Nicosia alive at 6:00 AM
August 23rd, 2011
About 6:00 AM a construction worker started a large crane just below our new abode. Our tiny apartment has no AC, so we sleep with the windows wide open and a fan blowing air across our bed. The weather is hot, so getting started early makes sense. We must get into the rhythm and go to sleep earlier.
Our apartment is at the top right of the building.
Residents at CAARI (Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute) include a Cypriot doctoral student who conducts research on ancient ship wrecks (deeply tanned scuba diver and director of the CAARI library), a Polish doctoral student who studies amphorai (large pottery jars for hauling goods), and an American who is finishing her MA from a university in London and conducts research on mass graves (as in more modern ones) and their social and political implications. As a non-archaeologist, biblical scholar, I am a bit of an oddity here.
Today we met the folks at the Fulbright Commission and found them to be very helpful. Tomorrow, one of their administrators will take us to a bank to open an account, a car dealership to begin checking into the most economical means of having a car to use for four months while I conduct my research (do we rent or buy?), and an electronics store to get a cell phone. The director of the Cypriot Fulbright Commission will speak with some of the Cypriot bishops and arrange for me to meet with them. We will also try to meet with someone at the American embassy here in Nicosia to get advice from them. So, things are in progress.
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