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Lest I leave you with the impression that Cyprus is only historic sites, ruins, and small villages, I wanted to include some snapshots of the very modern campus of the University of Nicosia, through which we are here with Global Learning Semesters. This is a growing institution, spread around various buildings in the Engomi area of Lefkosia.

Come on in.  The water’s fine!

Not what you think. Cory Bergman at Lost Remote points us at a Masters level class on Twitter at the University of Washington. The first comment is from the teacher, Kathy Gill, with a ilnk to the class web site.

It's hard to reach that perfect combination - directed study vs. interest vs. free time.

My experience has been somewhat different from many of the students - by desire, not design.

Leave Lefkosia and drive in any direction.  In as little as 30 minutes (and at most two hours) you will run into the beach.  Some are forbidding with rock faces and water-worn caves.  Some are littered with polished rocks, fist-sized or less, that go on for miles.  Then there is the occasional cove covered with sand.  Littered with hordes of slowly-roasting humanoids, these prized beache