Category: Cyprus

I live in Cyprus for many years now. It is a beautiful little island in Mediterranean Sea. It features warm weather for most of the year, sea, very kind and hospital people, plenty of jobs in IT industry, good food and plenty of alcohol, stable currency, and more. It’s really a nice place to live if you can handle small towns and villages. It’s also a great place to raise the kids.

Not much happens here. It is a quiet and simple place. Yet, when something happens or when I write about it, I post it to Cyprus category.

“Oxi day” is coming

October 28 is a national holiday both in Greece and Cyprus. It is known as “Oxi day” (or “Ochi day”). If you want to know the story behind the holiday, here is a good article.

I am more concerned about the celebrations that will take place. I suspect there will be a traditional parade in all cities of Cyprus, but I cannot find any information about when and where exactly. I sure that something will be for sure this time, since for two days now I hear the drum practicing sounds from the school nearby my place.

I want to watch and photograph the parade, but I need more information. If you know anything, let me know via the comments.

Zivania Symposium in Nicosia

There is a rumor going around that there will be Zivania Symposium next Friday (22 October 2004) in Nicosia, Cyprus. If anyone knows anything, please let me know via comments or an email so that I could share it with the rest of the world.

I am particularly interested in how this symposium will be organized and what will be in there. Will it be just a set of top management talking about lega regulations? Or will there be a tasting session? Music and food? And stuff like this. Also some information on exact location would be much appreciated.

Updated (18 Oct 2004, 20:15): Place: Town Hall Gardens, Eleftheria Square, Nicosia, Cyprus. Time: 19:00. Thanks to Vips U.

Nicosia Municipality website

It is always nice to know that some government bodies are capable of doing something useful with the Internet. This time I was surprised with the website of Nicosia Municipality, which has a nice design and is functional in Firefox.

They have placed a whole bunch of information up there, including the history of Nicosia, Municipality plans, taxes, and civil marriage proceedings. What they lack (or hide really well) is the information about upcoming events organized by Municipality and/or other parties.

Picture of the day

Olga and I went for a walk on a seaside promenade in tourist area today. I didn’t want to photograph anything, since I just finished with “Egyptian Bazaar”. But there was this boat with lights on the water and a nice reflection of it, and I had a tripod nearby, so I decided to try. I took a few shots, which looked nice on the LCD monitor, but which I threw away when I saw them on the screen. Apparently, the water wasn’t calm enough, so the boat came out blurry and the reflection wasn’t all that good.

I’ve also took a picture of promenade itself, forgetting to adjust the white balance for the flurescent ligts, and a another picture of my car which came out more or less OK.

Anyway, I did learn to pay more attention at the environment I am about to shoot. And I’ve got three pictures which are good enough for posting. The album is here.

Egyptian Bazaar

Those of you who passed by Limassol Municipal park recently have most probably noticed that there is something going on in there. The event is called “Egyptian Bazaar” and it is organized from October 8 until October 17, 2004. This event occupies a small fruction of the parkwith a few minishops selling all sorts of goods you would expect in the Port of Alexandria, Egypt. In other words, items such as leather wallets, sweet nuts, nargile, pieces of furniture, musical instruments, and clothes at very low prices and of doubtful quality. The main fun is of bargaining, for those who enjoy it. Others can watch those who enjoy the bargaining. Rather entertaining I must say.

Anyway, Olga and I walked around a bit, bought three packs of sweet nuts and made a few pictures. If you are in the area, I recommend you to pass by and enjoy the event. The entrance is free and you don’t have to buy anything.

The pictures are here.