Feb 24, 2008 - Cyprus Saturday Night

So, for the moment, good bye to all that. Yesterday I took a "service taxi" to the capital, Lefkosia, also referred to as Nicosia; no one seems to care which form you use. ... Service taxis are little German minivans that hold a maximum of eight people.So, for the moment, good bye to all that. Yesterday I took a "service taxi" to the capital, Lefkosia, also referred to as Nicosia; no one seems to care which form you use. ... Service taxis are little German minivans that hold a maximum of eight people....

Apr 18, 2006 - Cyprus

Soooo, I decided that Cyprus is like a big chunk of northern greece that somebody cut out and deposited in the eastern Med - which makes sense. The Turkish side is called Nicosia. ... This makes (as i quote the Lonely Planet) Lefkosia/Nicosia the only divided city left in Europe. ... The one thing I can say about Cyprus for sure is how much great shopping there is!!! If only I had more room in my pack!!!! Compared to the choices in Cairo, I am going nuts with the desire to spend a day getting a new wardrobe.Soooo, I decided that Cyprus is like a big chunk of northern greece that somebody cut out and deposited in the eastern Med - which makes sense. The Turkish side is called Nicosia. ... This makes (as i quote the Lonely Planet) Lefkosia/Nicosia the only divided city left in Europe. ... The one thing I can say about Cyprus for sure is how much great shopping there is!!! If only I had more room in my pack!!!! Compared to the choices in Cairo, I am going nuts with the desire to spend a day getting a new wardrobe....

Aug 30, 2004 - Cyprus

We had a long (10 hour) layover in Cyprus. So we drove first to the capitol, Nicosia. ... So Nicosia is still cut into two, with a few city block wide UN administered "green zone" between. ... We could peek through a hole at a road block.We had a long (10 hour) layover in Cyprus. So we drove first to the capitol, Nicosia. ... So Nicosia is still cut into two, with a few city block wide UN administered "green zone" between. ... We could peek through a hole at a road block....

Jul 9, 2004 - Conflict, Admission, Reconciliation

Nicosia. ... So, here we are once again in Nicosia where sweat is collecting in unusual places on my body at an unreasonably late hour of the night. ... This morning we had a session on conflict resolution efforts in Cyprus.Nicosia. ... So, here we are once again in Nicosia where sweat is collecting in unusual places on my body at an unreasonably late hour of the night. ... This morning we had a session on conflict resolution efforts in Cyprus....

Jul 6, 2004 - Walking with the ancients

Nicosia, 45 degrees (let me English that up for you: 113 degrees) If it's Tuesday, it must be Byzantine churches and Neolithic sites. ... Back then it was a little cooler in these parts, what with the ice age still going on for another millennium, not like the 45 degrees it was today in Nicosia while we were out. ... The thing about the Neolithic era is that it's too far remote.Nicosia, 45 degrees (let me English that up for you: 113 degrees) If it's Tuesday, it must be Byzantine churches and Neolithic sites. ... Back then it was a little cooler in these parts, what with the ice age still going on for another millennium, not like the 45 degrees it was today in Nicosia while we were out. ... The thing about the Neolithic era is that it's too far remote....

Jul 4, 2004 - Champions

Nicosia, 27 degrees, clear skies with fireworks Greece won the European Football championship tonight, 1 - 0 over Portugal. ... The mayor of Nicosia turned out to watch the finals, broadcast on big screens set up in the middle of Plateia Eleftherias, occasionally waving the crowd on to cheers from below the old Venetian walls that ring the old city. ... With the proliferation of Greek flags all over the place, one could be forgiven for thinking that this was Athens instead of Nicosia - replace the Turkish Cypriot flag glaring down from the Pentadaktylos mountains with the Acropolis and you'd pretty much have it. ...

Jul 1, 2004 - Pandemonium

Nicosia, cloudless, nearly full moon, 25 degrees Just back from Plateia Eleftherias (Freedom Square) where we watched Greece score an amazing 1-0 win in overtime over the Czech Republic along with 5,000 other Cypriots. ... Pins and needles for two hours right up to the winning goal, followed by celebration and pandemonium.Nicosia, cloudless, nearly full moon, 25 degrees Just back from Plateia Eleftherias (Freedom Square) where we watched Greece score an amazing 1-0 win in overtime over the Czech Republic along with 5,000 other Cypriots. ... Pins and needles for two hours right up to the winning goal, followed by celebration and pandemonium....

Jun 29, 2004 - Cyprus

Nicosia, Cyprus. ... Nicosia is a nice town. ... During our wanderings in the old city this evening, we found the "lookover" point along the Green Line, which bisects the old city - and Nicosia, and indeed the rest of the country - between the Turkish north and the Greek south. ... Nowhere is this more evident than in the giant flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, landscaped cleverly into the side of a mountain overlooking Nicosia. ...