Don't all fall over - it's #2 for 2012

Here's the link to other shots of Cyprus: Cyprus Pics

However, to continue the story...

We spent half a day - mostly the sunny half, though we did have to take shelter for a while when a front came through - wandering around Nea Paphos which confusingly is old Paphos.

The mosaics were pretty cool:

 Note the swastika on the tiles above, proving how ancient and prosaic a symbol it used to be in the past. And look more closely and see what it is next to!

Anyway, you can follow the link above if you want to see more.

The ruins were interesting too. How does an entire city get forgotten like this? Where does the material come from to fill in such a large area to such a depth? 

The hypocausts front left are a familiar item to we seasoned ruin spotters (like toilets on castles). They are the spacing for under floor heating systems.

This is the agora - market come communal area, with an amphitheatre behind, and an aesclepion (hospital) to its left. Columns came from Egypt.

And here's the old Frankish castle whose bits went to Egypt (duh). 

Outside the archaeological park were some more ruins from the old city, as well as a view from later periods like the hammam or Turkish bath below.

This amphitheatre is from the Helenistic period.

Amazingly the above two photos were 5 mins apart!

Colourful, but not in everyday use anymore.

Looks nice but it's relatively new.

Judi wanted to shop, so we dodged the rain for the rest of the afternoon. Neither of us bought anything other than food and drink. That night's entertainment was a quiz, which we won.

We never finished off the prize...a bottle of champagne....