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When one door closes...

... another one opens. We are writing the final chapter of our little blog today, but if you'd like, you are more than welcome to follow our new Instagram account...

Mackenzie Beach - one of our favorite beaches

Mackenzie Beach 🏖, we love it here, we feel comfortable here. For us, it's the perfect beach, because it has pretty much everything except peace, seclusion, romance, or...

Traditional Crafts I: Making Dolls

According to the Cypriot proverb 'Learn a craft, even if you don't have to. And when you get hungry, practice it.', small workshops for locals and tourists have been taking...

Restaurant of the Month: Art Cafe 1900 in Larnaca

If you are visiting the beautiful Mediterranean island for the first time, you should definitely visit a classic tavern to try the traditional meze or dishes like kleftiko and...

Green Monday 2022

Before I get into how we spent Green Monday (which fell on March 7th this year) in Cyprus, I have to go back a little further, to February 24th. This day is also known as...

Extreme Park Strovolos (Nicosia)

It has become quiet on our blog. This is mainly because we have settled in after three quarters of a year and don't experience too many exciting things anymore. Nevertheless, I...

Birthday week

Wow, what a week! So exciting, varied, thrilling, emotional, alcoholic, brilliant, controversial, lively, complex, refreshing, delicious, colorful, entertaining, fantastic,...

A Day in Lefkara

The pictures really speak for themselves, but since I immediately fell in love with the small village of Lefkara, it's worth taking the time to write a few lines about our visit...

Old MacDonald has a farm ...

Recently, I dedicated our visit to the Riverland Bio Farm in a blog post (https://www.vacationio.com/course-southeast/visit-bio-farm), and now we are talking about family trips...

Kleftiko and Stifado

by Timo First things first: Schnitzelcoma is probably called Kleftiko-coma here! 😉 Right on Finikoudes Beach there is a very traditional tavern, with a correspondingly...

Trip to the organic farm

What's new?: We were able to test the doctors in Cyprus 🥼 and were pleasantly surprised. Many of them speak or understand German because they studied there. Appointments are...

Mouse hunt 🐁

by Timo Chapter II of the unwelcome guests: At some point, we discovered small black crumbs in the house, similar to black grains of rice, but smaller. Although we had no...

Not much going on at 34 °C and above 🥵

A new blog post is long overdue, we are aware of that. However, with the current heat, there isn't much going on with us, so you will have to settle for a colorful mix of topics...

Altstadt stroll, food and our everyday life

There's not much new to report. I feel guilty when we spend the whole day indoors, but it's just too hot at the moment. 🥵 Even the sea is warm and doesn't provide any relief....

Traditional Cypriot Cuisine

What do people traditionally eat in Cyprus? 🇨🇾 Is it the same as in Greece? 🇬🇷 Or does it have its own island touch? Considering Cyprus' location, it's not surprising that...

Hafenkastell and Byzantine Museum

Once again, it was time for a little cultural excursion to the old town of Larnaca. The destination was the Hafenkastell, located directly on the promenade in the old Turkish...

Handicraft and Lebanese Cuisine

Recently, we took a little trip to the heart of Larnaca and first visited the Emira Pottery, because we needed wine cups. 😜 We also have wine glasses, but when it's just a...

The dinosaurs are loose

15.7.: The dinosaurs are loose 🦖 🦕 Last Friday was the day: The boys went on a trip to the dinosaur park with their daycare center and the parents were allowed to come along...

Hidden gem: Kellia

by Timo On Saturday, we spontaneously took a trip to Kellia. The small village in the Larnaka district is directly adjacent to Livadia in the south and Oroklini in the east. We...

A stroll through the old town of Larnaca

by Doreen We are using our 'couple time' this week for a hearty breakfast at The Brewery (https://thebrewerylarnaca.com) with a view of the sea. The Brewery would be the...

Fire in Paradise

It is the worst forest fire in the history of Cyprus. (Charalambos Alexandrou, Director of the Forestry Department) If you have been following the news closely, you may have...

Update on June 30th.

The last blog entry was already too long ago and we don't even know if anyone besides Danny (greetings!) is still reading here, but since it should also serve as a reminder to...

Highlights of the week

Event of the week The event of the past few days has certainly been our move into the new house. It finally happened on Monday! By now, most of the chaos has been cleared and we...

Update on June 2, 2021

Timo is currently attending the German Entrepreneurs' Roundtable as I type these lines. It takes place on the first Wednesday of every month at a tavern in Tochni, about a...

Impressions from Camel Park

The past few days have been eventful for us, but there's nothing really exciting to write a blog post about. We'll make sure to catch up on that as soon as possible. In the...

Worth knowing, curious things and what we miss in Cyprus

'Different countries, different customs' as the saying goes! And even though the culture shock is limited here and we didn't feel like we landed on a different planet like we...

Bye bye Harburg (final)

I actually wanted to report on our new home long ago, but not everything is final yet. With a bit of luck, we can sign the rental agreement tomorrow, and then there will be a...

Our new home!

We hold it in our hands, the key to our new home! The search for it turned out to be surprisingly easy. First, let's see how a fresh newcomer can embark on the search for a...

What was going on in the past few days

Unfortunately, we couldn't come up with a more suitable headline, but we hope the post won't be too chaotic. Right near our accommodation in Kiti, we discovered a beautiful...