Day One: Airborne!!!

11.30am The only time I don't mind getting up at stupid o'clock in the morning is when we're going on holiday. Still, 4.45am felt like it came around much too soon, and I'm never a morning person.

An uneventful drive to East Midlands Airport, which will probably be dumped from my memory banks in due course. A relatively fast-moving queue to drop off our checked-in bags and have my non-EU passport checked. (I highly recommend the practice of online check-in before going to the airport. The queue for the people who hadn't was enormous!)

Apparently, however, I am a bad person because I didn't take my Kindle out of my bag before it went through the scanner. David did, but he asked if he should, by which point I was on the other side of the metal detector. Well, I was asked if I had a laptop and I don't!

Naughty Melinda.

Normally we fly from Birmingham Airport and have breakfast in the Weatherspoons but East Midlands is much smaller and without such luxuries. I did spot a sign for Caffe Ritazza's new coffee: a caffe tiramisu! Being a self-proclaimed coffee connoisseur, that was my mind made up. I nabbed a table and made David queue to get me one, much to his disgust.

I'm sorry to report that it was a real disappointment, and not because it lacked booze. David and I have standards. No alcohol before the sun goes over the yardarm (aka 11.00am).

Again, nothing eventful in the departure lounge and a smooth boarding. I napped, I read, I listened to music and now I blog.


Austria from the air: the hills are alive with the sound of music ...


In the meantime, Pafos awaits with bated breath. Okay, maybe not, but I understand that a swarm of Scots are also descending on poor Pafos today in addition to this American and her English sidekick.

6.43pm We've made it to Paphos and to our hotel. Cheap and cheerful but there's a pool, a bar and wifi in the lobby so our major needs are met.

The hotel does seem to have the World's Smallest Spa but you can have a massage or a fish pedicure! And for the kiddies there's a big bunny or a big rooster to play on.


I do love places like this because they keep me amused, but I need to cheer David up, as he seems to be in a grumpy mood. I'm hoping the first beer will start to do the trick!

We don't have much planned for tonight apart from food and catching up on sleep. Too little of both today!

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Location:Spyrou Kyprianou Ave,Paphos,Cyprus