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søndag den 31. januar 2016

Layout | Cyprus #2

Billedet der er på dette layout fra Cypern, kunne egentlig have været taget rigtig mange steder i verden, da man jo efterhånden kan købe Turkish delight i mange butikker verden over. Det er dog taget i Nicosia på Cypern. Det var en ret surrealistisk oplevelse at være i Nicosia, da byen jo er delt i en græsk-cypriotisk del og en tyrkisk-cypriotisk del og vi skulle have visum, tjekket pas og igennem 2 grænsekontroller for at komme fra den ene del til den anden.

Den græsk-cypriotiske del er som de fleste storbyer sydpå med McDonalds, Starbucks, stormagasiner, modebutikker, lokale i shorts og toppe osv. Når man kommer over i den tyrkisk-okkuperede del, er det som at træde ind i en helt anden verden, hvor de fleste kvinder har tildækket hår og mange går i store gevanter, butikkerne handler med typiske lokale varer osv. Bydelen har en kæmpe moské, som vi var inde og se, men noget at det jeg havde glædet mig til, var at komme ind i medinaen og kigge. Det viste sig desværre at være "en tynd kop the" og slet ikke som de medinaer jeg har besøgt andre steder, hvor det sprudlede med liv. Der var mange tomme lejemål og stort set ingen mennesker, ud over de turister, der gik en hurtig tur igennem, da der ikke var meget at kigge på. Der var et par grønthandlere med sparsomt udvalg og lidt andre boder, bl.a. butikken her, hvor jeg tog billedet, hvor man kunne købe snacks som nødder, mandler og søde sager.


Også denne gang har jeg brugt ting fra gemmerne. Papiret er igen fra Chickaniddy Crafts og ellers forskellige embellishments bl.a fra Freckled Fawn (labels, kork globus, orange kamera, bogstavstickers og det store hjerte).


Explore og flyet er stanse ud på Bigshotten


Endnu et closeup

Det var alt for nu, I må have en dejlig søndag derude.



mandag den 14. december 2015

Layout | Cyprus #1

Hello friends,

Are you ready for Christmas? We are far from being ready, but nevertheless we are in progress, I think I'm in a lack of Christmas spirit this year, but I'm sure it will come.

Anyway I have a layout from our trip to Cyprus last year. Actually I created it a while ago, but my computer has had a total virus breakdowm and has been out for repair. Argh... I'm really lost without my computer, it's just like missing a part of yourself LOL.

A view from the balcony

The photo is a view from our balcony. Just across the street was a really, really noisy Amusement Park Luna Park. Thank God they closed the park at 1.00 a.m. so one could get some sleep.

The patterned paper and some of the stickers are from Echo Park, I also used different stuff from Freckled Fawn and what was in my stash.

Thanks for the visit :-)


tirsdag den 11. august 2015

Cyprus | SMASH #11

Hey everyone,

Did you enjoy the summer?
Besides our 2 weeks vacation the summer has been extremely busy at the job. During our vacation we did an amazing roadtrip in Ireland, it is really recommendable.

You might have given up on my blog because of the summer silence, but now I'm back with the very last pages from  my Cyprus SMASHbook.

Drinking coffee in the airport while waiting to boarder

Food and a cold beer on the plane

On our way back to Denmark

I'm still working on my SMASHbook from our family trip to Mallorca last year. I really hope to find the energy to be more creative, and it is my goal to finish the Mallorca SMASH before we are going back to that wonderful island in September. I'm not sure I will succeed, but I will give it a try. Anyway it's better to take time to create a result one is satisfied with than to force things.

Well, this was the end of our Cyprus story, at least with the photos I chose for the SMASHbook. I have saved some of the best photos for layouts, so I'll be back with some travellayouts one day.

fredag den 17. april 2015

Cyprus | SMASH #Vol. 10

Hi everyone,

As a follow up on my last blogpost, although in Danish (feel free to use the translation button in case you don't understand Danish), I want to show a couple of pages from my Cyprus SMASHbook.


