We are about to be provided with a lovely new Dog / Cat Hotel - ideal for peace of mind when off on holidays.

AETOS PET's HOTEL is at Platansikia Village, just off the highway between Kouklia and Pisouri. The hotel promises every comfort for pets, including 

• regular walks in their large farm and surrounding areas
  
• Regular feeding times
• staff in attendance 24 hours

 AETOS PET HOTEL  also provides grooming, hair cut, training, nail clipping and shampooing, and have access to the vetinary clinic.
Rates per day are - small dogs - 8 euro - Large dogs 10 euro, they also provide for cats.

Knowing Dimitri who is one of the partners, I can say with confidence that he is truly committed to his own dogs, and indeed looks after the village ferrel cats also, and if his warmth and kindness is extended to the dogs and cats in his care, I would recommend this facility.

To contact  -
Call Dimitri on 26432016, (Good English Spoken) or call 97894076

Here's a little something to enjoy for Christmas - some will have seen it before,but it's a favourite of mine - so something seasonal from the Noggin Clontith jingles collection which I have created to share with my blog followers.

Here we go, heading for Christmas, and winter in Cyprus.
The ladder climb to top cupboards must be made, to fetch down the Christmas tree, and the winter wardrobe as we go from uninterrupted hot sunshine to a mixed bag of days which are overcast, wet and stormy, interspersed with periods of lovely warm sunshine - bit like UK summer really! - 
Houses here are not built for cooler periods, with high ceilings, stone floors and recessed windows, so it can get chilly indoors ( bring on the boot slippers) and hot water bottle!
Social interraction in the village at night dramatically changes - no longer are there tables with happy diners outside - meeting and greeting - everything now feels ' shut away' behind closed doors, and umberellas are used only for  'sometimes' lunchtime dining. 

Beware the Red Palm Weevil - we were shocked and dismayed recently when our once resplendent poolside palm, now 6 years old, suddenly dropped most of its fronds. Was it the recent winds? rain? lack of nourishment?  - we even asked local friends who know about these things, who were also shocked, and had not seen this happen before. - The crown of the tree was 'breaking up' into a rough dust, and the tree was giving off a pungent smell - what to do??
So we searched the net and Google came up with the answer, by which time, there was further evidence in the form of large red beetles, grubs, and you could actually hear sounds of activity in the tree base, in the from of scratching and rustling - UGGGGGHHHH!
So we suspect the Red Palm Weevil, which is bad news, - the tree will most probably die. Various Govornments have adopted measures in an attemp to stop wholesale destruction of palm trees - and we are off to the garden centres for further advice, - We are questioning also whether this condition is reportable, as many accounts reccommend pouring parrafin into the crown - which I guess is worth doing anyway if you are going to loose the tree.

So we have Aphrodite's temple, we have the museum and a delightful village square - however, I beleive that the Kouklia Public Toilets should be elevated to local landmark status and put on the tourist route.
A moment of alarm turned into a giggle recently in Kouklia public toilets. It's great that there is a public loo in the village, and I have to say that they are kept clean and tidy, but like many places in Cyprus , the ladies loo has a cartain quirkiness.
There I sat, in what I believed to be a very private place - when I looked up, and there pinned to the door was a notice - 'SSTV CAMARAS IN OPERATION' - (see picture) -well, as you can imagine, the thought of an SS (CC) TV camera, monitoring my abloutions was alarming to say the least. - I looked all around, no obvious cameras trained on me - was there a hidden camera? - somehow I doubted it
Of course the other treat is the door - which for some years has looked as if a bite has been taken out of it. (pictured) At first sight one wonders why there is such a large hole toward the lower part of the door. Then, on opening it, you realise that it exactly fits around the corner of the toilet pan. - Clever answer to cramped conditions.!!
The other thing here in Cyprus which I love is the ' Greenglish' language. There are large signs on the road to paphos for 'the best FEESHING spot in Cyprus' - which I'm certain is a clever strap line designed to market a local fish restaurant. Howver, not to be outdone, the Kouklia Public toilet has it's own attraction. The sign pointing the way to the facility says ' PUPLIC TOILET' = love it, and I'm really not laughing at my Cypriot friends, more laughing with them.
Please don't ever change !!