a chance to take a walk around the village and see all the changes in the past 4 years since I last came. Here I am with Chris's aunt and his cousin Christiana. They are the two that are helping me the most with learning Greek. Today we worked on colors!
I get a lot of oportunities to pratice as well as listen when we go to big family gatherings like this one at his cousin's house. This was after we ate when about half the people had left or were in the other room! Of course after about an hour of loud Greek chatter I need a little break, so I always have my knitting handy for tuning out and unwinding. I brought my blue lace sweater and I think I'll probalby finish the sleeves by the end of the trip, especially as we'll have more big get togethers around New Years.
I have been trying to take photos for the blog, but we are just so busy! And it's hard to wrangle people in to photographs (here are Chris and I with his other cousin Valando, Christiana's sister. They live next door to Chris so they are more like sisters than cousins). I also have been taking many family photos to put in the digital photo frame Chris brought his mother last time he was here. He hadn't loaded it with pictures so I've put on a bunch I had on this computer but am trying to get some more current ones on. Tomorrow his sister should be here with his nephew and I'm sure I'll be snapping lots of photos of that. New Years, not Christmas, is the gift giving day here, and it's also the big dinner and celebration. It's nice because it's like I get two Christmases this year!
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