Really enjoying our stay here in Cyprus with Lynda's sister Yvonne, her husband Dave, my niece Sophie, her husband Michael, and their son Mathious. It's been super hot-yesterday it was 37 degrees Celsius, over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Lynda's brother Dave and his wife Julie flew in from England and we had a nice visit. We went to the mall with them, grabbed a bite, and then later on hooked up with them again to hit the town. Ended up watching a Rod Stewart imitator.
In between our visits with Dave and Julie I decided to go for a walk. The streets were winding and unfamiliar, so I was taking pictures with my phone to make sure I knew my way back. I also had my WAZE, so I figured "no problem." Well....
My Hansel & Gretel bread crumb routine with my phone ended when my phone died on me, probably because of the immense heat. Luckily, I found the hotel but I had visions of me shirtless, with no wallet, not knowing Greek, wandering around trying to find the hotel. As it happened, I remembered my way by memory. Once the panic set in I was pretty sharp.
The next morning at our hotel, The Bella Rosa, a Polish guy around the pool showed me how to turn off "power saver" on my phone. Everyone had been trying to help me over the past couple of days to turn it off but we couldn't figure it out-even with Google/Youtube helping us out. Go figure.
So we came back to Pete & Yvonne's and I went for a long walk along the beach with Michael and his Belgium Malinois named Freyia. These dogs are gorgeous and gregarious. They can climb walls & trees, jump through windows of cars-truly amazing. It was quite windy along the beach and there were many kite surfers around. We got in about 16,000 steps in and I got to know Michael a little bit. He was in the British army and now works on cranes erecting and maintaining wind and communication towers. He pointed out some in the distance that he had worked on in fact.
He also talked about his time in the army-the exercises they had to go through in training to prepare themselves in case of battle. Of being in a fox hole with a plastic lid for a bedroom (lol) and getting mocked attacked in the middle of the night, being rained on, freezing, and being reprimanded by his commanding officer for giving his sleeping bag 'cos his fellow soldier was freezing. He also talked about going to The Falklands, walking with penguins, and lots of fascinating stuff.
We returned home, had supper, and went for another walk, trying to achieve my goal of 20,000 steps for the day. By the end of it we were up to nearly 24,000. Not bad, considering the heat. LOVE IT.
Later on in the evening I was introduced to virtual reality and BLOOD RUSH. What a trip! It was a rush! After that I showed Sophie and Michael how to play Skipbo. Not exactly the same thing, but we had a good time playing until late. Pete had gone to bed with a cold hours before. Lynda, my disease prone wife, has managed to infect everyone with her cold. Yvonne thinks she might have it as well. I'm O-K cos I don't get colds!
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