Nicosia day 1

This morning we started with Mass at St Mary of Graces and then hung with a bunch of Isabel's relatives (surprisingly big Filo community in Larnarca). We haven't seen many Filo's around but i guess Sunday is a good a bet as any. After mass there was a little filipino market on where isabel bought pancit and puto.

We then ventured onto Nicosia which is the only split capital remaining in Europe. It was a very unique experience walking through the DMZ and being passport checked in order to enter the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus". Courtesy of a lack of taxes being paid to the EU, we were able to find some quality deals in the markets and some cheap food. We definitely noticed more Turkish influence as well (architecture, coffee).

We also realised today we should have been doing a daily count of stray cats - today probably would have been around 22.

We rounded out our last night in Cyprus with potentially our tastiest Greek meat feast to date - a very high bar. The restaurant was “Piatsa Gourounaki”, which translates to "the place where little piglets meet and greet" - very fitting.Read more