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THIS WEEK'S PICTURE
Doreen feeding cats at Saint Nicolas Monastery of the Cats
More pictures here.
from
Wiki:
The
monastery, founded in AD 325, is the second oldest in Cyprus; the
church dates from the 1200s. St. Helena, mother of Constantine
the Great, landed here in AD 328, finding the place swarming
with
poisonous snakes. She sent a shipload of cats to get rid of the snakes.
The
cats were fed a bit of meat morning and night to limit their intake of
venom. ....... It is said that the monastery once had two
bells - one to call to prayer and the other to call the cats. Monks
lived in the monastery until 1570, perishing in the Turkish invasion.
After several revivals and periods of neglect, nuns
came in 1983. They care for hundreds of cats, with some government help
for the food.
THIS WEEK'S NEWS .
- We came back yesterday from our Cyprus trip. We'd been relaxing and resting for a couple of weeks.
- After visiting the Monastery (see
above) we drove for an hour via side roads for lunch at Mamas Restaurant. There I discovered
that I had left my wallet with my credit cards at the monastery. So
after finishing our fish meal we drove back an hour to the monastery,
found my wallet and then drove more than an hour back to Larnaca
- this time on the highway - with a stop for coffee on the way.
- At the coffee shop there was a man selling snails - see Doreen's Column for more!
- For the past 50 years we have been telling the
"Tomorrow" story about our visit to
Japan in the late 1960's. I wrote about in the
Memories
page of this site. I don't know how many believed it was a true
story, so thank you Aviv! Aviv and Vered are in Japan and we are
delighted that Aviv found the
"Tomorrow" restaurant! Click here for
the picture Aviv took.
Happy Anniversary this week to: 10 - Jennifer and Leon Matz (61st Anniversary), 13 - Lynn and Jonathan Hock, 14 - Katelyn and Alex Hock, 17 - Toni and Daniel Hock .
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October Anniversaries: 5 - Gaby and Leroy Kahn, 6 - Alex and Tamir Klaff , 7 - Michelle and Michael Ballard, 9 - Eileen and Isaac Glogauer, 10 - Jennifer and Leon Matz , 13 - Lynn and Jonathan Hock, 14 - Katelyn and Alex Hock, 17 - Toni and Daniel Hock , 21 - Adi and Assaf Amit , 27 - Carmen and Marlon Kay , 28 - Sharon and Ron Tal 29 - Rachel and Alan Smith ,
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Doreen is a qualified tourist guide, licensed by the Israel Ministry of Tourism
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