Wednesday 5th October

Pervolia Church

Yet another day in lovely warm weather with blue skies and sunshine.  

After our normal time spent just loving being in our garden it was a day to use what we were doing to experiment with my new camera.  I am delighted with the quality of the pictures that I have taken so far and having a telescopic lens is a real bonus.  There was a need to take some pictures other than the garden so on the way to the local supermarket for some fresh bread (which is lovely) we stopped so I could take some pictures of the churches of Pervolia and Kiti.  They are both shown here. 

Angelokisti Church, Kiti Village

Angelokisti Church in the village of Kiti, which means ‘Built by the Angels’ is 11th century but built on the site of a church from 6th century from which a mosaic of the Virgin Mary survives.

From the supermarket we went to the beach to collect stones for the garden.  These big white pebbles are being used as a base under the Ficus bushes.  They look good, although a lot more as one bag does not go very far.  Still we have plenty of time to collect to collect more.  We had the beach to ourselves as you can see below and even braved the water which was surprisingly warm and very calm.  Certainly warmer than our swimming pool.  Although the beach is full of stones once you wade into the water it is often soft sand which is good for swimming as you are not worried about putting your feet down on jagged stones and rocks.  We have always liked walking along the edge of the sea so it makes being here so perfect.

The rest of the day was pent being lazy lounging on the sunbed, a swim (only 10 lengths - its cold) and a sit in the hot tub.  A meal at home in the evening and a watch of a DVD.