Month: August 2015

The Cyprus Museum, Nicosia

We had a surprise extra day off – both Wednesday AND Thursday. So, instead of sleeping like a normal person, AJ took off 2/3 of the way across the country to visit a museum in Nicosia (pronounced Nick-oh-see-uh). The Cyprus Museum was cool, lots of ancient sculptures and things. Can you figure out who the…

Ginormous spider

I’m now in fear of being carried off by THIS: I know this specimen is deceased, but look at the size of it! That’s a 20 cent Euro coin, approximately the size of a US quarter. Enjoy your nightmares.

St Paul’s Pillar

On the grounds of afore-mentioned anti-mythical creatures church there was a pillar with a purported interesting history. Supposedly St Paul was tied to this pillar and whipped for some reason or another.

Cypriot Cats

They are everywhere. You may not know this, but my traveling companion is a bit of a crazy cat lady. She yelled at one of the guys here for making a foul remark toward her favorite of the dig house cats. So, just a bit. Though she has softened her disapproval of the “cat-haters” as…

The best taxi driver ever

I just experienced the best taxi ride ever. He was super excited about life in general, very happy, very positive, gave us beer or Pepsi and called the van his baby. It was a lovely ride (air conditioning!!!) + a free beer + super friendly happy taxi driver = awesome. “I smile all the time…