Wine Festival

The town of Limassol hosts an annual wine festival that lasts for one week, and tonight we joined the festivities. I made the mistake of mentioning it earlier in the week in front of Sofia and she has since been demanding, "I want to go to the wine festival right now!". Not something you really expect to hear from a three year old. The admission for adults was six euros, and with that we got a bottle of wine to bring home and could sample as much wine as we wanted while there. There was plenty of traditional of Cypriot food available as well as some crafts and traditional music. One of the great things about Cyprus at this time of year is that it is still quite warm, so very pleasant to walk around in the evening. The festival is held at the municipal gardens. They made some areas of the park into open "restaurants". We were able to sit in an area next to a small playground to allow the kids a chance to run around a bit. There was also a booth for the local cancer society and for a small donation you could draw a number and receive the corresponding wrapped prize. Of course, Alex thought that sounded pretty great.  We let each of the kids pick a number. Sofia received a first aid case that she thought was cool. (It's empty but she has plans to put toys in it). Alex was clearly disappointed to get a napkin holder that looks like the top of a pair of pants. We let him try again and he was more satisfied with some cardboard dominoes. At least that was for a good cause.

The biggest wine glass ever according to Guinness World Record

Tasting station for one of the largest wineries

I think we gave her too much wine

Silly dancing

Now that is a lot of souvla he is grilling