Travel: Not Cyprus

When I initially booked our Cyprus trip, I thought this weekend would be full of good hikes, great views, leaping off waterfalls, and plenty of "Ahhhhhhh" moments.

And being totally honest, I also pictured being less than graceful in some of those pursuits.

But instead, today we woke up past noon and have spent the entire day as couch potatoes...in Abu Dhabi.

Sometimes our travel plans don't work out. It's usually annoyingly benign - like when I didn't realize Bahrain's Ramadan was super strict and we opted for Prague instead, or getting on the wrong train on our way to Medoc last year, or simply that something wasn't as good as I hoped. We don't dwell on it, but still a valuable part of the whole travel experience.

But yesterday, we had to cancel our entire Cyprus trip at 2am just a handful of hours before we were supposed to depart.

First, I got a text at 1:30am from the airline saying our itinerary had changed.

And when I checked the airline website it had been replaced by a press release stating they had gone out of business 90 minutes prior and ceased all flights.

Steve and I did some quick checks to see if the trip could still be salvaged - flying in on different airlines, or even re-routing to an alternate destination.

But in the end, we opted to just cancel the whole thing and use the vacation time for a later trip.

And then we ordered a pizza and ate it in bed with a bottle of Cava, while watching HP 7-1.

Booked: Cyprus in 2 weeks!

One of the best things about living in the UAE is its physical location - there are countless places we've never been within a few short hours (by plane).

I stumbled on some airfare to Cyprus that was just too good to pass up.  So we're going for 5 days! Lately we've really enjoyed keeping our trips more flexible, and road tripping through the picturesque locations.  It worked really really for us in Croatia and France, so we're sticking to that format for Cyprus too.

We've got our plane tickets, a car, and Phoebe is confirmed for boarding. That's pretty much all we need these days.

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