Well – after an exceedingly long journey (even by Australian standards), I made it to Neo Chorio in Cyprus for Made of Walking.

And now I am here. At the place where the sea gave birth to Aphrodite, the Goddess of love and sensuality. Over the past couple of months, I have immersed myself in stories from this island, learning many things, which I hope to share in some blogs during my time here.

After having dinner with some of the residents, I had a very good sleep, waking up to look out at the turquoise Mediterranean Sea. I have a strange affinity with this body of water. As a child it filled my head with stories of heroes and monsters, as a both connector and separator of lands and kingdoms. As an adult I have had the joy of meeting her from many shores – from Barcelona to Algiers to…