Eurotravel

These were taken with cheap disposables I got. Only half of my photos on each came out, and one set has these red marks down the middle of all the photos.

From Rhodes we went to Athens, I'll try to find a link to my friends photos of that cause there were some good ones. Two days there and on to London. Paul took me to Oxford and I took him to Chelsea where I met Sandy and her friend Michael, and Chris popped in to say hi, which was good. Then we went back north to Holborn to find a bar, and around 2 am, Sandy, Michael, and I left for Oxford, and arrived two hours later. In Oxford I relaxed, drank, went punting, and watched a vampire movie.

Went to Rome June 4th, didn't find Aerin, went to Viterbo. Later I Came back to Rome and saw the Ara Pacis, and the sites with Woody.

In Viterbo, I met Nicola's girlfriend, Julia and my old school, but mostly relaxed at the Zagaris and worried about my luggage.

Then I went with Nicola as far as Bologna and I continued on to Ravenna, which we had just studied. Six UNESCO sites there, and I got them all. Had to stay in a hostel for a night though.

Symi, Rhodes Night Out

Yesterday we went to nearby Symi island. Undeniably pretty. See also Amanda's Photos.

These photos are from two successive night. First, we found a playground. Awesome. The next night we went out dancing in the bars. Took some good shots, but THEN TRAGEDY STRUCK. My camera took a spill. The lense came off in my hands. It's out. Kaput. Not sure what I'll do next. Certainly this is my last post for a while, probably till I get back to the States on the 13th. Looks like this page is done.

End Days... on to Rhodes

These photos are unedited, so I immediately apologize for the quality. Right now I'm at the hotel in Rhodes and I'm trying to keep up. Our final test came and went. My distinct detachment from reality kept me sane. Immediately afterward we hit the Efes. Big family photo time. Then we finally hit the waves, a long held out goal of the semester. Beautiful. At the villa we brought together the whole cast of characters for a final dinner outside. This whole time it was Monique's birthday, so that night we threw down one last time in Apartment 3. With oh so little sleep, we hit the bars around 11. Sky Bar again was the first stop. Monique had 15 drinks that night. At Sky Bar she did this dance with her skirt while she was standing on the table.

I stayed with Andrea and Ayse because Ayse had a thing with bartenders. She kinda likes them and it created problems. Then she lost her purse, and wandering around looking for it at 4 am gave me a real sour last taste for Turks. At least Turkish men. My host family on the other had rocks. The came to see me off from the bus station before I left on this adventure, and gave me a bracelet that I'm still wearing.

Amanda, Arvand, Ayse, Alana, Aerin, and I caught a bus leaving Alanya at 8:30 pm, got to Antalya at 11:30 pm, Marmaris at 5:30 am, and into Rhodes at about 11. We saw the sights yesterday. Today we hired a sailboat to take us around. Lots of fun. DPE boys will get a kick out of some of these.

Alanya News Roundup

In recent events: I wrote 3 papers, and have take one out of three finals. I plan to leave on Friday, but my plane tickets are still even now up in the air. I have precious little time to deal. I finished my volunteering with the local school, though I've yet to complete my essays on the experience. Here are two photos we took with out class. Jinnyn came for the day too, and she's included.

Then it was Nili Hanım's birthday, so we went to Hotel Elisée which has a very nice infinity pool there by the water.

Then, last Friday, I hung out with my host family again. We went to watch the beach volleyball championship which happen in Alanya every year. Here's two from Ukraine playing two from Greece. There were Alanya Beach Wollyball Girls dancing in the breaks. Since the whole think was sponsored by Smart Car, they had those there, and here Celile and I are chilling in one.

Study Break

Saturday, May 13th. We've been doing essays for some time now, and we'll be doing them for the rest of the foreseeable future. This was intense collective stress release. We drank in the apartment, Arvand opened made friends with Johnny Walker, and Rob opened up the Beefeaters he'd brought from the Cairo airport. Monique for the first time went down the sketchy path the rest of us have been using this whole time. I ran into my host family at Skybar, which was great. I got kissed by the waiter at Skybar, which was offputting. I knocked over some teqila at Janus, which was stupid, and felt sick most of Sunday which was terrible for those papers.

No one is spared in these photos. Aerin has been decided among us to be the one who looks good here.

Also, I've been assured that hoya.georgetown.edu will be back up this week, now that the seniors running it are done with thier finals, so I may not have to invest in a dot com quite yet.