Old Nicosia

Today we took a tour of Old Nicosia, which is a really cultural area here in Cyprus. There was about 4-5 Greek Orthodox churches just in a small area. I also checked out the Archeological Museum, which had tons and tons of ancient artifacts! Unfortunately we were not aloud to take pictures! After that, we went into old Nicosia, which is surrounded by a huge wall called the Venetian wall. We toured old Nicosia and ate at an authentic Cypriot cafe. I had a hallumi pita! My new favorite food! We got to see the wall that divides Northern Cyprus which is inhabited by Turks and the rest of Cyprus which is manly Greeks. There was a huge wall and a guard tower every so often, which was so intimidating. Our tour guard called it a "war wall". Supposedly in the buffer zone there are a lot of drug dealers, human trafficers, and wanted people hiding out. Kinda scary! We also got to see where the Archbishop of Cyprus lives, which happens to be the big, huge, beautiful mansion. There were two black Cadillacs parked outside of the mansion in a big glass box. The tour guide told us that JFK gave the Archbishop and 1st president of Cyprus these black Cadillacs as presents! The tour was pretty awesome! We got back from the tour and my luggage finally came! My roommates and I just hung out all night, talking about our families and eating pizza.

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