Vast and mysterious

The Ocean! Vast and mysterious. The Ocean was for century a real challenge. The Pacific Ocean seemed untouchable for someone born in Eastern Europe. I remember that when I was child many of our games started counting:

Din oceanul Pacific... A ieșit un peste mic... (Sorry for not translating this.)

Pissouri - A warm and quiet place

Not far from Limassol, on Limassol-Paphos old road, a quiet place with all you need for your vacation welcomes you. It's Pissouri.

Boardwalk

Located between San Francisco and Monterey, Santa Cruz welcomes all visitors at Beach Boardwalk, the California's oldest amusement park that combines unforgettable nostalgia with modern-day fun.
Beach Boardwalk is at 400 Beach Street in the heart of Santa Cruz County, next to Santa Cruz’s mile long main beach. It includes more than 34 rides and attractions (featuring two national historic landmarks: the 1924 Giant Dipper roller coaster and the 1911 Looff Carousel plus plenty of modern ride thrills), games, restaurants and shops.

The Boardwalk is admission-free! That means there are no gates to block your way. If you just want to come and look around or hang out on the beach, it’s free! The Boardwalk offers a range of ticket plans. There are all-day, unlimited ride passes as well as individual ride tickets and season passes. There are also discounts and coupons online. Ticket prices are the same for all ages.

Owned and operated by the Santa Cruz Seaside Company since 1915, the Boardwalk remains a family style amusement park.

A question for today

What bridges can you burn today?

A home away from home

When you search first time for a Chase Suite Hotel, it is, somehow, difficult to find. Approaching to your destination, you'll see a wide area with many two floor houses. OK, a nice residential area. Where is the hotel? ... These hoses "is" the hotel!

..services for business travelers ...features all the comforts of home... families enjoy suites with a fireplace, two TVs, kitchenettes, plus a complimentary grocery shopping service ...swimming pool, spa and exercise room ...ideal for extended stays and business or leisure travel.

PS: This time the Chase Suite Hotel is from Overland Park, KS.

What does one TRILLION dollars look like?

A billion dollars... A hundred billion dollars... Eight hundred billion dollars... One TRILLION dollars... What does that look like?

We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S. denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them, slightly fewer have owned them. Guaranteed to make friends wherever they go.

A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1,5 cm thick and contains $10,000. Fits in your pocket easily and is more than enough for week or two of shamefully decadent fun.

Believe it or not, this little pile is $1 million dollars (100 packets of $10,000). You could stuff that into a grocery bag and walk around with it.

And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere...


TRILLION!? What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros: 1 000 000 000 000. So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about. (And notice those pallets are double stacked.)

[Source: Internet]

Snow is here!

Even at high altitude, snow is something special in Cyprus. But this February was cold and full of rains. So admiring the snow on Troodos became a national hobby.

Same age, different destiny

It is around year 100 BC.

Somewhere in Europe: The Getic-Dacian tribes are reunited under the leadership of Dacian King Burebista. The king fights and plots against the looming danger coming from the Roman Empire. Over the next 38 years Dacia expands herself over a vast territory - the present Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria and parts of Serbia. However, in 44 BC Burebista's archenemy, Caesar, is assassinated. The Roman threat apparently gone for good, the need for a strong leader vanishes and Burebista is assassinated himself several months later.

Somewhere in America: A seed comes into the ground. Over the next 2100 years a tree goes up from it. It is a sequoia.

Giant sequoias are the largest living things on earth, and are among the oldest; a tree like Yosemite's Grizzly Giant - a 30-foot-thick monster that's 2,100 years old and stands as tall as a 20-story building - has survived major climate vacillations and vast change to the species with which it shares the forest. This tree lives among the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias, near the Wawona region of Yosemite, just inside the southern border of the park.

Love Story

If you are for the first time on the way from Limassol to Paphos (or from Paphos to Limassol) do not take the highway. The old road is more beautiful. One of the famous places is Petra Tou Romiou, the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love and Beauty... (For sure, after first ride, you’ll never take the highway.)

Dialog and Peace

We need to understand each other, to respect each other, to change a little bit and to find a common path.

If we are not willing to change at all and we want to impose our way of thinking, we’ll not go anywhere in peace.

Listen, understand, communicate, respect!