USA | Monday, 16 Mar 2009 | Views [99]
Back in the Bay Area, in my own bed, with more than just a backpack to pick out clothes from. I'm putting up last pictures from the last leg of my European trip. Some last thoughts... Even though I need to find a new job and I live at home again ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 19 Feb 2009 | Views [118] | Comments [1]
SO the whole "off to Ireland" of my last entry was more of a ploy to throw my parents off to the fact that I was actually flying home. I actually DID go to Dublin, but as a layover (a 12 hour layover, mind you) before heading out to San Francisco.... Read more >
SPAIN | Tuesday, 17 Feb 2009 | Views [108] | Comments [2]
After Seville, I headed to Cordoba to gaze at what Rough Guides says is "the grandest and most beautiful mosque ever constructed by the Moors." It is now a Cathedral. I was only going to stay one night, but the Juderia (Jewish quarter) was ... Read more >
SPAIN | Tuesday, 10 Feb 2009 | Views [115] | Comments [3]
So the first week of my Andalucian adventure has been a success. Granada was beautiful, though cold and wet, but meeting up with Rica again is always nice. I leave here (Sevilla) tomorrow for Cordoba, then back to Madrid by the weekend. To recap ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 3 Feb 2009 | Views [105]
Day 2 of Andalucia was still wet and cold, but not as much as yesterday. Erica and I were able to walk around with relative dryness. We had tapas at all hours of the day into the night. It was wonderful. What a brilliant way to run the pub culture:... Read more >
SPAIN | Tuesday, 3 Feb 2009 | Views [106] | Comments [1]
Day 1 of The Great Andalucian Adventure has been, well, cold. And wet. I left the rain and snow of Madrid on a 1:30AM bus to Granada. I got here at 6:30AM, in the dark, and apparently brought the rain with me. I couldn´t check into my hostel until ... Read more >
SPAIN | Sunday, 1 Feb 2009 | Views [101] | Comments [1]
I went to church today with the daughter of one of the missionaries we (Beth-El Baptist) support in Seville. The daughter, Emily, lives in Madrid with her husband and cuuuuute kids. I waited for her at a metro stop, and as it was raining, I found shelter ... Read more >
SPAIN | Monday, 26 Jan 2009 | Views [120] | Comments [2]
I don't really know why I titled it that way, I just like the alliteration. Anyway, it was a 7 1/2 hour bus ride from Madrid to Barcelona. We left Thursday night at 11:59PM, and got to Barcelona at 7:45AM the next morning. Now I didn't realize that ... Read more >
SPAIN | Tuesday, 20 Jan 2009 | Views [114] | Comments [3]
It rained yesterday. The clouds made for a pleasantly warm coat around the earth, and I was very comfortable in just my one jacket (instead of five layers). I went with Swayni to her University to just be around school-ish things again. I went into ... Read more >
SPAIN | Friday, 16 Jan 2009 | Views [137] | Comments [4]
I am doing laundry. I've almost forgotten what clean laundry smelled/felt/looked like. The dirty backpacker truth is (sorry, mom) that I haven't done laundry since five countries ago. My aunt and uncle from San Francisco are vacationing in Paris, ... Read more >
FRANCE | Monday, 12 Jan 2009 | Views [171]
So Erica and I spent the weekend in Monmartre (as in Moulin Rouge and Amelie). The streets on one side are lined with sex shops galore (the side where the famous Moulin Rouge resides) and down other streets, what Erica likes to refer to as "one ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sunday, 11 Jan 2009 | Views [132] | Comments [3]
Wow I didnt realize it has been so long since my last entry! the french keyboard is a mess to me so this wont be very long and riddled with mistakes this is my third time in paris, and i'm only here mainly for two
reasons 1) to see my friend yara;... Read more >
CROATIA | Monday, 22 Dec 2008 | Views [185] | Comments [3]
After leaving Turkey for a month, we headed for Sofia, Bulgaria for about three days on our way to Croatia. Bulgaria was sort of just a stop over. We are spending Christmas and New Years in Croatia. It is much
warmer here than I expected. We ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 11 Dec 2008 | Views [172] | Comments [5]
1) Wearıng the same clothes. I have the same red sweater or black long sleeve shırt ın every sıngle pıcture. Not to mentıon ı have a few paırs of pants but ı wear the same ones for days on end before swıtchıng up on the rotatıon. There were defınıtely ... Read more >
TURKEY | Friday, 5 Dec 2008 | Views [171] | Comments [2]
So when you visit a mosque you must wear a head scarf. I brought one that was given to me as a going away present from Robin and Adam from CCC (my church in SoCal). Anyway it ıs green and has peace signs on it and I like that. The other night I had ... Read more >
TURKEY | Friday, 28 Nov 2008 | Views [180] | Comments [4]
I want to learn Arabic. It is everywhere, on every mosque. The Koran is aesthetically beautiful because of it. Arabic looks like music sounds and how poetry feels. Back in a big city after two weeks of dead Grecian islands and small tourist towns.... Read more >
TURKEY | Thursday, 27 Nov 2008 | Views [254] | Comments [3]
Happy Turkey Day from Turkey! This is my Thanksgiving Day... First, we decide that we need to find pumpkin, because though no one here knows or cares about Thanksgiving, we are very homesick. But we are in Goreme, which is a little tiny town of ... Read more >
TURKEY | Tuesday, 25 Nov 2008 | Views [140] | Comments [3]
So we are still here in Goreme, Cappadocia. We keep meaning to leave, and we keep deciding to stay one more night. The 11 hour bus ride to Istanbul will have to wait, and at least we will have dry-ish clothes. It's kind of nice with no schedules ... Read more >
TURKEY | Monday, 24 Nov 2008 | Views [232] | Comments [4]
Hello world! I have been so unfaithful about writing! Sorry! So at the moment we are in Cappadocia in a small town called Goreme. We are sleeping in a cave hostel! It's so cool. I can't believe I didn't know about this place before coming to ... Read more >
TURKEY | Monday, 17 Nov 2008 | Views [147] | Comments [4]
First of all, everyone in the SoCal area, we are praying hard for you all. I was going to blog tonight, but after hearing about the fires, it will have to wait. We are in Turkey, in Selçuk, and safe...but our hearts and thoughts are on SoCal.
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