For the past 3 weeks I have been accumulating topics that I want to write about, making notes of stories I want to share, and keeping track of thoughts that I've had. However, I have not been able to write any of them down. I am a bit back logged with school work and every moment where I could potentially write is a either a moment where I should be doing work OR a moment where I choose to read/watch a show and give myself a rest. Thus my blog gets neglected. I realize that it might be a bit of a let down to those of you that enjoy my writing to be left waiting for so long, but trust that I'm sad about it too - after all this is my log and if I don't write then I don't share or record the things that I've deemed worthy.
I am almost out of the back log, but exams are just around the corner. We also have a tiyul to the south this coming week. So I promise to write some posts soon...but most likely not for another week.
Here's hoping December is a better month for blogging and that all of you, my readers, are doing well!
Friday, November 18, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Greece is the Word
Over Sukkot, we had a week and a half break from school. I took advantage of the free time and booked a cruise around the Greek Islands. My friends Daniel (fellow Ed student), Jeremy (Rebbinic student), and Sarah (Post-Doc Fellow at Hebrew U/Jeremy's wife) headed out to Athens by way of Larnaca in Cypress and took a 3 night/4 day cruise that went to Mykonos, Ephesus, Patmos, Heraklion, and Santorini. Jeremy and Sarah have packaged the experience into a multi-post blog and included links to the flickr site with all their (and some of my) pictures. So since they do such an amazing job of these things, I will simply share their blog with you.
Something that Jeremy and Sarah do not talk about is the excursion to Ephesus. They visited Turkey in August, so they sat that one out. Daniel and I woke up at 6:15am and headed off the ship at 7am for a brief tour of the famous archaeological site. There are a lot of great artifacts to be seen there, however, much of the site has been moved around and, as Daniel explained to me, when archaeological finds are moved, they lose their context and become almost meaningless. Nonetheless, it was a lot of fun to wander around taking pictures - I'm working on improving my photography skills. It was also very cold - science lesson of the day, it's not warm outside until the sun has been up for a little while. Before heading back to the ship, our tour guide took us to a Turkish Rug store for a demonstration and opportunity to purchase. It was definitely an experience to be served apple tea and watch their sales pitch.
I had a fabulous time on this trip. We saw a lot of beautiful places and ate some amazing Greek food. I will probably go back to Crete and Santorini one day, but for now Greece is no longer sitting at the top of my "must visit" list. Check!
Here are my pictures on Facebook:
Enjoy!
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