A first glimpse of the island of Aphrodite
Getting closer to Cyprus
a view from my hotel in Nicosia
at the entrance of the old Armenian cemetery near the Ledra Palace check point
the Armenian Chapel in the cemetery
my guide to the tour of Nicosia, Simon Aynedjian
in front of the monument of the Melkonian brothers
AGBU Melkonian
Gomitas at Melkonian
Ayvazovsky at Melkonian
at a Nicosia museum in Nicosia
the last Queen of Cyprus Ekaterini Cornarou
Archbishopric
Cultural center in down town Nicosia
on the Turkish Green line
Byzantine Church down town
renovated houses in down town Nicosia
Greek Cypriot outpost on the Green line
Mosque on the Greek Cypriot side of Nicosia
Simon's children Edmond and Mikela
Louise and Simon in their kitchen
their eldest daughter Marie Louise
sourj
the following pictures are taken on Armenia street where the Armenian Prelature, Nareg school, Sourp Asdvadzadzin Church and the Genocide Memorial are found
Genocide Memorial
Khatchkar
in memory of Srpazan Zareh Aznavourian
Simon and Mikela in front of the house his grandfather built, in Turkish occupied Nicosia. Our visit to Turkish occupied Nicosia has begun
fading Armenian inscription on armenian Evangelical Church built in 1946.
the Church is now a Handicraft center
Bohdjalian restaurant
Sourp Asdvadzadzin Church
Armenian Genocide memorial and Melikian Ouzounian elementary school
the old Armenian Arachnortaran
closed for renovations "forbidden and dangerous to enter"
final picture from Turkish occupied NIcosia of the Armenian Church of Sourp Asdvadzadzin
trip to the Cyprus mountains
Tomb of Archbishop Makarios who died in 1977
the following pictures are at Kykko Monastery on the Troodos mountains
Limassol beach
a street next to my hotel
a kiosk next to my hotel
souvlakia and wine with Louise & Simon