The last morning in Ayia Napa we got up early and grabbed some breakfast in the restaurant to catch a flight from Larnaca a few hours later. On our way to the restaurant, which was in the other end of the hotel, we took some photos of the pool area and the path down to our block.


We also took some photos of the hotel appartment. Absolutely not the very best hotel, but you get what you pay for ;-), anyway we had a good vacation in Cyprus.

I guess this was all for now.




onsdag den 18. marts 2015

Cyprus | SMASH #Vol. 9

Hello guys,

We are so much enjoying our vacation without any big plans but relaxation. Actually it's our Winter holliday but the weather is very springlike. It's really nice.

When it comes to scrapping I'm trying to catch up on the missing Project Life spreads, but now on to a couple of SMASH pages fra the Cyprus album.




The last night in Cyprus we had dinner at Paula's, the food was really YUMMY and there was plenty of it with lots of delicious accompainments.
On the right page you see some of the (boring) hotel surroundings.

I'll be back before you know it ;-)



mandag den 9. februar 2015

Cyprus | SMASH #Vol. 8

Today I'm starting this fresh, new week with a few more pages from the Cyprus-SMASH for you.

In the monastery

After having a really delicious lunch, we visited a monastery where the sweetest abbess told about life in the monastery and answered all our questions. During the visit all women had to wear a loose (polyester) robe over their own clothes, the temperature was pretty high so OMG it was HOT!

The Abbey Church and buffet-dinner at the hotel

The monastery was the last stop on our daytrip in the beautiful Troodos mountains. This evening we had a late dinner at the hotel........

On the balcony and the view from our balcony  by daylight

... and had a relaxed evening on the balcony, had lots of coffee and a couple of drinks, and uploaded all of today's photos to the computer.

This was all for now, have a lovely week no. 7.


mandag den 26. januar 2015

Cyprus | SMASH #Vol. 7

This weekend we got a tiny amount of snow, sadly it already has melted and today it is raining so what would be more appropriate than a couple of pages from the Cyprus SMASHbook?


On our roadtrip in the Troodos mountains we went to see Niki's small factory where they produce Cypriot candy, jam and juice.



The candy was a little strange, but we bought some almond sticks which were dipped in the juice from carob. They tasted a bit of licorice and were quite okay.



We had Meze for lunch which was very delicious. Meze is almost the same as Spanish tapas, but of course with small Cypriot dishes.

In the afternoon we visited a monastery ...... to be continued....


søndag den 11. januar 2015

Cyprus | SMASH Vol.6

Are you ready for another dose of Cyprus? Anyway here it comes....


On the way up in the Troodos mountains we stopped in a little beautiful village where we went for a little walk. Unfortunately we never found out the name of the village.


We had freshly baked bread, olives, sun-ripened tomatoes, goat cheese, freshly squeezed juice and a good cup of coffee for breakfast  in Palaichori. Afterwards we drove up to the little village Askas.

 

Askas is a very picturesque little village, there is one single hotel with only 3 rooms.


The streets are narrow and goes up and down the hillside.


We are on our way down to Agros to pay Niki a visit and see her small factory. The roads in the Troodos mountains are with lots of hairpin bends. I'm really not very fond of driving on these kind of roads, but it was worth it. We really had a wonderful roadtrip in the mountains.

This was all for now, I wish you a lovely Sunday.



lørdag den 27. december 2014

Cyprus | SMASH #Vol. 5

Hello everyone,

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We certainly have in our family, but I must admit that it is perfectly  okay with me to get back to normal again :-D

December has been incredibly busy so it's wonderful to look back on two great vacations back in September and October. As you know we spent a week in Cyprus and today I have more pages from my SMASHbook for you.

The bazaar and Starbucks - two very different worlds

Left: Still in Nicosia. Right: Back in Ayia Napa

We went photoshooting in Ayia Napa

Left: We're having a cold coke. Right: The funfair Luna Park by night

Left: A very rarely selphie of us. Right: Ticket and description of the next daytrip

Now I'll move on to a Christmas layout with my granddaughter. Till then.....

