Month: August 2004

Kurium. Beach and ruins

Kurium

Our brave company (Alex, his girlfriend, mom, and me) spent most of the day at Kurium (also known as Kourion). Kurium is well known and popular for two reasons.

Firstly, it is an excellent beach not far from Limassol. It is large and sandy. It is not protected by peninsula like other Limassol beaches, so wind and waves are frequent guests here. That, in turn, brings in people with kids, people without kids, and just people. Sportsmen, like kite- and win-surfers are often seen here too.

Secondly, it is a historical artifact. On the top of the cliff there are ruins of the ancient theatre, stadium and few other buildings with stone columns and arcs and mosaics on the floor. These are extremely photogenic and spectacular, especially in the light of the setting sun.

We have spent a lot of time both at the beach and at the ruins today. I have made a lot of pictures and surprisingly most of them came out OK. I have posted nearly 200 images to the album here. Enjoy!

The Missing

Watched “The Missing” on DVD. There are a million of movies with this title, but this one was recommended by someone to me long time ago. Tommy Lee Jones plays there a wanna-be Apache indian.

The film is very clean and nice, but I don’t like it. I don’t know why. Maybe because it is a bit over longish and boring. It has a nice story, nice scenery and camera work. There are some action bits. A little bit of drama and a touch of romance.

Somehow I wasn’t anchored by this movie. 6 out of 10 anyway, since it’s just not for my taste but good otherwise.

Walk in the municipal park

Alley

Today, Alex, his girlfriend Olga, mother, and I went for a walk in the municipal park of Limassol. There were heavy preparations for the annual wine festival which starts on 31 of August (coming Tuesday), but the park was still open to the public.

I’ve made a few pictures. Some are of the park, others are of the wine festival bits, and few are of us. The results are here.