It’s becoming clearer and clearer that my time is running out here. I’m quite sad about it, but there will be something nice about being back home. Luckily, today was a fun and full day that allowed me to forget about the end of the trip. The day started a lot later which was very…

I stand on a major road, but only silence rises from the asphalt. High-rises line the street, intended to hold the city’s next wave of tourists, yet the all remain empty. Some crack and crumble. The result of decades of neglect. There is something surreal about the ghost city of Famagusta. You feel as if…

After the fun but long weekend in Paphos, there was something comforting about settling back down in Nicosia. The day started like any other, with breakfast and a bus ride. Once we got to UNIC, we found our seats in the auditorium and listened to the guys from Fleet Management Limited discuss their company. The…

I was hyped for our weekend trip to Paphos! The first day was very full of organized cultural visits. We stopped at many locations on our bus ride over there. The first was the ruins of Kourion Archeological Site. Here, we were joined once again by the lovely tour guide, Georgia. At the site we…

Today started with our last company visit before the weekend: the BSM Maritime Training Centre. The facility acts as a main hub for Cypriot ship management training. The training center is located within one of the Old Port’s original warehouse buildings, preserving Limassol’s architectural history. BSM provides incoming ship managers with dorms, classrooms, and most…

Today we flipped the script. We started out the day with a cultural excursion to the Troodos Mountains and Omodos village. The temperature was chilly since we were high up in the mountains, but it was really refreshing. The air up there was also super crisp, certainly much better than the average Pittsburgh air. The…

Whats it like to walk around on a port? I had always been impressed by the massive scale of passenger and cargo ports from a distance and today I got my first close up look at one. After an early breakfast and bus ride we arrived at the impressive Limassol Port. We received a brief…

Today was an early start, as we all boarded the bus for Limassol at 8AM. It was cool to see the stark contrast between the Old City of Nicosia I had been introduced to, and the more resort-like coastline of Limassol. We rolled up to the facilities of Medochemie, a Cypriot pharmaceutical manufacturing company, and…

80º weather. Mostly sunny skies. The first day was pretty much perfect for getting to know the Cypriot capital. We did a walking tour of the modern city, lined with high rises and shops, and grabbed lunch at a local restaurant called Evroulla. After a great lunch we headed to the University of Nicosia, toured…

γεια σας! Merhaba! Hello! I’m Landon Cook and I hail from the small resort city of Sarasota, Florida, home to one of America’s best beaches, Siesta Key; however, I traded all that calm and sunshine for the urban and icy Pittsburgh. So far, I have loved every second of it! As a freshman enrolled in…