Our morning class ended a little early today (Any relation to Sarah and Mike partying with us last night at the Beach Club? That's up to you to decide.) So the ladies decided to take in lunch at Chicken World- a restaurant far more sophisticated than its name might suggest. Most important to me was that I was able to satisfy my 4-5 day craving for pilav (yes, that’s rice).
Full stomachs were a bad match with discussing the many political parties of Cyprus, but we made it through. After class we went to a travel agent in town that Ahmet suggested as many wanted to travel to Istanbul during our upcoming free weekend and I wanted to get some more information about the possibility of traveling to Israel to visit Aaron. Unfortunately another power outage shortened our trip and we returned feeling like we took a long, hot walk for nothing. 
The view from my seat at dinner (and John strategically reading his menu.) 
We returned to the old city walls of Famagusta for some more exploration, shopping and a group dinner at the D&B Café. The food was average, but the prices definitely included a premium for location. Hearing the call to prayer 100 feet from an ancient mosque during sunset inside of castle walls is worth a couple of extra Turkish lira in my book. All that, plus a mellow duo covering songs by the Eagles, Otis Redding, Cat Stevens, and the like made for an atmosphere not easily recreated.
Jordan, Nadia and I weren’t quite ready to return to campus after dinner so we took a night walk through the old city. Nothing was open, but the low lighting gave a different perspective to some of the ruins and the small neighborhood gatherings of people playing backgammon on card tables provided an authenticity that you can’t see through the souvenir TRNC flags or imitation Dolce & Gabbana purses.
The D&B Cafe.
Houman, Chris, Jordan, and Tanya.
Another view from my seat at dinner. 
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