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Alnik: /* _unraveling the map */

2023-09-11T21:06:19Z

_unraveling the map

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	'''_Famagusta's Varosha district'''		'''_Famagusta's Varosha district'''

	[[File:Varosha-1.jpg\|frameless\|~~500px~~]]		[[File:Varosha-1.jpg\|frameless\|400px]]

	Before 1974, Varosha was the modern tourist area of the Famagusta city. Its Greek Cypriot inhabitants fled during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, when the city of Famagusta came under Turkish control, and it has remained abandoned ever since. In 1984 a U.N. resolution called for the handover of the city to UN control and said that only the original inhabitants, who were forced out, could resettle in the town. Entry to Varosha was opened to civilians in 2017.		Before 1974, Varosha was the modern tourist area of the Famagusta city. Its Greek Cypriot inhabitants fled during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, when the city of Famagusta came under Turkish control, and it has remained abandoned ever since. In 1984 a U.N. resolution called for the handover of the city to UN control and said that only the original inhabitants, who were forced out, could resettle in the town. Entry to Varosha was opened to civilians in 2017.

Alnik: /* _unraveling the map */

2023-09-11T21:05:57Z

_unraveling the map

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	=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _unraveling the map </span>===		=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _unraveling the map </span>===

			'''work in progress...'''

	'''_Famagusta's Varosha district'''		'''_Famagusta's Varosha district'''

Alnik: /* _unraveling the map */

2023-09-11T20:52:27Z

_unraveling the map

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	Before 1974, Varosha was the modern tourist area of the Famagusta city. Its Greek Cypriot inhabitants fled during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, when the city of Famagusta came under Turkish control, and it has remained abandoned ever since. In 1984 a U.N. resolution called for the handover of the city to UN control and said that only the original inhabitants, who were forced out, could resettle in the town. Entry to Varosha was opened to civilians in 2017.		Before 1974, Varosha was the modern tourist area of the Famagusta city. Its Greek Cypriot inhabitants fled during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, when the city of Famagusta came under Turkish control, and it has remained abandoned ever since. In 1984 a U.N. resolution called for the handover of the city to UN control and said that only the original inhabitants, who were forced out, could resettle in the town. Entry to Varosha was opened to civilians in 2017.

			'''// highlights:'''<br>
			_at the entrance you can rent a very old and barely working bike against your ID card. There were a few left, but none could work for me - never thought I would complain about a bike being too small for me xD <br>
			_it's a ghost town turned into a tourist attraction, but there's something off... <br>
			_tba<br>

	=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _weather+ </span>===		=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _weather+ </span>===

Alnik at 20:37, 11 September 2023

2023-09-11T20:37:35Z

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	=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _location</span>===		=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _location</span>===
			[[File:Cyprus-map.jpg\|thumb\|where i've been // as of 11-09-2023]]

	Somewhere between Europe, Asia and Africa. A hot island with a lot of dust and sand. But not a desert. An oasis?		Somewhere between Europe, Asia and Africa. A hot island with a lot of dust and sand. But not a desert. An oasis?

	=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _unraveling the map </span>===		=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _unraveling the map </span>===
	~~[[File:Cyprus-map.jpg\|thumb\|where i've been // as of 11-09-2023]]~~

	'''_Famagusta's Varosha district'''		'''_Famagusta's Varosha district'''

Alnik: /* _unraveling the map */

2023-09-11T20:37:11Z

_unraveling the map

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	[[File:Cyprus-map.jpg\|thumb\|where i've been // as of 11-09-2023]]		[[File:Cyprus-map.jpg\|thumb\|where i've been // as of 11-09-2023]]

	'''~~_darkness~~'''		'''_Famagusta's Varosha district'''
	~~Beach~~-~~ing every~~
			[[File:Varosha-1.jpg\|frameless\|500px]]

			Before 1974, Varosha was the modern tourist area of the Famagusta city. Its Greek Cypriot inhabitants fled during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, when the city of Famagusta came under Turkish control, and it has remained abandoned ever since. In 1984 a U.N. resolution called for the handover of the city to UN control and said that only the original inhabitants, who were forced out, could resettle in the town. Entry to Varosha was opened to civilians in 2017.

	=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _weather+ </span>===		=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _weather+ </span>===

Alnik at 20:17, 11 September 2023

2023-09-11T20:17:58Z

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	=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _location</span>===		=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _location</span>===
			Somewhere between Europe, Asia and Africa. A hot island with a lot of dust and sand. But not a desert. An oasis?

