Angela Lansbury and George admiring grapes at George's Villa in Cyprus. Photo by Trevor Sharot.
George's Villa Big Breakfast
I and my husband started out day sharing the spa bath in the large red-walled bathroom beside our spacious bedroom. I managed to get a decent photo, decent in the sense of showing no private parts, by crossing my legs and folding my arms.
We dressed quickly, ready for the owner's wife Hana, to arrive with our breakfast, costing five euros per person, on a wicker tray. We had white bread, cheese, slices of processed meat, two bananas. The room already had apples and oranges. Pecan nuts. She brought some spreads. And Hawaiian juice. Boiled eggs. Fried halloumi cheese - very tasty.
Tea Time at George's Villa
When we returned from the Greek side of the divided capital, Nicosia, at tea time, it started to rain. The car park beside the guest house wall is open air. But Hana came rushing out, all smiles, carrying two umbrellas.
She asked, "Would you like honey for tea?" By the time we reached the top of the outside staircase and the bedroom door, she was already there with the honey. She filled the kettle with water and took out two cups for us and the tea bags and Nescafe.
The motorway is less than five minutes away. We reached Nicosia in an hour.
If you want to cross into the Turkish side, remember your passports, which will be checked four times, by the Greeks as you leave, as you enter the Turkish side, returning from Turkey into the short walk along the suburban road which is now no man's land, and back through the Greek side.. I had already done that earlier in the week with my walking group. On this day trip we heard the Greek point of view at the Observation Tower.
Fond Farewell
On the morning when we left, both George and Hana helped us out to the car with our suitcases and packages. Charming George's last words to my husband were a positive remark, a compliment to me and my husband, "Look after this treasure!"
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