Adventures in Europe: Larnaca, Cyprus

My wife and I are beginning a two-and-a-half-week trip to the Middle East, and our first stop is Cyprus.

Our itinerary to get here involved leaving Edmonton on Wednesday afternoon, flying WestJet via Calgary to London, and then British Airways from London to Larnaca, arriving around one o'clock in the morning Friday. 

This morning we woke up much earlier than we would have liked, but it gave us a lot of time to enjoy what was an absolutely incredible breakfast at the hotel. Not only did they have an amazing spread of food, they also had an automated orange juice machine--you loaded oranges in the top and freshly squeezed juice came out the bottom!

We were picking up a rental car around noon, so we had the morning to walk along the Larnaca waterfront. It was a lovely morning to stroll by the sea.

We also visited the Church of Saint Lazarus.

Lazarus was the first bishop of Larnaca in the first century, they say, and the church is built above his tomb. You can go below the altar to see the tomb, and his relics are in a box in the sanctuary. 

Back at the hotel, we enjoyed a complimentary drink by the pool before catching the bus back to the airport to pick up our rental car.