So, on Monday lunchtime me and Jackie trotted off to Stuart Hall travel agents near Market Street in Manchester to suss out a "deal".
We ended up with a choice of 2 weeks S/C in Gran Canaria at GBP 179pp or 2 weeks plus 1 week free S/C in a 2 bedroom apt in Cyprus for GBP 189pp. We had absolutely no idea where Cyprus was at the time and had to get the agent to show us just whereabouts the island was located.
Of course, we were SOLD straightaway and why not? After all 3 weeks hols instead of 2 sounded wonderful.
We told the lads that night the choice and after much discussion they decided to tell a small fib and book 2 weeks off work and yes, we plumped for Limassol, Cyprus! That was in 1985. Securicor weren't too impressed when the guys told them 3 days before we travelled that they suddenly realised it was 3 weeks we had booked and not 2 but they had already checked with the travel agent and been informed we couldn't come back any sooner as the flight was fully booked! We had a brilliant time and that's when I first fell in love with Cyprus...
In 2004 I came to live permanently in Cyprus with my husband (but not the same guy I came on holiday with back in 1985)
My now husband first visited Cyprus in 1992 when we came back again for another 3 week winter holiday - good job he liked it!
So, don't be too worried about ending up somewhere you didn't intend going to in the first place. Good things can come of it!
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Limassol, Cyprus
As I was working in a school then I could only go during school holidays and wanted the February half term but there were no Saturday or Sunday flights from my area. The TA suggested Tunisia and since it was only for a week and I'd previously been to North Africa (Morocco) I decided to chance it. The rest, as they say, is history. I've been there at least twice a year since then and will be back in April.
