{"id":5410,"date":"2016-05-06T07:22:12","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T07:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=5410"},"modified":"2016-05-06T07:22:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T07:22:12","slug":"traveling-around-cyprus-life-international-school-teacher-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/traveling-around-cyprus-life-international-school-teacher-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling Around: Cyprus (The life of an international school teacher is good!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Traveling Around: Cyprus<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Can you relate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Driving on the left side with a steering wheel on your right side and feeling weird by every crossing.
\n\u2022 Thinking it was going to be much warmer than it actually turned out to be. I guess hanging out on the beach was not in the plans.
\n\u2022 Going into the mountainous region in the middle of the country and finding an empty cafe to sit down and have a drink to enjoy the view. We tried a local drink made from almonds. They served it warm like a tea, and it was actually quite tasty.
\n\u2022 Staying the whole time in what was probably the coolest AirBnb I’ve ever seen. This place was so unique and was a refurbished old monastery.
\n\u2022 Our AirBnb host was so great. We wanted to buy the best olive oil on the island and we asked him for his advice. He ended up showing us a secret bottle of olive oil he received from one of his relatives. He said he would ask his relative for another bottle and get it to us during our trip. He ended up just giving us his own bottle! \u00a0What a nice guy!
\n\u2022 Very much enjoying the city’s stray cat population. These cats would hang outside our AirBnb as well, mostly during night-time. We tried to feed them some food one night, but they were picky on what they would eat.
\n\u2022 There was a holiday happening in Cyprus during our stay there. They were celebrating the Greek liberation from the Turkish empire. We were so lucky to run into a huge parade. The local military dress was very interesting. Also in the parade were big groups of students, each from a different college. They all had to walk in a very special way, lifting both arms up as they walked down the street.
\n\u2022 Waiting in a long line to get to the Turkish side of the downtown area and watching some people trying to pass without having to show their passports.
\n\u2022 Enjoying the Turkish side of the country, but feeling bad that we didn’t explore more. We rented a car, but we weren’t allowed to drive our car on that side.
\n\u2022 Loving the first breakfast that I had in the country. It was a very cozy restaurant with lots of locals in it. I got served a piece of toast with avocado with asparagus and poached egg on top. Then they drizzled olive oil on top. It was so delicious. Too bad that we never went back to that place.
\n\u2022 Arriving to a seaside town and having to choose a fish restaurant to eat at. The one we ended up sitting down at didn’t serve us at all in like 15 minutes of sitting there. We left and try another restaurant that was full of people. Right when we walked in a table opened up. We sat down and within a minute our order was taken. After another minute we were served our food! The fish dishes were so delicious. It is funny choosing restaurants when traveling. Sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose.
\n\u2022 Driving off the main road in the mountains to find a beautiful hidden waterfall.
\n\u2022 Coming back to Lefkosia in the night and seeing a huge Turkish flag made of lights on a hill in the Turkish part of the city. During the day, the flag is painted on. Seems like the rivalry between the two nations is still very high.
\n\u2022 Visiting the coastal towns of Limassol and Larnaca, to find many shop and restaurant signs in Russian. It seems like they do a lot of business in Cyprus.
\n\u2022 Stepping\u00a0into the Mall of Cyprus and getting disappointed how empty does it looked. Maybe the business is better during the summer tourist season?
\n\u2022 Finding out that the capital has two names – Lefkosia and Nicosia. Road signs only say Lefkosia, though.
\n\u2022 Eating healthy breakfast in hip\u00a0cafes in the central Lefkosia and finding an Icelandic woman’s vegan restaurant in Lefkosia.<\/p>\n

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Currently we have 4<\/b>\u00a0international schools listed in Cyprus\u00a0on\u00a0International School Community<\/a>. Here are two that have had comments submitted on them:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/strong> American International School of Cyprus<\/a> (27 comments)
\n\u2022\u00a0<\/strong> International School of Paphos<\/a> (77 comments)<\/p>\n

If you are on a trip\u00a0right now, away from your host country, write to us at\u00a0admin@internationalschoolcommunity.com<\/a>\u00a0with your “Can you relate?” traveling experiences.\u00a0 Tell us where you are traveling in the world, what you are seeing and how you are coping with any culture shock.\u00a0 Once your Traveling Around\u00a0experience\u00a0is posted\u00a0on our blog, International School Community will give you\u00a06 free months of premium membership!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Traveling Around: Cyprus Can you relate? \u2022\u00a0Driving on the left side with a steering wheel on your right side and feeling weird by every crossing. \u2022 Thinking it was going to be much warmer than it actually turned out to be. 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