As remote as the Island of Cyprus is from this location, you can easily access many other destinations like Egypt, Athens, Jordan, Turkey, and Israel. I would have never expected to make this trip to this Holy Land in my lifetime.
We traveled on The Salamis Glory, a not so luxurious 222 room cruise ship that [...]

Paphos is an area with fantastic, remote beaches, with villages full of character. This was our destination last weekend, and along the way to we were able to stop at many historical sites. The information below was taken from the 3rd edition of Lonely Planet’s  Cyprus written by Vesna Maric.

Kolossi Castle
Perched between the vineyards and [...]

The last week or so has been pretty busy for me. Thursday, the broadcasting group filmed and participated in a traditional meze.  We got a behind the scenes look at how the meal is prepared from start to finish. The restaurant we went to served snails as a part of the meal and I will [...]

On our way to Ayia Napa, we stop in Larnaka to visit two known historical sites. The Hala Sultan Tekke Mosque and The St. Lazarus Church. The visits were quick and short, therefore I did not obtain a vast amount of historical information from our guide. However, I have provided some information about the two [...]

Ayia Napa, the Daytona Beach of Cyprus and the club capital of the world.  If you ask locals where they recommend that we go, without hesitation they say, “Ayia Napa, you must go there.”  Apparently, the hot tourist spot only sees the light of day for 3 months out of the year, with July being [...]

Home Sweet Home
Previous to arriving in Cyprus, I had done research on the students housing and knew that I had a 1 in 3 chance of being assigned to Maro (built in 2006 and is the newest of the 3). Fortunately, I was and after arriving with little expectations, I walked into my furnished 2 [...]

Let’s go back to our trip to Linos Winery since many of you have asked what the long hanging things are at the winery that kind of looked like candles or sausages. The purpose of the visit was to interview the owner about the production of Commandaria which is a dessert wine and also to [...]

So it all started with this man, who I first ran into while in the Old City last Saturday. I was filming the area and his restaurant when he came up to me and told me that since all the students ate at the restaurant next door, when we come back we must eat at [...]

Well, we are a week into the trip, and it has been good so far. Just to recap what has gone on this past week – Friday, Saturday and Sunday where the “get to know you” days, and we all got oriented with each other and with the city of Nicosia. There are 55 students [...]

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Since the dawn of recorded history, Cyprus has been one of the most sought-after areas of the region, mainly because of its strategic geographical location, at the crossroads of 3 continents (Europe, Asia and Africa). Ancient Greeks, Egyptians and Romans, along with Crusaders, Byzantines….