Sunday Travelers Tales

Travelers Tales: [ My dear readers, Our destination for this Sunday is exiting Greek and Cypriot waters but remains in Europe. More specifically we are travelling to one of my favorite -can never get enough- destinations; France!  Our location is a small French medieval village, of about 1000 inhabitants, located south of France. The town of Cordes-sur-Ciel is found in the department of Tarn of the French region Midi-Pyrenees and it is part of the district of Albi.  The name "Cordes" was thought to come from the Indo-European root "corte" which means rocky heights. Since 1993 it was renamed to  Cordes-sur-Ciel  because the small town can be seen floating in the sky above the low clouds and mist.  Cordes-sur-Ciel is a fortified town built in 1222 by the Count of Toulouse. In that same year he also gave its charter for Cordes to become a bastide. It is considered to be the first of the bastides of Southern France. Bastides were created to resettle an...

Travelers Tales: [ My dear co-travellers, The bay laying under Aigialos tavern This week Sunday Travelers Tales is staying in Cyprus. Since summer is endless here in Cyprus you may live the summer life until the end of September, maybe October as well. So Protaras is the most popular tourist resort one can visit in Cyprus. It is very famous for the crystal clear waters and sandy beaches. Protaras is located in the southeast part of the island and belongs to the District of Famagusta. It is located in the area of Kokkinohoria (which means red villages due to the reddish color of the soil) and has taken its name from the lake of Paralimni next to which it is built. The permanent inhabitants rise up to about 15000. Other smaller towns nearby which fall under Famagusta District are Sotira, Xylophagou, Liopetri, Phrenaros and Dherinia. If you care to read some more information about this you may visit the official page of Agia Napa Municipality [1].  Today's recommendatio...

Travelers Tales: [Hey guys , This There is left only one episode which I have not posted any photos of. This is the episode that includes Kornos villa and a lovely traditional restaurant with Cypriot cuisine, "To Koultouriariko". But because I want to present you this episode complete I will be coming back to Kornos village. This week I have a set of photos with one of my favorite subjects which is really a non-ending subject: The sunset! I will be posting photos from this magical hour that happens every day like a small everyday miracle just to remind us the beauty of nature and how wonderfully made is this planet we live in. So I hope you enjoy. Most of the photos are taken in Cyprus.  Have a lovely week and as for us, until we meet again in one of our travelling locations, wishing you my very best! MK] PS. Please visit my profile on Instagram to have a look at the photo gallery from Sunday Travelers Tales destinations -->  sundaytravelerstales...

Travelers Tales: [ My dear readers, This week I will be sharing with you my photo gallery from a trip I went 5 years ago to the lovely island of Skiathos. But because I wouldn't want to skip this weeks episode I was thinking of writing about something practical. I always find it very helpful to make a small list with things to take with me when I will be traveling. So I guess in the end it's only natural to establish a solid list with the standard things a serial traveler should always have ready to take with. Here it is, my absolute 10 things to always pack when travelling:     1. Medicine : it's very important to have some basics with you since you might be traveling during the night or early in the morning and not be able to buy something you might need. I always have with me some antibiotic creams, antiseptics, band-aids, antihistamines for allergies and nausea (if travelling with boats), paracetamol for headaches or the flue, eye drops and generally anything ...