Classic Hotel Nicosia

... a visit to Turkey since Turkey controls the show there even though no one else recognizes it?

The Greek side of Lefkosa is fully modern highrise sprawl oriented towards Europe, the signs are in Greek, and the people are mostly Orthodox. Just a few steps the Green Line over the city becomes a lowrise crumbling sprawl of a different world in Nicosia. Just for simplicity I will refer to the Greek side as Lefokosa and the Turkish as Nicosia. Across ...

... had been too small. First of all, different airline from this one and I could tell from the agent's bored look she really didn't give a flip that Ms. Ginormous spent 10 hours wedged into a coach seat. I took a discrete picture of her for your viewing so you tell me if the seat being too small was just a figment of her ample imagination.

When she hoisted her 300 pound plus body of size out of the chair to go to the bathroom some kids took that ...

... D cell batteries, condoms, lube, lighters and cigarettes. Now how is that for before, during and after needs all in one stop?

There is a lesson to be learned here from all this. Think about it for a moment...20 years ago this type of display much less selection in Bulgaria would have been unthinkable under communism. In 2009 in our supposed home of the free such a display still is unthinkable. I mean we can't even look at the ...

... all just fit and seemed perfect. On the return to Paphos we spotted
the spot where Aphrodite was born from the sea and her temple up on a
cliff. It was a very long day but one filled with several
interesting sites. I almost forgot...in Larnaka we happened upon the
church of St.. Lazarus where he was finally laid to rest.

... us. He struggled with his
limited English but made the most valiant effort. He simply was
trying to tell us that the troubles between Christians and Muslims
and Jews and everyone should not be. That this minor difference of
religion should not be causing so much trouble, so much difficulty
amongst the people of the world. He was a very nice man and it was
an unforgettable experience.

After a day of driving and walking
around it was an early night.

... is certainly a great place to vacation in the early fall. Late October and early November was still quite warm to our standards, but the tourist season was over for Eurpeans so it was a good place to vacation as it was moderately priced.

... a British colony, cars drive on the left side of the road. This must confuse the gigantic number of non-British tourists the island gets. 2. EXPENSIVE 3. NO CHARM - Greek Cyprus is modern. Much of the coastline is crowded with ugly hotels. 4. MANY JOBS ARE CORPORATE HELL 5. (LIKE THE U.S.) IT'S BUILT FOR DRIVERS, NOT WALKERS HONORABLE MENTION is THE GREEKS' INTOLERANCE OF THE TURKS. Let's see ... is our universe still here? By golly, it is. It's good we ...

... the detrimental effects of cigarettes. (Mind you, neither do the French - no offense Froggie!) Nor do they understand the concept of throwing their waste in the bin. One man actually took pride in lobbing his empty beer cans out the window exclaiming with joy - "This is Turkish way!" They also have the most terrible taste in shoes. Nevertheless, I must stop my ranting, for ...

... the churches throughout nicosia, as we are located in the heart of old nicosia where there are lots of old churches and monestries. we have just came back from a bazaar (market) and fresh food is very cheap, we picked an 8 kilo water melon for $3aussie, what a buy, tho it was **** carrying it back.............pooor michael! on our walk we passed a ...

... which you may think is not too bad. Well one Cypriot pound equals three Aussie dollars, so that coffee break cost about $22 Aussie dollars! Our Aussie money doesn't go too far over here! G'day all, and a little addition to Gail's story from me. As we walked along the Greek Cypriot side of the wall for 2-3 klms inside the ancient town, I became totally mesmerized at what I was seeing. Gail and I were totally alone as few people ventured down to this area, and there were armed ...