So beautifully and importantly put, professor! Indeed the Travelers Century Club, which maintains the definitive list of what may be considered 'countries' for those who care to enumerate their voyages, counts three for the island of Cyprus ! Last year I did spend a week crisscrossing the island, visiting all three 'nations' ... with a bit of a summary here:
Though my dear friend for decades and guide to all that is Cyprus, the extraordinary journalist and commentator Metin Munir, who from his perch in the north wanted so desperately to see both halves united, passed away shortly after our visit (we may have been the last 'foreigners' to have visited with him) .... I do hope to return & to see his dream realized !!
So beautifully and importantly put, professor! Indeed the Travelers Century Club, which maintains the definitive list of what may be considered 'countries' for those who care to enumerate their voyages, counts three for the island of Cyprus ! Last year I did spend a week crisscrossing the island, visiting all three 'nations' ... with a bit of a summary here:
https://daandelman.substack.com/p/twtw-the-world-this-week-episode-22f?utm_source=publication-search
Though my dear friend for decades and guide to all that is Cyprus, the extraordinary journalist and commentator Metin Munir, who from his perch in the north wanted so desperately to see both halves united, passed away shortly after our visit (we may have been the last 'foreigners' to have visited with him) .... I do hope to return & to see his dream realized !!