Katarina Home-Made Sweets from Cyprus

Katerina Home-made sweets Katerina is a real tip when you like home-made. Doesn’t matter if sweets, jam or other specialties in this range. Everything is fresh and hand-made. If you are lucky then you can even watch it. I guess there wasn’t a single fruit I didn’t saw here… if strawberries, apples, figs… everything. A […]

Cost of living in Cyprus – Part 1

So, I’ve done my first shopping’s here in Cyprus and would like to make a small conclusion. Actually it’s not so hard till now… most of the things are more expensive then I thought. Following a small list (which I still can remember): Carton of cigarettes L&M Red = 27,25 Euro (cheaper, especially because here […]

To taxi in Cyprus

So, now I have my first interesting evening. I’ve met Rainer today. A nice German emigrant who came 2 weeks ago to Cyprus. He picked me up with a taxi. I need to lie now, but I think we payed around 12 Euro from my home to our target. I can’t really guess how far […]

Limassol (greek: Λεμεσός, Lemesós / turkish: Leymosun; Limisso, Limasol)

Limassol… my new home. The city is located on the south coast of Cyprus and is, with a population of approx. 210.000 (Dec. 2004), the second biggest city on the island.