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The Driving
By: Teddy Espinosa One of the first things you will notice the first few days you arrive here in Cyprus is the crazy driving. If you’re like me and come from a small town in the Colorado boonies, this will likely be a bit of a culture shock for you as well. Firstly, let’s talk…
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The Blazer Residence
By: Teddy Espinosa The staff at the Blazer residence in Cyprus do an excellent job of keeping us all comfortable and happy in our home away from home. Of course, with us living here for a whole month, there are bound to be some interesting things that happen while we are living here at the…
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Ayia Napa
By: Zander Weinberger On my first free day, I decided to go to Ayia Napa, a tourist town located around 30 miles east of Larnaca. I was originally planning to go to Nicosia first on my own, but Matthew recommended going to Ayia Napa instead. Since I was a bit tired that day, I heeded…
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Questions in my trench
By: Zander Weinberger I was given two trenches to choose from, and I selected EU 37, which was located on the eastern end of the complex, where I was looking for the eastern wall. There are several questions that kept arising as we gradually dug deeper into our trench, and these remain unanswered. During the…
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The Salt Lake
By: Zander Weinberger Before this trip, when I looked at the map of Larnaca and saw this huge salt lake on the southwestern edge of the city, I was intrigued and wanted to at least swim in it. However, I became more interested once I learned that in the summer months, it is actually a…
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The Turkish side of Nicosia
By: Zander Weinberger Nicosia is the capital of the Republic of Cyprus, and the United Nations border zone separating it from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus goes right through the center of the city. On our field trip to Nicosia, I was excited to cross this border, as I had heard so much about…
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Eating pigeon for the first time
By: Zander Weinberger Two friends and I were walking around after doing some shopping, and we wanted to find something to eat, so I went on Google Maps to find something nearby. I found a place called “To Magkali,” a 3-minute walk away, but it only had a few photos of a garden and a…
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Pafos Archaeological Park
The Roman Archaeological Park was the site of the ancient Roman village of Pafos. I only saw a small fraction of this very large site, however one of the most impressive parts I did see were the mosaic floors of the “House of Dionysus”. Which was so named because the Roman god of wine was featured…
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Tombs of the Kings
Found in Paphos/Pafos (on the Southwest coast of Cyprus), the Tombs of the Kings is a remnant of yet another fascinating facet of Cypriot history. The site dates to a time when the Ptolemaic Dynasty ruled the island of Cyprus, so they are in the Egyptian style (more or less). The name is the site…
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Nicosia
“Nicosia” (also known as “Lefkosa”) is more or less in the center of the island of Cyprus. The city (like the rest of the island) is split into two parts, the Southern Greek Cypriots refer to it as “Nicosia” while the Northern Turkish Cypriots call the city “Lefkosa”. A passport is needed to cross the…
Vigla Archaeological Project 