Greetings!
After breakfast in the hotel, we drove to the Paphos Archeological Museum, Another in the many local treasures which showcase the materials produced and placed in burial caves in the area over the past 3.,000 years. The main story gained from these ruin and museum visits is how many and how advanced the civilizations were which occupied this island long before Greece or Rome or anyone in the last 2,000 years lived here. We've lately begun to ignore the work which represents the last thousand years in the museums or on the ground. As beautiful and important as it is, it just doesn't compare.
In a few days, we'll be in the capital city of Cyprus, and we'll visit the national archeology museum. I'm sure it will be the super-dazzle old world visit, but these local museums do a great job of helping tell the story of the history of the Cyprus. Families whose merchant and political lives carved huge impacts on each city have donated their collections to private homes turned into museums. Free entrance to residents and visitors, hosted by patient and informed guides, complete the experience.
Not wanting to limit our Cyprus experience to ruins, museums, and coastal walks, we drove north up into the hill above Paphos to Polis to see the northern edge of the island. Nearby is the
Baths of Aphrodite, with a botanical garden leading up to it. Thankfully not a long uphill walk, we joined a few others imagining the greek goddess spending a quiet time in the cool waterfall grotto hideaway.
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