Monday 8th December 2025

A public holiday today – The Feast of the Immaculate Conception – the official start to the Christmas Festivities.

We went for a walk in the morning and then Gilly and Paula arrived. Mal went to help them with their cases but they said they just wanted a drink first and left their cases in reception cupboard. We had lunch together and quite a few drinks and were still sitting at the same table in the evening!

Eventually Mal helped them upstairs with the cases, we all changed for dinner and continued downstairs listening to the music and chatting. Our favourite barman Mohamed welcomed us and gave us all a hug. We spent the evening with another hotel guest a Welshman who was a solo traveller, I think we entertained him with our stories of days gone by and happenings in Cyprus etc. A really good evening.