A Two Week Mediterranean Cruise Ahead Of Starting At Alleyn’s School, late August 1973 –Day Six: Cyprus

Me Propping Up the Temple of Apollo, Limassol

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The fourth port of call was the island of Cyprus. Our visit was less than a year before the Turkish invasion and partition of the island.

View from Kolossi Castle – not one of dad’s best

I vaguely recall our day on Cyprus being especially hot, humid and bothersome, which might explain a rare example of poor framing by dad, excluding half of me from the above picture. In stereo as it happens.

The one below, of the stables, is better.

This view from Kolossi more stable – did you see what I did there?

The headline picture is of the Temple of Apollo, also in the vicinity of Limassol, as was the Roman Theatre depicted below. Once again, I’m in the starring role. Born for it, I was.

85 Seconds of film, between 9’00” and 10’25” adds little to our record on this place, other than the presence of our own guide. I don’t think that educational tour came as standard for the Cyprus stop and I vaguely recall that we were amongst a very tiny minority of people who opted to tour that day, perhaps in part because of the heat.

What troopers we Harris’s were.

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