Today we headed to paphos! To get to the city of Paphos we had to drive through the Trudos mountain range. Unlike the US, there are many smaller villages within the mountains and they are highly developed. In the US because of its size people choose to live in suburban areas and living in mountain ranges is far less common. The infrastructure built into the mountains is so interesting to see.
We got to Aphrodite’s rock and the beach was so nice but it was a rocky beach. All of the beaches here seem to be very rocky compared to the coasts of the US. Theses beaches are typically the result of a glacial activity, where the pebbles are polished over time by waves and tides The view was so cool and Aphrodite’s rock was so big in real life.
Then we visited the tomb of the kings, theirs was a massive burial ground made from one singular rock. It was all connect and carved out, there were tombs you could walk into and massive rooms underground carved in this structure.
Then after some lunch at paphos harbor and shopping we visited the House of Dyonises. This was the original house and we could see the different rooms floors. One room has every single geometric pattern in existence. This was so interesting to see because now the patterns are used publicly. There was a symbols from countries or even political leaders reigns. Another mosaic detailed the danger of too much vanity, a Greek god looking at himself in water so much until he fell in and died. These stories hold true and inspire modern day stories today. One about two lovers who thought the other had died and decided to kill themselves led to modern day Shakespeare. It was also interesting to know that the king of paphos was alwasy the high priest of Aphrodite. State and religion connections in Cyprus are extremely strong leading paphos to be the most important city because it covers both aspects. There is no royal family or royal connections in America so this is so interesting to see how the royals were treated and their way of life.
