SABRI ABIT- BELLAPAIS GARDEN RESTAURANT - A Cypriot with a German Past

"We know the Hotelier & Restaurant Owner "Sabri" already since 2018. A gray-haired, very well-groomed man with a lot of charm, glasses, shirt and suit, but no tie.

We already got into conversation with Sabri during one of our first visits.

He found us through our "being German" and we found him because of a travel documentary on television. His history and knowledge of history are well known to us and not only because of that, we asked him for an interview for our book "North Cyprus-On a Word".

We arranged to meet Sabri on his summer terrace for this interview.

Despite the enormous north wind from the sea, we wanted to capture the unique atmosphere.

Why our microphones would fail that day is still not entirely clear to us.

The test was successful as expected, but the recording of the interview, was recorded with a lot of background noise. We were very disappointed about this at first. Therefore, the whole interview on www.nordzypernaufeinwort, will only be an excerpt of the parts that were well understood. Then we said to ourselves, "It's like always in life. It is what it is and we make the best of it and don't shed another tear for a perfect recording of this interview."

Sabri talks to us about his childhood experiences, his time in Germany as a press officer in the 80s/90s.

Then it's back to Cyprus and his vision of Bellapais Gardens begins to grow.

He tells of an evening meeting with friends for a good "Brandy Sour", his uncle's donkey, named "Ferrarari" and the purchase of this property. When asked what he would like to see in Cyprus, he sat back and began to tell the story. The talented storyteller Sabri will surely captivate you with his narration as much as he captivated us.

We are especially looking forward to sharing this interview with you soon, even if it is not perfectly set to sound, but it is full of content.

Until then you should not miss it to be pampered in Sabri's paradise https://www.bellapaisgardens.com.

Sunny wishes,

Yours, Samira & Marten