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Prodromos Dam, an Oasis on the Highest Village of Cyprus

on August 20, 2021August 20, 2021 By yemenaris

What a view at Prodromos Dam Reading time: 3 min. The unbearable summer heat in the city has led us to seek a "cooling” shelter at Troodos mountain for a couple of days. The road took us 1,380 meters above the sea to the highest village of Cyprus, Prodromos.⁣⁣⁣⁣Apart from the legendary and abandoned Berengaria [...]

Rediscovering Summer in Cyprus 2020

on October 28, 2020January 1, 2021 By yemenaris

With 35-40 °C during summer, the most popular place on the island is at the beach Reading time: 8 min. 2020 is undoubtedly the least favorite for many people, mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic which changed our day-to-day lives. The virus is affecting our traveling habits too, forcing most of us to cancel or [...]

Easter 2020, amid pandemic

on May 5, 2020May 25, 2020 By yemenaris

Me, yemenaris, gazing the city fear away from the hill during the sunset. At the background there is also a wind energy fan

Reading time: 1 min. The alarm went off early in the morning, I jumped out of bed, without hitting the snooze button as I usually do, and started getting ready for a road trip to Paphos. ⁣⁣It is a sunny Easter Sunday and I traditionally spend this day with my family and my beloved and [...]

The boy and the fish 🐟

on April 21, 2020May 25, 2020 By yemenaris

The young boy and the big fish is a bronzed sculpture of Yiota Ioannidou, located in Kato Paphos promenade, Cyprus

The young boy with the big fish, a bronze sculpture of Yiota Ioannidou Reading time: 2 min. As I was walking across the Paphos promenade on a wintry Sunday afternoon, I noticed from far an unfamiliar skinny figure resting at the edge of the long-narrow stone wharf.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I approached and realized that the silhouette [...]

Life amid coronavirus pandemic is about going back to basics

on April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 By yemenaris

Gazing the peaceful and colorful sunset, amid the coronavirus pandemic

Reading time: 3 min. Life amid coronavirus pandemic is all about going back to basics. In every crisis, there is an opportunity in disguise, and even though currently COVID-19 is severely challenging humankind it also enforces, as a side effect, some positive changes in our daily lives. With no traffic jams, inactive factories, and airplanes [...]