Our Honeymoon (2)
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Lucy lifts up away from the boat on our first go at parascending.
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Pissouri beach from the sea
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Lucy heads back in towards the beach on her jet-ski
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Lucy prepares to lift off on her second go at parascending
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Lucy comes in to land on the boat
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A trip into the mountains
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The summits of the Troodos mountains in the distance
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The village of Foini
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Kykko Monastery (in full, the Holy Royal and Stavropiyiaki Monastery of the
Virgin Mary) in the Troodos mountains
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The bells up on the hillside
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Some of the brightly coloured mosaics on the walls of the monastery
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Tradition has it that Byzantine Emperor Alexios Comnenos I (1081-1118) was
prompted to establish the monastery in 1100 after the hermit Isaiah, who lived
in the Troodos mountains, revealed that his daughter could be healed from a rare
incurable disease if he would consent to build a monastery and donate to it the
icon of the Virgin he possessed, reputedly painted by the Apostle Luke
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A familiar title on sale by the monastery.
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Soaking up the sun at our
villa from exclusively-cyprus.com
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A nest with four fledglings, perched over table 10 at Kastro's at Pissouri
beach.
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At the Moonlight Tavern - an early meal prior to a visit to the theatre
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The view from our table
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At the Pissouri Amphitheatre, opened in 2000
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At the beginning of As You Like It, the dancers perform for the
lawful duke, as the last rays of the sun disappear from the tops of the hills
towards Limassol.
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The happy ending, with all the couples paired off.
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Our final evening in Pissouri, at the Two Friends
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