Kite Flying !

In my earlier post I wrote about Green Monday celebrations in Cyprus. Following the Cypriot tradition, I and my family had great fun flying kites on this day.

Kurium beach was our obvious choice since it's usually windy there. Not surprisingly, it was very crowded with families enjoying their picnic plus kite flying :-)

With the wind blowing towards the sea, few had a tough time with their kites taking a dip in the water :(

Aditi keenly observing her dad in action :)

Father - daughter duo trying to get the kite airborne. Aditi seemed all excited.

And finally when the kite soared up into the sky, Aditi was veeeeery happy ! She was however wondering how the kite turned into a bird ;-)

It felt like we were back into childhood days ! Like they say -

"If you carry your childhood with you, you never grow older" ;-)

So next time you get a chance, don't miss it !

Grand Carnival - Cyprus

A glimpse of the Grand Carnival parade that took place on the 14th Feb. Hope you will enjoy the pictures, specially those who missed the event :)

The parade starts by welcoming "The King of Carnival" 

("The Queen of Carnival" is believed to be from Patra in Greece !) 

 

  

   

Some amazing colourful costumes !

 

  

  

 

Few groups with some innovative themes and costumes !

Few groups were men are dressed like women !

The one above, I liked the most. Innovative idea, creative costume and simply unique :-)

Some super enthu participants who happily posed for me :-)

Green Monday !

Its 'Green Monday' today, here in Cyprus :-). It is the beginning of Orthodox festival of fasting. During this time, meat, dairy products, fish and even oil are forbidden !

The day is celebrated with picnics and kite-flying. Families and friends go to their villages or just gather for an outdoor vegetarian meal of bread, vegetables and olives.

While I follow the vegetarian diet everyday, I plan to enjoy the day kite-flying ! First time for Aditi and I hope she will enjoy it too :-)

Happy Hearts Day !

Have a Happy Valentine's Day

and

a million happy tomorrows :)

Cyprus Children's Carnival

Every year, during the month of Feb/Mar, the carnival celebrations happen in Limassol, Cyprus.
This year it commenced on 04-Feb with the arrival of "The King Carnival" and will end on the 14-Feb with the Grand Carnival Parade.

Today was the Children's Carnival parade and it was amazing as always ! 

Babies, toddlers, teens and even adults....all dressed in colorful carnival costume.

Each group has a theme and children are dressed according to the theme. 

It was a colorful sight to watch these happy kids dance and sing.

Parents enjoying the event as much as the kids !

My little girl was dressed like a princess :)

After the parade, the downtown was a play ground for the kids to play with the paper bits .... until the traffic resumed :)

All images taken by Anupama Puneeth. Copyright protected.

Julie & Julia - The Movie

I had seen this movie in UK top 10 and thought that it should be an interesting one to watch.

Finally I managed to watch it and thoroughly enjoyed the movie ! Meryl Streep - fantastic as always.

It is a based on two true stores. One is the story of Julia Child -  how she discovers her passion for cooking and eventually wrote the book "Mastering the Art of French Cooking".... intertwined with the story of  Julie Powell - who is unhappy with her job. She takes up a project to try all the 524 recipes in this book in 365 days. She calls this "The Julie/Julia Project" and writes a blog about her experience.

It's a delightful movie with good humor. Beyond this I found it very inspiring and uplifting !

I however wished that Julia had met Julie in real life!

If I had not already started with a blog, I am sure I would have started one after watching this movie :-)

Few lines from the movie that I absolutely loved -

* "What is it you REALLY like to do?" - "Eat !"
* "You are the butter to my bread ! You are the breath to my life !"
* "I was drowning and she pulled me out of the ocean !!"

Bon Appetite :-)