Day 6 rainy day in cyprus

Back to the walking today...

Weather bit different today...windy and cloudy...and there's more...the buses are on strike !!! 

So we were hoping to go to Coral Bay today, and we've even checked the private excursions and wouldnt you know it,   non going there today either
Oh well good job we like walking

A beautiful if not bracing walk round the coast.... watching the waves start to roll in from way back on the horizon...many not making it too the shore line ...breaking into torrents of white Froth and bubbles....others racing for the shoreline and crashing against the rocks throwing themselves high into the air....

innocent walkers caught off guard as the waves crash over the walkway....

We rewarded ourselves with a snack giving us an escape from the now quite chilly wind.  

As the afternoon rolled into the evening the winds got stronger and brought with it rain... complete with thunder and lightening...the long awaited storm had arrived in its splendour.....

So we decided to eat in the restaurant of the Amphora ( where we were stopping )..

 As we tucked into a delicious moussaka ...from the elevated position in the restaurant, we could watch the lightening flashing across the mountains in the distance.... quite an impressive show.... 

And the meal was delicious complete with a lovly glass of Red red wine...mmmm

So the prayers of the nuns in the monastery have been answered...we were reliably in formed that there day consists of praying for rain which the island has a shortage of.... well dun sisters.                                                                                                        
But all too soon( at least for the locals and the nuns who had been praying continuosly for rain )  the storm had blew over and the evening had returned to its calm and still horizon....

#Dentist phobia overcome but not defeated.....I did it.....i had my teeth whitened!!!!

Warning....this contains items that some people may find distressing

I have had a phobia of dentists for as long as I can remember...obviously it is something I have had to address on many occasions so as i could keep my teeth in a reasonably good condition...but I have never found it easy to say the least.......the very idea would bring me out in sweats and anxiety attacks. 

But I also love nice teeth and I think it is very important to look after them.

SO it was after much thought and worry that I decided i needed my teeth whitened...(after 50 years of sweets...curries....wine...etc they were definitely over due !!! 😨 )

This is a brief account of my experience:

For once I didn't really do much research....probably should have. ..spoke to a few friends etc.  They spoke of sensitivity for a few days etc....some said they couldn't see any difference. ...and so forth.

I really wasn't prepared for the device they put in your mouth 😲 call me naive  ( but I won't answer to it ho ho ho 😉 ) 

It was uncomfortable. ..not painful 

I had 3 x 20 minutes sessions which were interrupted briefly by another coat of the whitening agent....in all about an hour with this device in your mouth

It was almost impossible to speak.... ( which did not go down well with me )

And I had to keep still...again something I am not good at..

I didn't experience much sensitivity at the time but a few hours later I did.

It lasted for a couple of days..i took a couple of paracetamol which helped

I avoided colourful food and red wine for several days as advised.

It was not an enjoyable experience.....but i was pleased with the result....i think the lady had quite a tall order.....

this is a before and after....not mine i must say.

This is b4 ( and i am not happy that i have had to show it ) yuk!!!
         

But this is the after..So just need to get them straightened now...lol