/Kirsten

søndag den 7. december 2014

Cyprus | SMASH #vol. 4

Hi,

On this cold and rainy (at least here in Denmark) December Sunday I'm joining in with some SMASHpages from the warm Cyprus.

Daytrip to Nicosia

We went on a trip up to Nicosia, a city which is seperated between the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot population.

Firstly we visited Cyprus Handicraft Center. I made a pocket from some scrapbooking leftovers for the brochures you could collect at the center.

Tilføj billedtekst

Afterwards we went around in some of the old streets in the Greek-Cypriot part of the city and ended up in the modern part of Nicosia. The modern part is just like every other modern European city but one thing -


.... the Checkpoint to the Turkish occupied part of the city. It's really surreal because you need a visa to cross the border and the Checkpoint is right in the middle of a pedestrian zone. When you came over to the Turkish occupied part of Nicosia it felt as if time had stood still for many many years. We saw the old caravanserai Buyuk Han which todays is transformed into a lively center for the sale of handicrafts, The Selimiye-mosque and the bazaar before leaving for the Greek-Cypriotic part of the city.

The bazaar and coffee at Starbucks

After lunch we had coffee at Starbucks before exploring more of Nicosia.

I hope you enjoy all the Christmas preparations during this busy month.

/Kirsten

lørdag den 22. november 2014

Cyprus | SMASH #vol. 3

Hi everyone,

Are you ready for more pages from my Cyprus SMASHbook? Anyway, here they come.

Wednesday market in Agia Thekla

Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. there was a local market in Agia Thekla, so we caught a bus and went out there. We bought nothing but had a lot of fun looking at the stuff they sold. Close to the market there was a small chapel which we had to check out, and suddenly we found this little cave which initially was a holy place for the early Christians.

I made a little book with more photos from the cave


We  paddled a little in the water and went to the small restaurant for refreshments.


The only kind of ice cream available in Agia Thekla


On our way back to Ayia Napa we didn't get off the bus right in time, so we ended out in the middle of nowhere. We really made a lot of fun out of it. We walked and walked until we finally found a bus stop where we waited for the bus back to town.

After that trip... COFFEE PLEASE :-D

torsdag den 13. november 2014

Cyprus | SMASH #vol. 2

Hello guys,

Today I have a couple more pages from my Cyprus-SMASH for you.

Breakfast on the plane and coffee on the balcony outside our room

We had breakfast on the plane and besides the decent omelet it really wasn't something special :-D

Day 2

Tuesday we went sightseeing in Ayia Napa and started at the old monastery, a beautiful and peaceful place in an area with lots of bars, restaurants and souvenir shops.

The harbour and sunset.

Our long walk ended up at the harbour with small fishing boats and excursion boats lying side by side. On the left page you see a copy of "The Black Pearl" waiting to go on a family pirat-trip.

We just managed to watch the sunset on our way back to the hotel where the dinner was waiting. It only took a couple of minutes before it was totally dark.

This was some of the pages from day 2 in Ayia Napa. 

 /Kirsten

lørdag den 8. november 2014

Cyprus | SMASH #vol. 1

Hi everyone,

Now I am ready to show you a couple of pages from my SMASHbook from our vacation in Cyprus back in September.

Front cover

The signs and "Cypern" are made on the computer. Keep calm and think of AYIA NAPA is from Pinterest and the flag at the bottom is made of Washi tape. In addition I used stamps and a woodveneer.

I put a  keyhanger from Cyprus onto the strap for the pen

And now on to the pages.


I was SO excited getting startet, so I actually already made the left side the evening before we left. I made the right side in Ayia Napa.

pages SMASHed in Cyprus

I brought my Selphy printer so I could print out photos and SMASH now and then during the vacation.

We left home 03.30 a.m. so we grabbed some breakfast and a coffee at the airport. On the right page we are on our way.

I brought a small bag with different stash; stickers, pens, Washi tape, cutouts, stamps and so on.

I will soon be back with more pages from the book.

/Kirsten