For me, the new year has just begun. Finally, I feel close to 100%, can run again and have settled back into a more routine, routine. For the past month I've been juggling visitors, eating out, showing people the touristy sights, visiting Turkey! and feeling more like a visitor myself. But, today marks the beginning of the new semester at school and I too feel renewed.
So! What have I been up to?
First, Cate and Eric (two good friends from Linfield) came and visited. We lounged (they had been traveling for three weeks leading up to their arrival in Salzburg), hiked around Salzburg, ate traditional food, drank traditional beer, took a tour of the Stiegl brewery & museum
...caught up on life back in America and what I've been up to, and somehow I was able to talk my school into letting the two join me on a student-planned trip to the Schladming night slalom. Even Arnold Schwarzenegger was there! It was quite the event in beautiful weather
Eric departed after a few days and Cate stuck around for a bit before jetting off to New Zealand, we we're like mini roommates for a while, quite fun.
Then after she left, I flew off to Turkey for my school's semester break. Luckily for me, one of my very favorite and best friends from the states, Ms. Caroline Craft, was to join me and my friend Liz. We all meet at the Ataturk Airport and bussed to our hostel, in between the coast and the Galata Tower. In Istanbul we saw the Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, the Bazaar, Spice Market, the coast, took a ferry to the Asian side, ate delicious falafel, soups, meat balls, herb salads, baklava and drank the most amazing, street-side, freshly-squeezed pomegranate juice imaginable. yum. Here are a smattering of photos:
So! What have I been up to?
First, Cate and Eric (two good friends from Linfield) came and visited. We lounged (they had been traveling for three weeks leading up to their arrival in Salzburg), hiked around Salzburg, ate traditional food, drank traditional beer, took a tour of the Stiegl brewery & museum
...caught up on life back in America and what I've been up to, and somehow I was able to talk my school into letting the two join me on a student-planned trip to the Schladming night slalom. Even Arnold Schwarzenegger was there! It was quite the event in beautiful weather
Eric departed after a few days and Cate stuck around for a bit before jetting off to New Zealand, we we're like mini roommates for a while, quite fun.
Then after she left, I flew off to Turkey for my school's semester break. Luckily for me, one of my very favorite and best friends from the states, Ms. Caroline Craft, was to join me and my friend Liz. We all meet at the Ataturk Airport and bussed to our hostel, in between the coast and the Galata Tower. In Istanbul we saw the Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, the Bazaar, Spice Market, the coast, took a ferry to the Asian side, ate delicious falafel, soups, meat balls, herb salads, baklava and drank the most amazing, street-side, freshly-squeezed pomegranate juice imaginable. yum. Here are a smattering of photos:
Colors!
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