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Cyprus à la Carte<br/>

Green almonds We're going home tonight. The plane takes off 21.15 local time, but before that we're going on a trip: "Cyprus a la carte".
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Helle is up before the wake up call 6.30. We have breakfast, check out and have our suitcases stored. The tour bus is at Kition Corner on time 8.45.
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Cyprus - part VII.

Eric
2005-12-08 20:01:27

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Cyprus à la Carte

Green almonds We're going home tonight. The plane takes off 21.15 local time, but before that we're going on a trip: "Cyprus a la carte".

Helle is up before the wake up call 6.30. We have breakfast, check out and have our suitcases stored. The tour bus is at Kition Corner on time 8.45.

Pampos, the Cypriot who speaks Swedish, is guide again and the bus is half full. First stop is Kolossis Southwest of Limassol. On the motorway miles are eaten quickly, but speed is slow through Limassol where we follow the coast. I try in vain to spot the restaurant where my colleague and I had lunch in February.
The Orange Plantation

Orange flower Helle picks orangesThe area West of Limassol is home to the biggest orange plantations in Cyprus. The two most important orange types are Jaffa and Valencia. Valencia is ripe now and the trees blossom at the same time. We pull in, get a plastic bag and license to pick. An orange tree is dense and not airy like apple trees back home. High eucalyptus trees that protect the delicate orange trees from the wind surround all fields. Keeping in mind that we're going home tonight I pick but two oranges. Pampos asks me why I'm so modest, and I explain to him that there's no reason to pick over-weight for the plane.

The field is also home to an army of bloodthirsty mosquitoes and within minutes they discover the tourist menu. Soon everybody is more concerned with clapping bare skin than picking oranges. The mosquitoes' general has been kind enough to peel and dissect some of the tasty fruits. Yummy! They are bursting with juice and taste fantastic.

Kolossis

Not far away in the sleepy village Kolossis we stop for coffee. The cafeteria is just opposite the church and inside old men solve serious issues over coffee and backgammon. I'm the first tourist at the counter, and I guess the host is taken ...