{"id":10913,"date":"2025-12-07T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T07:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?p=10913"},"modified":"2025-12-03T06:04:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T06:04:47","slug":"exploring-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?p=10913","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Our three months in Cyprus have flown by, but we also packed a lot in. It\u2019s amazing how quickly a place begins to feel like home once you start exploring \u2014 and explore we certainly did.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>One of the boys\u2019 favorite outings was our day at the Museum of Templar Ages, where we stepped straight into medieval history. We tried on real chain mail and armor (surprisingly heavy!), practiced swinging swords, and even tested our aim with archery. For a moment, we were knights ourselves, imagining life centuries ago.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-10913 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=10915'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1829\" height=\"1372\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2783.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2783.jpg 1829w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2783-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2783-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2783-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2783-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, 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src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3905.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3905.jpg 1029w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3905-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3905-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3905-320x427.jpg 320w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3905-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3905-800x1067.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1029px) 100vw, 1029px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=10917'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2438\" height=\"1372\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2796.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2796.jpg 2438w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2796-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2796-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2796-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2796-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2796-2048x1153.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2796-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2796-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2796-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2438px) 100vw, 2438px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure 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They explored aircraft and watched demonstrations. They got to climb on the machines, which was a highlight for them.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-10913 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=10922'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1559\" height=\"1372\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/93C39191-278B-4165-9540-03CC33C94FFE.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/93C39191-278B-4165-9540-03CC33C94FFE.jpg 1559w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/93C39191-278B-4165-9540-03CC33C94FFE-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/93C39191-278B-4165-9540-03CC33C94FFE-1024x901.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/93C39191-278B-4165-9540-03CC33C94FFE-768x676.jpg 768w, 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Henry proudly bought his first pair of jeans \u2014 a rite of passage in its own way \u2014 and he was especially excited to find a One Piece t-shirt that he has been wanting to buy for a while.<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10942\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2667.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1029\" height=\"1372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2667.jpg 1029w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2667-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2667-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2667-320x427.jpg 320w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2667-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2667-800x1067.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1029px) 100vw, 1029px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Not all of our experiences were planned. 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From medieval adventures to birthday glamping, from holiday markets to unexpected earthquakes, Cyprus has kept things interesting.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10943\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/30fc7169-7fc6-4460-b432-8b9d47670b2a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1509\" height=\"1372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/30fc7169-7fc6-4460-b432-8b9d47670b2a.jpg 1509w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/30fc7169-7fc6-4460-b432-8b9d47670b2a-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/30fc7169-7fc6-4460-b432-8b9d47670b2a-1024x931.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/30fc7169-7fc6-4460-b432-8b9d47670b2a-768x698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/30fc7169-7fc6-4460-b432-8b9d47670b2a-320x291.jpg 320w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/30fc7169-7fc6-4460-b432-8b9d47670b2a-480x436.jpg 480w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/30fc7169-7fc6-4460-b432-8b9d47670b2a-800x727.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1509px) 100vw, 1509px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our three months in Cyprus have flown by, but we also packed a lot in. It\u2019s amazing how quickly a place begins to feel like home once you start exploring \u2014 and explore we certainly did. One of the boys\u2019 favorite outings was our day at the Museum of Templar Ages, where we stepped straight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[194,361,151,15],"class_list":["post-10913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","tag-cyprus","tag-paphos","tag-worldschool","tag-worldschooling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10945,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10913\/revisions\/10945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}