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Cyprus, Places

A warm welcome in Cyprus

September 20, 2019by Jen Rice1 Comment on A warm welcome in Cyprus
A warm welcome in Cyprus

After nearly three months in busy Tel Aviv, I decided to make a short detour to Cyprus on my way back to Geneva. This was back in early July, and it's now September; I've felt a puzzling resistance to writing about my time there: puzzling because this short Cypriot time-out is where I decided that [...]

Cyprus, People, Places

Connecting over coffee in Cyprus

July 4, 2019by Jen RiceLeave a Comment on Connecting over coffee in Cyprus
Connecting over coffee in Cyprus

The Kaimakkamis Coffee Shop opened in 1942 in the port town of Limassol, Cyprus. Kaimakkamis means "governor," a word that not describes not only a person who presides over town government, but also the light foam that sits on top of, and presides over, a small cup of properly made Turkish coffee. 70 years later [...]

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