As I was flying out late afternoon, I had time in the morning for a quick tour of Paphos. First of all I had to hit the shops to get a gift for Emma, don’t want her being disappointed. Luckily that didn’t take too long.

Once the pain was over, my aunt took me to the Paphos Archeological site, where we looked at the Roman (and earlier) mosaics at the House of Dionysos. These are some of the most awesome mosaics I have ever seen, the detail being amazing considering the materials that were being worked on.

It was interesting to see the animals, some of which seemed a little out of proportion, no surprises since they had no source materials such as photographs to work from, and the artist had probably only ever seen a dead board/tiger/leopard.

The second really interesting thing was the portrait of one particular gentleman (OK, I thought it was a woman with really big eyebrows at first). It was not so much the portrait itself by the small square columns surrounding it, created with perspective, something I believe the Romans were the first to depict in their art. You can see a photo of this on my flickr.

My flight back was with First Choice, and apart from the chaos in Paphos airport, it was pretty dull. Thanks to my dad and Babs for picking me up from Glasgow.