We, Michael and Jennifer, retired from the UK and came to live in the unspoiled village of Eptagonia (Eptagoneia, Eftagonia), on the beautiful Island of Cyprus in July 2006.

Eptagonia is situated some 20 kilometres North of Limassol, at a height of 1500 feet, on the edge of the Troodos mountain range.  Eptagonia is a typical Cypriot village of around 400 persons.  Six British families have houses within the village. 

The local Cypriot community are mainly fruit and vegetable farmers, producing oranges, mandarins, grapefruit, grapes, pomela, olives, water melon, and a variety of vegetables. 

We have 7 olive trees in our garden, which in 2009 produced 350 kilos of olives to take to the local olive mill. The output from our olives at the mill was some 63 litres of olive oil. We are lucky to have friends to help with the combing of the olive trees; two days of hard work.

Our house is a typical Cypriot village house of concrete structure with no insulation, so very warm in the summer and cold in the winter months.