Rented Villa at Kallepia
 

This is the villa we have been renting since our move to Cyprus on 7th June 2007. It has 3 bedrooms so we can put up friends, though 1 bedroom is being used as an office.

We have installed a satelite dish (3m diameter) to receive Sky Tv.

Kallepia is about 20 mins inland from Paphos and approx 600m elevation. The villa is right on top of a ridge and it gets quite windy up here. Could be chilly in the winter!

The villa is unfurnished so we had to make do for 6 weeks until our furniture arrived.

This is the open plan ground floor serving as the kitchen, lounge and dining room.

Nice balcony upstairs where Susie has chosen to live and the balcony at ground level which has become the dining area through the summer.

This is all our worldly possessions leaving South Hill, Alderholt on 5th June 2007

And this is the container arriving at Kallepia on 10th July. It could not back up this steep drive so had to park in the road.

I used my car to help transport some of the heavier boxes up the drive.

In the middle of unpacking.

A lot of items have remained in storage.

This is the view from the back fence and my office has a similar view. It is looking southeast towards the village and the troodos mountains which are beyond the distant hills.

I now have broadband (September 07) by satelite. A bit slow and many restrictions but at last I have rejoined the world.

September 07

No comment !

October 07

Some of the bouganvillia making good progress

October 07

Lemon tree. It has 6 fruits on it at present.

In Cyprus these fruit trees bear fruit 4 times each year.

We are at too high an elevation to grow bananas but should be able to grow oranges, lemons, peaches, apricots, tangerines, clementines, plums, figs, apples and pears.

26 January 2008

Whiskey and Shandy have settled in OK

30 January 2008

A snow storm at Kallepia - Unbelievable !

Lasted several hours, settled and made roads very dangerous

30 January 2008

Another shot taken from my office

Next day was sunny, all snow melted quickly

7 September 2008

We were honored to be asked to be Godparents to Yiotis, son of George and Edit. George is co owner of the development company building our house and we have become very good friends with him and Edit.

This is me in the church holding a candle next to Nasia, George's sister and Godmother, holding Yotis.

7 September 2008

This is Yiotis, as you can see enjoying his day.

25 December 2008

The storms over the last few days have brought snow to the Troodos mountains, which you can see in the distance.

28 April 2009

Goodbye Kallepia, we are moving out today.

We have enjoyed our time here and have appreciated having a great landlord (Yiannis) who has become a good friend. However the winters were very cold in this house.