Makris Hotel Nicosia

... the Greek flag. <br><br>The streets are bedecked with flags, people wearing their formal clothes, parents with their younger children, all waiting for the parade to come, to admire their children, and feel this unique moving moment. <br><br>We are out in the streets and free to have a stroll in this beautiful picturesque village of Lefkara. My Greek friends are interested to see this popular embroidery, others want to visit the museum ...

... per Era, Mycenaean, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Frankish, Venetian and Ottoman periods. It covers 9000 years of Cypriot art. <br><br>The rarest collections at the museum are the Neolithic times are pottery, the collection of Roman and Hellenistic glass and the Byzantine collection of ceramic utensils, which are decorated with the ...

... from the 1st arches (about 2-3 kms) you arrive at the 2nd arches, and after a walk of almost the same distance, (but having to pass the airport-by pass highway-) you arrive at the 3rd and lower arches. At this point you have to look for the old mill, which pumped the aqueduct's water.<br><br>Then for 9 kilometers up to the river, the water &#8211;channel goes underground ...

STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE -LARNACA<br><br><br><br><br><br>I am so excited that I am walking in the Traditional neighbourhoods of my hometown. With the camera in my hand I get pictures of older buildings that remind me of those years.<br><br><br><br><br><br>BRITISH COLONIAL STYLE<br><br><br>Many of the buildings in Larnaca are very old. <br>The ...

... The minaret is built on the foundation of the bell tower. Opposite this mosque there is an elegant stone built public water fountain of the Venetian period reused by the Ottoman aquaduct of 1747. <br><br><br><br>It survives in a very good condition and it is decorated with an engraved &#8211;clock in Latin characters. According to historical sources the Venetian governor ...

... heart of the capital. Within seconds I had made up my mind I was going across this Green Line if allowed to see what surprises lay on the other side. A mountain rises above the city and the Turkish side has painted a giant flag on it to remind everyone who is in power over there.<br><br>Now as the bus rolled into Lefkosa, I noticed lots of traffic, wide highrise lined streets and all the shops straight out of Europe such as Adidas, Hugo Boss, Costa ...

... in Turkey, relatively speaking. The<br>Turkish side was a bit more run down, however, signs of EU<br>intervention abounded demonstrating new agreements and a desire to<br>preserve the past. We came upon the top site in Northern Nicosia,<br>the Selimiye Mosque which combines medieval Christian architecture<br>with Islamic influence to create a most stunning Mosque. While<br>walking around the grounds, a gentleman by the name of Rammadan<br>(pardon the spelling) came and spoke ...

... to my parents, my poverty saddened me; consumption-minded tourists spoke excitedly near me because they were going to buy new, pink phones. I walked through Nicosia, determined, as dusk was settling on my last Cypriot evening, to hitchhike to the southern coast. And a pony-tailed guy from Athens invited me to hang out at his house and eat watermelon. He lived in a neighborhood where the Acropolis-like, rounded polygonal houses sat behind fences and ...

... Guy - You are eating the chicken Me - Yes Cypriot Guy - You are not eating the pig Me - No Cypriot Guy - Are you a Muslim Me - No Cypriot Guy - Eat the pig to show me Me - Ok !!!!! After that, we became best friends !!! I moved on, and found the wall again, well actually the opposite side to where I had been. The guards looked bored and were stuggling to stay awake !!! As I moved on, I found some Mosques that were locked up, was this in retaliation for ...

... average winter temperature is around 16 to 18 degrees we finally got to see snow. While the day had not gone as we had planned, we could not have asked for a better experience, and as we started on the almost 2 hour drive back to Paphos, we laughed and smiled like little kiddies all the way. Sunday 7th January After the childlike pleasure of yesterday, today was a sobering experience and one that will not easily be forgotten for either of us. Please understand we knew nothing of ...