Dome Hotel and Casino Kyrenia

... name of the village in Greek means "bad rock". Some say that in the past the area was full of rocks and it was difficult to come to it. However there was a custom in the old times that people that were about to get married used to dance around a big rock. However, an incident happened, and the rock fell on the groom and killed him, so they named that rock in the village as “bad rock”.

TRADITIONAL DANCERS

This will give you an idea of what happens at a traditional Cypriot dinner party.

After the festival, we have a dinner party, all the choirs together.
Cypriot traditional dancers open the programme, and finally we are all ...

... whom I mentioned in another entry – a poet, and a writer has the same notebook where he had written a long 56 stich poem on these heroes. He told us that those years – young then at High school, he had this poem written dedicated to these heroes. However he was never allowed to recite the poem in school by the school principle. So, knowing that we are visiting this place, he considered bringing the poem ...

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I do however know how to admire my friends, and have fun.

Again I want to thank the people from the ATHK choir who did their very best to make our trip to Cyprus unforgettable.
It was fun, and indeed the Greek people left with the best impressions of Cypriot hospitality.

... cloth, which he donated to the Milan cathedral.

The beautiful House of Patsalos, houses the Lace and Silverware Museum of Lefkara.
The church of Archangelos Michail in Kato Lefkara is of the single aisled domed type, and has wall paintings of the late 12th century.

At Pano Lefkara -(upper) there is the church of the Holy Cross with a beautiful 18th century iconostasis and a unique 13th century silver cross.

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... had finished. The route proved to be easy walking on a wide track, largely through forested areas, with glimpses through to the coast and Karpaz. At one point we left the track briefly, and climbed steeply up the rocks, from where we had a panoramic view of the whole northern coastline. Smiler was unsure if he should risk the climb, but eventually made it safely up and down. Lunch was ...

... ground once again peppered by buckshot. A short rest to let them gather their breath and we were off again. A little later we discovered an open grassy area which is used as a picnic area - ideal point for our lunch. During the walk Smiler had been sending and receiving numerous text messages of our progress back to Auntie Wainwright at the antique shop. The rest of the route to the reservoir was ...

... with us, we must have confused him a little with those retorts. Our UNESCO afternoon having thus concluded, we proceeded back to the capital, winding our way over twisty mountain roads, past families sitting down to dinner on nearby terraces and sets of old women sitting on chairs near the roadway, gossiping the late afternoon away. Driving into the sunset, we concentrated on staying on the left side of the road, contemplating our next move - farewells to our furry friends and onward transit to Turkey.

... Example of how the city is divided Decay NORTH CYPRUS STREET SCENE - Note the number of men! SOUTH CYPRUS STREET SCENE - Note mix! This is where the main highstreet ends in a wall - it runs through the buffer zone and continues in the north of the town _______________________________________ ____________________ 10 Oct, Monday No cycling Mission of the day, find tyres with puncture resist lining ...

... country, was divided into 2 halves. The northern Turkish side and the southern Greek side. All a result of a long history of tension between the 2 communities and a failed coup by the Greeks which sparked an invasion from the Turkish motherland. The invasion, aimed at protecting it's Turkish citizens in the country, resulted in advancing Turkish territory half way across Cyprus and it wasn't until the UN stepped in that the fighting stopped. The country, today, was divided ...