Cyprus

After finishing my papers and projects I headed to Cyprus to meet with Rotary clubs in Limassol and Nicosia. We were put up in a hotel in Limassol becasue one of the Rotarians owned it. While there Rotary was very helpful providing us with accomadation, transportation, food, and sight seeing opportunities. During our time there we gave 5 presentations and met with the Rotaract VDDR. The first night there we were brought to a traditional Cyprus mese. The food was amazing. The next day the same Rotarian brought us to a old Cypriate village and to the Roman ruins in Kourion. The area was suffering from a drought so it was not as green as it usually is during this time of year but it was had impressive views. The next day we gave a presentation to a Nicosia club. After that we had a chance to tour Nicosia and enter into the Turkish occupied part of Cyprus. You even need your passport to get to this part of the city. Though there is political turmiol about this and many of the Greek Cypriates did not like the area, it was a nice opportunity to practice a little Turkish. The difference between the two parts of the country was obvious; the Turkish side was much more improverished. Our final night there the same Rotarian that brought us to the mese dinner also brought us to a Christmas concert. It was a nice cultural experience even though it was primarily the British who were singing and in the crowded.

Once returning to Dubai I just studied and took exams. I also hung out with all the American study abroads who headed back for the states for one last time. It will be interesting to meet the American study abroads next semester.