Where Did The Weekend Go?

 I am lagging a little bit on blog posts, but here is a little something to keep you updated.  I'm pretty sure me recounting my days is pretty boring, but here it goes.

Friday
I headed over to "The Mall" in the morning with my lovely roommates. The shear size of the mall, put Wal-Mart to shame, but not the prices. The Mall has everything the imagination can hold, and I'm saving more details because it  deserves its own blog post.  Friday night resembled a Ke$ha song. Enough said.

Saturday
The whole group woke up early for a tour of down town Nicosia.  The locals refer to it as Lefkosia, or "Old City." The Northern part of the city is occupied by the Turkey, and the two sides of the city are separated by a buffer zone guarded with a UN armed soldiers.  I haven't ventured that far yet.  Once again this situation and my experiences in the city deserve there own post.  We also visited an archaelogical museum. My favorite thing on display was the jewelry of the royal family (of coarse). I fell in love with a bracelet that was clearly the predecessor of a David Yurman.  It was made out of pure gold, and I wondered how it could still be so shiny.  The closer I looked at it I realized it was wrapped in gold foil that was peeling off, and I got a tiny glimpse of the tarnished second skin.  It still was beautiful.

Check out my pictures from the Old City.

Sunday 
Oreintation day, aka playing sudoku on my phone day.  (Don't worry Mom, I listened to).  We were informed don't be an idiot.  They then preceded to tell us a story of a former student who went missing. Why? He was drunk and headed back to his apartment one night when he stumbled upon a garbage truck.  He then got the idea to steal it and drive it around Rome.  The real crime of the day was feeding us awful pizza, again. There are two options here: the pizza with the slices of ham on it, or pieces of corn.  I will never look at pizza the same way again.  We then got all fancied up (in our color coordinated dresses) and headed to a nice dinner.  I then completely forgot about how weird lunch was.

All caught up on three days. I promise I will never write anything this boring ever again.


Check These Out:
More about the displays on the Cyprus Museum and their Department of Antiquities.
Here's one for you Mom, The Public Library System of Cyprus.  I thought of you when we passed it, and took a picture for you.  They can go inside and look at the books, but they just can't borrow them.
Also my favorite website to play sodoku online.