Blue. We’ve done red before, but what about blue? What do you associate blue with? The sky, the ocean…and what else? See how creative you can get with blue. Share a picture that is BLUE with everyone! Here are some of my “blue” photos: the house with the blue door in St Saturnin in Provence [...]
Lefkosia (Nicosia) is the capital of Cyprus and is the only divided capital in the European Community. It has been a divided capital since the Turkish invasion of 1974. We parked our car outside the old city walls and then walked through the pedestrian area, through narrow streets bordered by small cafes and souvenir shops [...]
On another day we went to Paphos to visit the archeological park and its collection of ancient mosaics. The park area covers the site of ancient Paphos and the mosaics form some of the floors of the ancient houses. Once the capital of Graeco-Roman Cyprus, Nea Paphos has been included in the World Heritage list [...]
One day we drove up through the Troodos mountains, where there were still traces of snow on Mt Olympos, to visit the monastery at Kykkos, famous for its (modern) mosaics. The road wound up the mountain through pineforests and panoramic views of hillsides cultivated on terraces could be glimpsed between the trees. Front and rear [...]
We recently went to stay with a friend who lives in the southern part of Cyprus. The last time we had been was in June when most of the greenery had already been burned dry by the fierce sun. This time however, and after an unusually wet winter, now in Spring time the island was [...]
