The Ship Inn Kyrenia

KAKOPETRIA VILLAGE

This beautiful village is just 15 km from Mount Olympus.

It is a very popular summer resort, but during winter is also popular with skiers, and people who come here to relax for the weekend and walk in the beautiful natural trails found in the area.

Kakopetria is divided into two parts; the original, medieval settlement which is situated on the east bank of ...

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 ...

VISITING NICOSIA (Lefkosia) in Greek

Early this morning after breakfast we are driven to Tymvos War Cemetary.
Later on, we visit the Incarcerated graves found next to the central jail of the city, not very far from the Green Line.

(some history)

It is here that 13 heroes of the EOKA struggle against the British (1955 - 1959) were interred. Nine of them were hanged by the British, three fell on the ...

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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.

... fair takes place on the 13th -14th September, in celebration of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.


OUR VISIT TO THE VILLAGE:

The choir is arriving early this morning, and I am at the airport waiting for them to come off the plane, together with Mr. Koutsoulides Dimitris- a member of the host choir.
For many of them, this is their first trip to Cyprus, and every time I am here in Larnaca I promise myself to do ...

... words to him were "hello handsome" he looked scrumptious. The venue looked absolutely amazing. It was an open air civil ceremony in the grounds of a ruined abbey. We decided on orange and white flowers - lillies and roses and the wooden balustrades and fencing around the area where we got married was all decorated with ribbons and flowers too. Sooo gorgeous. First of all, there was the legal side of the ceremony which went straight into signing the legal papers after a small ...

... written that the town and the temple were built by Agapenor, a legendary hero of the Trojan War. Thousands of pilgrims from all over the ancient world came here with many valuable gifts to take part in the annual celebrations in honor of Aphrodite and Adonis. The procession of the pilgrims starts at New Paphos, and travels through the holy gardens of Aphrodite to reach the sanctuary of the goddess at Old Paphos. The last King of Old Paphos was Nikoles who built New ...

... chains, t-shirt stores, and lots of people wanting to get very drunk. It was slightly fun to wonder around and just eb thankful that i didn;t want to be a part of any of it. We wondered into the old abbey at the center of town and caught a free concert of music and dance from the 1400's, a great anecdote to everything else in town. After that we were ready to find a safe place to sleep outside. OUt of habit, we started heading to the beach when I ...

... your real name!) were artists who had just purchased an apartment in Limasol and were due to move in a few days. For the time being they traveled around the island on a severely restricted budget - so much so that Mike had fashioned a fantastic mug from a water bottle! Blue Peter presenter in a former life I think.. Combining our ingredients we came up with a super meal surpassed only by the quantity (not ...

... I saw a few UN pick up trucks on patrol and it was the first sign that there is another side to Cyprus. Then I noticed a huge Turkish flag emblazoned on the side of the mountains ahead of me, a declaration of ownership. I know all about flags from home. I was within 9km of Nicosia when I hit the motorway. There was no sign saying I couldn't go on it, but they are horrible places to cycle. So I had to make a detour through a few small villages on another road. It added ...