From Nov. 3-5, Christine and I went to Cyprus, a beautiful little island (for those who don't know, it's between Greece and Turkey). First, we figured out that we indeed can rent a car for less than $700 US! Our travel agent here in Cairo had told us to rent for 3 days would cost us that much...we got it for 60 Cyprus pounds (double to get the Cdn. price), and gas did not cost much. And it was even automatic, so I could drive, too. I totally forgot that Cyrpus played a key role in the crusades, along with it's ancient roots, so I was in heaven for the history stuff. The first day, we checked out Lazarus church and the old fort in Lanarka, the city we landed in. Then we zoomed off for
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