So...The Rest of February Plus March

Well, I apparently dropped of the face of the earth...sorry about that. So here's February and March in pictures!

View from the Austrian Hospice in the Old City.

We had a passover Seder in February (about a month early)...it was really cool!

We had the opportunity to volunteer at a Women's hospital near the Center.

You get to see what my classes look like!! (It's not super exciting but...)

We got to go to the beach at Tel Aviv!!! It was a glorious day!!

I got to herd sheep at a Biblical Reserve!

  I ran a 10K in Jerusalem!!!!! I mostly did it for the cool shirt...but whatever I still ran the whole thing!

TURKEY!!!!

The Blue Mosque

Inside the Blue Mosque...it was gorgeous!

The first Turkish Delight that I actually liked!

Outside the Blue Mosque.

Outside Hagia Sophia.

Inside the library at the Topoki Palace in Istanbul.

This is Mr. Sparkle...He was always at the front of our class and made sure that no one got lost when we were walking places.

Cool Medusa head used as a base of a pillar in a giant cistern under Istanbul!

Outside the Grand Bazaar.

View of the Bosporus Strait from a boat!

Yeah, don't really know what's up with the water bottle...I think I was embarrassed or somethin'

I wish that I lived in Turkey and saw this everyday!

Crossing the Dardenelles from the Europe side of Turkey to the Asia side!

Sunset on the Dardenelles.

Well, neither of these wonderful people are me as there is no way in heaven or on earth that I can do a cartwheel, but it's still a supercool picture!

Me and my really awkward jumping pictures.

We were at the beach...It had to be done!

 

Pretending to be drunk at the Temple of Dionysus. I make a horrible drunk.

Church of St. Johns near Ephesus...this is an ancient baptismal font!

Yes, I was in the same spot that the picture in the bible dictionary was taken. Be jealous!

Stand in Holy Places.

Temple of Artemis in the rain...I was SOAKED!!

Inside the Hagia Sophia. It was BEAUTIFUL!

I succumbed...there was a McDonalds and it had real hamburgers and real fries. I regret nothing!

Inside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. According to tradition...the star thing on the floor is the exact place where Christ was born...it was so neat!

Shepherds fields. We went to the approximate area where the angels visited shepherds on the night of Christs' birth. It was beautiful. We had a devotional, personal study time and sang Christmas songs. It was a wonderful day.

We went to Eilot, a town on the Red Sea. It was 85 degrees and we bummed on the beach and went snorkeling. It was a really good day!