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First Fireworks

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On Saturday we took Leo to his first firework display. I was unsure how he would react to them, given that he had a fear of thunder last year but he loved it. Firework displays are very few and far between here in Cyprus, there are very strict laws on the use and buying of fireworks so they are basically limited to the displays on the English army bases,  that and the fact that it's an English tradition. Someone last year actually posted on facebook - Why don't the Cypriots celebrate Fireworks night?  My response was to ask them why they would be celebrating Guy Fawkes night! There are two displays, one at Dhekalia and one at Ayia Nikolaos.  We went to Ayia Nikolaos as it's a bit closer to us and was free and we didn't know how well Leo would react to it.  Next year I'd like to go to Dhekalia as it's held on the beach! My friend and her son came with us and the boys both loved it, we waited quite a long time for the fireworks to start so it was n...

Silent Sunday

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