Paradise

Early Days

When family holiday time came around, we somehow decided on Cyprus. I think it was because my son wanted to go to a Greek island, but that would be hard to get to and, at the time, Greece was on fire. The other draw was, as Americans, they had never heard of Cyprus, so it seemed a suitably exotic location.

Cyprus: worryingly close to a war zone

For my wife and I, getting there was fairly straightforward, though of course I was pulled out of line at security after passing throu...