TRAVEL WITH EYP

TRAVEL WITH

EYP

by Yağmur ŞAHİN (TR)

1ST DIGITAL SESSION OF EYP CYPRUS

EXPLORING THE WORLD EXPANDING HORIZONS

Taken by Madara Kivleniece

1ST DIGITAL SESSION OF EYP CYPRUS

RIGA-LATVIA

RIGA HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART AS APART FROM BEING MY HOMETOWN, IT IS ALSO THE PLACE WHERE I FEEL MOST AT PEACE. I’M A PERSON WHO NEEDS A BALANCE BETWEEN NATURE AND CITY LIFE AND RIGA OFFERS ME BOTH. RIGA HAS NUMEROUS PARKS AND OTHER GREEN SPACES WHERE ONE CAN SIT AND RELAX AFTER A HARD DAY AT WORK YET THEY INTERTWINE WITH CITY’S ARCHITECTURE SO WELL THAT I CANNOT IMAGINE RIGA LOOKING ANY DIFFERENT THAN IT DOES NOW. RIGA, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS LATVIA’S PARIS OF THE NORTH BY TOURISTS, HAS ACTUALLY MANY HIDDEN GEMS INSIDE OF IT. IT REALLY HAS EVERYTHING ONE COULD WISH FOR, STARTING WITH MEDIEVAL BUILDINGS (THAT ARE A MUST SEE!), STUNNING VIEWS FROM CATHEDRALS’ VIEWING PLATFORMS, SMALL AND CHARMING CAFES ON STREETS TO MODERN MUSEUMS.

Madara (LV) HOJ

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1ST DIGITAL SESSION OF EYP CYPRUS

FILOTHEI-GREECE

THIS IS A PHOTO FROM THE HILL OF FILOTHEI, MY HOMETOWN IN GREECE. I REALLY LIKE THIS PLACE BECAUSE IT HAS AN AMAZING VIEW OF THE CITY OF ATHENS. IT IS ALSO A VERY PEACEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL PLACE, WHERE YOU CAN ENJOY NATURE AND RELAX. I ALSO LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN EFFORT IN ORDER TO CLIMB THERE, SO IT HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND THAT A WONDERFUL VIEW DESERVES A CLIMB 😉 THIS PLACE IS VERY SPECIAL FOR ME, AS I HAVE VISITED IT A LOT DURING THE LOCKDOWN. ADMIRING ITS BEAUTY NOT ONLY CHEERED ME UP IN DIFFICULT TIMES, BUT IT ALSO INSPIRED ME VERY MUCH ✨

Taken by Irida Kamperoglou

Irida (GR) Chair

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Taken by Antreas Xydas

1ST DIGITAL SESSION OF EYP CYPRUS

LIMASSOL-CYPRUS

I LIKE LIMASSOL BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST CITIES IN CYPRUS, THE CITIZENS ARE REALLY FRIENDLY WITH EVERYONE, IT'S CLOSE TO THE SEA THUS GIVING IT AN AMAZING VIEW FROM WHEREVER YOU ARE AT. IT IS IN A VERY BENEFICIAL GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION BEING NOT MORE THAN AN HOUR AWAY FROM ALL OF THE OTHER MAJOR CITIES OF CYPRUS. LIMASSOL IS SPECIAL FOR A LOT OF REASONS MY PERSONAL FAVOURITE IS THAT EVERY YEAR IT HOSTS 2 CARNIVAL PARADES, IN FEBRUARY, WHICH FOR ME AS WELL AS FOR MOST OF THE CYPRIOTS ARE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR, THERE RE TONES OF COMPETITIONS ABOUT THE WEIRDEST OR THE WITTIEST COSTUME THAT REALLY MAKE LIMASSOL…LIMASSOL. Antreas (CY) DROI

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Taken by Ērika Trifonova

1ST DIGITAL SESSION OF EYP CYPRUS

RIGA-LATVIA RIGA, CAPITAL OF LATVIA I LIKE RIGA FOR ITS RICH HISTORY AND A LOT OF GREEN SPACES THAT THE CITY HAS, WHICH PROVIDES BOTH THE CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN LIFE. RIGA REALLY IS SPECIAL FOR MANY REASONS. STARTING WITH THE LOCATION, THE CITY IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE GULF OF RIGA (BALTIC SEA) AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BIGGEST RIVER IN THE COUNTRY CALLED DAUGAVA, WHICH DIVIDES THE CITY INTO TWO PARTS. THE RICH HISTORY OF THE CITY MAKES IT VERY SPECIAL, RIGA HAS UNDERGONE MANY RULES OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES BACK IN THE DAY SUCH AS GERMANY, SWEDEN, POLAND, THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE, AND THE SOVIET UNION, WHICH ALL OF THOSE COUNTRIES AND POWERS HAVE LEFT THE MARK IN ARCHITECTURE, MAKING THE CITY VERY DIVERSE IN DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURE STYLES (GERMANIC MEDIEVAL STRUCTURE OF THE OLD CITY, GOTHIC CHURCHES, EXPLICIT ART NOUVEAU HOUSES, TRADITIONAL WOODEN BUILDINGS, AND SOVIET ARCHITECTURE). Ērika (LV) LIBE

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Taken by Ege Yılmaz

1ST DIGITAL SESSION OF EYP CYPRUS

DENIZLI-TURKEY

MY HOMETOWN IS DENIZLI (A CITY IN TURKEY). DENIZLI IS AN AMAZING CITY WITH ITS MAGNIFICENT HISTORY AND UNPRECEDENTED NATURE! WHAT AM I REFERRING IS: HIERAPOLIS, LAODICEA ON THE LYCUS, AND MANY OTHER HERITAGES FROM ANCIENT AGES! ALSO I WAS REFERRING TO PAMUKKALE AS KNOWN AS THE UNPRECEDENTED NATURAL HERITAGE! I FEEL LIKE I'M LIVING THOSE TIMES WHEN I'M VISITING THESE PLACES. I'D REALLY RECOMMEND EVERYONE TO VISIT SINCE DENIZLI IS A CITY THAT YOU SHOULD VISIT! ❤ Ege (TR) FEMM

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