Outstanding Omodos: We Take to the Mountains
We spend a lovely day exploring Omodos and the Troodos mountains, including visits to a monastery and a vineyard. And also food.
We spend a lovely day exploring Omodos and the Troodos mountains, including visits to a monastery and a vineyard. And also food.
We focus our attention on a dish beloved by both Cypriots and us, the hand-held pie (pittes), made with filo and dough.
The Limassol marina and molos, where we spend most of our waking hours, has everything minimalist could want: beaches, cafés, and bars!
We return to our Classical roots, and root around Ancient Kourion for the day. Also, we manage to find fish at the seaside.
Having a certain image to preserve, John has received more than one haircut during our months on the road. Here, he tells all!
Being an island nation, Cyprus is no stranger to fish. Being Greek, it is no stranger to meze. Best of all, these two magical things combine!
We bus ourselves over to Larnaka for the day, where we discover Lazarus, squid, a salty lake, and a great bookstore!
Visiting Europe's last divided capital - and the Green Line - provides us with the chance to brush up on our history.
We share everything we've learned about the flag of the Republic of Cyprus, as well as some of the history of the island.
On Routines: Part 7 of our many part series on chucking it, in which we suggest how you can uproot your life without going anywhere at all!