I woke up late, as per usual I had overslept my alarm

But it did not matter as I was abruptly roused by my mum

It was 7:11 am...................... precisely

I rushed around trying to pack and get ready before Dan arrived

Dan stayed for an hour and a half

Most of which I spent running round like a headless chicken

He left at 9.00 as we were due to set off at 9.30 (which later became 10.15)

There were many hugs kisses and tears when he left

The Suitcase Balancing Act

As planes have a weight limit on luggage and not passengers(damn the fatties)

We had to weigh our suitcases

Only one failed the obesity test

Thus the great Suitcase Balancing Act had begun

After this act was over there was another yet to come!

Somehow fitting our suitcases in the boot!

Finally at 10.15 we set off

The Great Irish Escape

When we arrived to check in the airport was empty except for another family

After we’d been through security and got to duty free

There was a joyful but slightly drunk air about the place.......

There were masses of THE IRISH!

There was a massive flight bound for Dublin just before ours

Me and my mum decided to go buy some things (me Jelly Babies and her a book)

As we were walking a devil of a child crossed our paths

Screaming, throwing tantrums and demanding that everything was his way

“I bet you he’s on our flight” my mum said to me

Later when we boarded the plane there he was

A mere two rows in front of me and my sister

After the plane ride we promptly jumped in our arranged taxi

Which was much smaller that the one we needed (being 5 of us)

The taxi driver bound our suitcases in to the tiny boot with a rope and we set off

Doing now The Act of the Sardines in the back of the taxi

We found out repeatedly on the way to our villa that the taxi driver had 30 years experience, that our villa ‘Villa Pavlos’ meant Paul which is my dad’s name

He also told us that all the locals avoid hire cars

One story was when there was a German driver driving on the opposite side to where he was meant to drive!

In Cyprus they all drive on the left which wouldn’t be a problem for us

That night we decided to go to ‘Pambis’ a restaurant opposite us

Why I am mentioning this restaurant is not for its food nor customer satisfaction

It’s purely for its parrot

Which when I went up to it said “Hello” burped giggled and then said “Bye, baibai”

That night I went to sleep in my thankfully fully air conditioned room