Cyprus Villages Traditional Villas Larnaca

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... We loved walking then, just as I love walking these days, and always will, so back to those days the old main road leading to Nicosia was just a few meters from the Church.

After 1974 when I moved to Greece, I had never visited this place even once, and I was so anxious to see what has become of.
Well, I am here, but nothing is the same.



The area is unrecognizable:
The church is the same all right ...

... do their work as if they are robots. They ignore us.

From the expression on the owner's face, I can understand his thoughts. It is as if he is saying "eat here foolish people, you are trapped……no matter what you say, I am going to have your money"!

While my friends are complaining, the driver is enjoying a huge plate full of grilled Prawns and (Barbouni fish) red mullet which is quite expensive ...

... in the world for the Muslims and the first most important religious place for the Turkish Cypriots.

It is actually the only surviving Arab monument in Cyprus, built in 1816 over the tomb of Umm Haram, and was renovated taking its present appearance.

In Ottoman times, it was a Tekke. In the year 2002 a new renovation and ...

... the tomb of Saint Lazarus under the sanctuary and the ecclesiastical museum behind the church.

Some woodcarving of the golden surfaced iconostas were completed the 17th century

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THE ANGELOKTISTI CHURCH

This church is found at Kiti ...

... aekkia” ….I laugh every time I hear her.



A Greek friend of mine asked me why Cypriots have two consonants in some names one next to the other and how they pronounce these words.

I told her for instance that the name (Ttofis) which is a Cypriot name is pronounced with a double strong T like we pronounce the word (toffy) in English. The ...

... sense of reality and run back to my childhood days.

They were happy, joyful, and interesting days – us not being rich – but lived like rich.



I remember traveling a lot –inland most of the time, through the narrow hard to be driven roads up on the mountains. We used to travel long hours to get to a destination that we now ...

... feeling in the world knowing I am going to get on the flight and a few bad apple gate agents don't treat me like I am some smeared piece of dog excrement just because I am trying to fly standby on my pass and I am making them have to work. You airline people out there know what I am talking about, right!!!???

But the best thing about today was flying on my favorite jet of all time...the BAe 146. If you are into aviation you know the plane and I won't ...

... I spied something that was towerish. I turned off and found a disused Mosque in the middle of nowhere. It wasn't padlocked so I went in. It was nice and serene in there, so I sat back and relaxed for five. It was a welcome break on the way back to Limassol. And Finally It had been a good day seeing some new things. Driving to the border had made me change my plans. I was now going to go North, not tomorrow, but before I leave, I'm going to go see a little more of Northern Cyprus

... aided by compass. Deserted untarmaced roads yielded some great views as they wound through newly established hillside pine forests. The information from the tourist office in Girne (Kyrenia) was I should follow the coast roads and not go into the mountains. "I do not wish to learn about the North Cyprus construction industry" I said to the man behind the desk. "I wish to go into the mountains to explore ...