We Leave for Cyprus

Wednesday September 9

I got a call from Clive to say that Norman will not be able to pick us up at the airport as he’s in hospital with a chest infection. He said that Norman’s wife will pick them up at Pafos and take them to Limassol. Then Clive said he’ll pick us up at Larnaka airport, using Norman’s wife’s car.
This is very nice of them, as they would be getting in limas sol only a couple of hours before.
I got up about 6.30am and started to get ready for our trip. I woke Jayne up at 8.00am.
The taxi arrived about noon and the cost to the airport was £35 , which isn’t bad. It took the drive a while to get to Kinver and it took 45 minutes to the airport.

Since we had plenty of time, we had something to eat, then went to another place to read the newspaper.

The plane departed on time about 6pm.

When we got in, I thought I would have to fill out a landing form, but I didn’t. the customs guy did look at my passport longer, then looked for a page to put the stamp inside. That was the fastest I’ve been through an airport in the EU.

The baggage took about 30 minutes to come in. I don’t know what the wait was for. It came in in dribs and drabs.

I saw Mary in the crowd. We kissed and hugged and I interdicted her to Jayne. Mary called Clive to bring the car around. Then we headed back to Limassol.

Clive took us to an all night bakery so we could buy something for the morning. This was nice of him. Then he took us to Yiannis’ apartment complex. Mary gave me the key at that time (room 306).

We all took the luggage to the room. It’s a studio flat with a double bed, sofa and kitchen table. It also has a little balcony with a view of the Valana Hotel.

It was about 2am local time. (when we arrived it was about 12.30am, which made the flight about 4.15 long)