			=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _unraveling the map </span>===
	[[File:Cyprus-map.jpg\|thumb\|where i've been // as of 11-09-2023]]		[[File:Cyprus-map.jpg\|thumb\|where i've been // as of 11-09-2023]]
	~~Somewhere between Europe, Asia and Africa. A hot island with a lot of dust and sand. But not a desert. An oasis?~~
			'''_darkness'''
			Beach-ing every

	=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _weather+ </span>===		=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _weather+ </span>===

Alnik: /* _location */

2023-09-11T18:54:16Z

_location

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	=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _location</span>===		=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _location</span>===
			[[File:Cyprus-map.jpg\|thumb\|where i've been // as of 11-09-2023]]
	Somewhere between Europe, Asia and Africa. A hot island with a lot of dust and sand. But not a desert. An oasis?		Somewhere between Europe, Asia and Africa. A hot island with a lot of dust and sand. But not a desert. An oasis?

Alnik: /* _weather+ */

2023-08-23T12:10:13Z

_weather+

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	'''_darkness'''		'''_darkness'''
	Beach-ing every day after work? Absolutely, that is one of the best things when living on an island all the time. We tried that: one of the nearest beaches to Nicosia is around 50 min by car. We did it last week and this week. And then I noticed: wow, the sunset happened much earlier than 10 days ago! I started googling - daytime in Cyprus is way more different than the other ~~cities~~ I've lived before. While in Sofia, for instance, in Summer there is daylight until 21 h, here at the same time it's getting darker more than an hour earlier. In Rotterdam, of course the summer days are even longer. But in December everywhere I've been (understand Europe) it's getting dark at around 16:30 h. The difference is that the contrast is much bigger than in Cyprus - the longest days in June have sunlight only until 20:00 h.		Beach-ing every day after work? Absolutely, that is one of the best things when living on an island all the time. We tried that: one of the nearest beaches to Nicosia is around 50 min by car. We did it last week and this week. And then I noticed: wow, the sunset happened much earlier than 10 days ago! I started googling - daytime in Cyprus is way more different than the other countries I've lived before. While in Sofia, for instance, in Summer there is daylight until 21 h, here at the same time it's getting darker more than an hour earlier. In Rotterdam, of course the summer days are even longer. But in December everywhere I've been (understand Europe) it's getting dark at around 16:30 h. The difference is that the contrast is much bigger than in Cyprus - the longest days in June have sunlight only until 20:00 h.
	▶▶ source: [https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/cyprus/nicosia?month=6&year=2023 time and date]		▶▶ source: [https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/cyprus/nicosia?month=6&year=2023 time and date]

Alnik at 12:09, 23 August 2023

2023-08-23T12:09:19Z

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	Somewhere between Europe, Asia and Africa. A hot island with a lot of dust and sand. But not a desert. An oasis?		Somewhere between Europe, Asia and Africa. A hot island with a lot of dust and sand. But not a desert. An oasis?

			=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _weather+ </span>===

			'''_darkness'''
			Beach-ing every day after work? Absolutely, that is one of the best things when living on an island all the time. We tried that: one of the nearest beaches to Nicosia is around 50 min by car. We did it last week and this week. And then I noticed: wow, the sunset happened much earlier than 10 days ago! I started googling - daytime in Cyprus is way more different than the other cities I've lived before. While in Sofia, for instance, in Summer there is daylight until 21 h, here at the same time it's getting darker more than an hour earlier. In Rotterdam, of course the summer days are even longer. But in December everywhere I've been (understand Europe) it's getting dark at around 16:30 h. The difference is that the contrast is much bigger than in Cyprus - the longest days in June have sunlight only until 20:00 h.
			▶▶ source: [https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/cyprus/nicosia?month=6&year=2023 time and date]

	=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _museums in Cyprus </span>===		=== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _museums in Cyprus </span>===

Alnik: /* ★ fish meze */

2023-08-21T18:17:00Z

★ fish meze

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	▶▶ source: [https://www.visitcyprus.com/index.php/en/discovercyprus/gastronomy/local-produce/295-mezedes VisitCyprus.com]		▶▶ source: [https://www.visitcyprus.com/index.php/en/discovercyprus/gastronomy/local-produce/295-mezedes VisitCyprus.com]

	Seeing and experiencing how people eat and drinks tell a lot about the local culture. With this first glance here, I see an endless feast here and people love to take the time to enjoy each other's company - no matter if it's over a ''mezedes'' or a cold ''freddo'' coffee. In a country where tourism is the main trade and over 300 sunny days, I understand why it's like that. So much for my productivity :D		Seeing and experiencing how people eat and drinks tell a lot about the local culture. With this first glance here, I see an endless feast here and people love to take the time to enjoy each other's company - no matter if it's over a ''mezedes'' or a cold ''freddo'' coffee. In a country where tourism is the main trade and there are over 300 sunny days, I understand why it's like that. So much for my productivity :D