I'm back with some more pictures this time...things are going great over here. We're over halfway done with our Istanbul classes already, which is amazing. We've been trying to explore as much of the city as possible. On Saturday we drove an hour out of the city to got to a beach on the Black Sea. It was beautiful, but the weather was less than perfect--at one point it actually rained and it was pretty cold the whole time, although at least the water was warm enough to swim in! Sunday afternoon we took the bus down to the Ortaköy district near the Bosphorus, where we browsed at an artisan's fair and bought some gifts. Monday, some of us took the bus to the old city and wandered around near the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, where we sat for a while to sketch these amazing buildings. Hopefully tonight we are going to hang out with our Turkish friend from Boğaziçi to watch the Turkish national soccer team try to qualify for the World Cup. As you all know anything related to soccer pretty much makes me happy :-) I miss everyone at home a lot. I hope all my Oles and everyone else is having a great school year so far. Love to you all...
Me in the courtyard of the Blue Mosque with a view of Hagia Sophia
Another view of St. Sophia at sunset
Carrie and Becky and I being artsy
Mac and Jackie Gimse! the best leaders ever....
Becky, Carrie, and Denise at the Black Sea during a rare moment of sunshine
The tiny town of Sile (I think) where the beach was located was a small fishing village. Check out the number of flags!
Me looking windswept and bleary eyed...behind me is an old fortress at Sile
Clouds looked ominous, and sure enough, it rained on us
Ahh, the lovely view of the Istanbul skyline (well, one small part of it) as seen from our Superdorm window at sunset
Me in the courtyard of the Blue Mosque with a view of Hagia Sophia
Another view of St. Sophia at sunset
Carrie and Becky and I being artsy
Mac and Jackie Gimse! the best leaders ever....
Becky, Carrie, and Denise at the Black Sea during a rare moment of sunshine
The tiny town of Sile (I think) where the beach was located was a small fishing village. Check out the number of flags!
Me looking windswept and bleary eyed...behind me is an old fortress at Sile
Clouds looked ominous, and sure enough, it rained on us
Ahh, the lovely view of the Istanbul skyline (well, one small part of it) as seen from our Superdorm window at sunset
6 Comments:
So glad to hear that you're doing well! Miss you tons but thinking about you and praying for you :-). Can't wait to see you in person!! Love you!!
ohh abby u are so wonderful.
I miss you!!! Its been great getting back to campus. Choir is so awesome. I wish you could be here this sunday. We're singing at the service. And since it is September 11th, we're singing "Abide with Me" Its gorgeous! But I can't believe he expects us to have everything memorized after only 2 rehearsals. My room is freaking huge. The house is nice. Last night Sarah and Christy hosted a suprise dinner party for Levi's birthday. We all dressed up in semi-formal attire. The dinner was very interesting. They gave us 25 different items to choose from. And We would choose 3 items for each course. There were 5 courses. The names were so weird. Not really knowing what we ordered, we had to eat everything, and everyone had to be finished with the course before the next one could begin. My first course was crackers, three black olives and water. They were all very random things. We ended up figuring out that "Drop on sunshine" was mustard. So some people ended up with a "drop of sunshine" on their "yankee doodle" (macaroni). So what you just read was probably very confusing. I hope you have more fun adventures. Its great hearing from you.
peace
Hey Abby! I'm so glad you're doing well. It's great to read what you've been up to and see the fabulous pictures. I went to the Limestones concert tonight-- it was good. And classes are going well. We all miss you and wish you the best with your travels and always!
Love,
Gidget
It is great to see you in the photos and to be able to link up and see where you are. I am praying for you and I am proud of you for traveling like this. May God use this trip in your life to draw you closer to Him and to teach you many things. Our God is an awesome God, I look forward to seeing you the next time you are home.
I Love you ,
Auntie ALice
soccer! sunsets! punctuation and lower case 'i's! how awesome. <3linden
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