Kyrenia

27.02.26

The Turkish name is Girne. Planned to be a slow day with lunch. A bit slower than expected. Kyrenia is pretty with some narrow streets and the harbour. A great castle with museums. But nowt else there.
It was blowing a hooley too.

*The chapel was accessed through a long tunnel*

*Thought J, who weighs the same as a leaf, was going to be blown off the rampar*ts

The castle museums were dusty and very old fashioned … a few Crusader costumes and finds from a Bronze age village. But a 2300 year old shipwreck was truly fascinating. Only discovered and raised in mid 1960’s. It had sailed from Kos and Rhodes, before sinking near Kyrenia with its cargo of amphora, almonds, fishing weights etc

*Unusual construction: the outside was then internally braced*

*A late Bronze age anchor that had been repurposed from a Syrian stone with hierglyph*s *of a hymn*

Lunch at Nima was very good other than a trout pout lady who talked loudly on her phone … constantly. Good value at £102 with the tip, but only 1 glass of wine for J.