Life in a Divided City

In 1567, the Venetians built fortified walls around Nicosia. The walls form a circle, punctuated by 11 bastions which make the city look like a sort of super-stylized medieval star. Fast forward four centuries, and Cyprus has passed from Ottoman Read More

2015 in Review

2015 was a big year in the Perez-Beck household– we moved 5,629 miles from Washington, DC to Nicosia, Cyprus after Sev spent almost a year getting learned in Greek language. We’ve learned to drive on the wrong side of the Read More