Cyprus, The Bus Tour

Breakfast at the hotel is various enough not to get bored during one week. But at the same time, I cannot say that it was "haute cuisine".

The season has just started, and people are arriving at the hotel. Despite the fact that the temperature of the sea is not high, some people are swimming. Of course, these people are Russians. However, the great part of holidaymakers came here to sunbath, and they have a good visible result already.

After breakfast I go to Paphos again. There is city sightseeing tour here, and I want to join it. For 12.5 euros I buy a day ticket, which means that I can take on a bus during the whole day. The bus stops at many places which are really worth visiting. Moreover, there is an audio guide on board which speaks English and gives additional information about sights which we drive through.

First, I decided to make a round trip from the beginning till the very end. The journey starts at Paphos harbour and makes a leap roughly in one hour. Fortunately, the weather today is cloudy, and it is rather comfortable to take a seat on the upper floor. So, I should not have bothered about getting sunburnt again.

When my trip had finished I went to a Rock Tavern and ordered dolmades, which is stuffed grapes leaves, and village salad. The first meal was small, and that what I was warned about fairly. However, the salad was really enormous, but I was obstinate to eat everything.

Later I went to harbour and visited an old castle which is located nearby. The entrance fee is 2.5 euro only. Honestly, there is nothing special about this stone building. Nevertheless, the view from this side is excellent.

There was time to have another round trip on "hop-on hop-off bus". The last bus departures at 16 o'clock. So, I took the bus and got off in the old town. Frankly speaking, I was not inspired by this area. First of all, it is empty here, in comparison with the area which is close to the harbour. However, it is possible to find a great deal of shops here. I was lucky enough to discover a market and to buy some souvenirs for my friends with a good price. I also bought a new leather wallet for myself.

Every night at the hotel they organize some kind of entertainment for their guests. They call it animation. And this time there was a music contest. We had to listen to some music and to guess, what was the band, singer or movie. I found out that I am not a musical expert. I gained only 6 points out of 12.

After the quiz finished there was disco, but when they switched on the Russian singer Grigory Leps twice, I left this event. For me it is not the right music for dancing, but other Russian people, who were there in large majority, liked it very much and sang it in choir.