Congrats! You've tuned in for post number 2 of my Spring Break Adventure! And it came out earlier than expected! Sadly, the reason for this somewhat early post is because for the past two days i've been dealing with an obnoxious cold which has led me to have to
endure enjoy being drugged up in the solitude of my room and see what little sunshine I can through the
slit in the wall window. Okay, okay...it's not that bad. I mean, those were all true statements, but things could definitely be worse. It is only a cold after all. On the bright side, i've gotten lots of sleep, done
more work than you can possibly imagine some work, spent some good quality time with Jesus and watched a few movies! Not a terrible weekend, eh? AND I'm currently wearing the awesome pants I got in Turkey!
Alright, so Spring Break Part 2 bring us to
TURKEY! But where in Turkey you might ask? Or maybe not, if you got the chance to read my
itinerary post. But, in case you didn't...
ANTALYA.
Antalya was beautiful! It's an old city in Turkey off the Mediterranean coast. Actually, according to one of my friend's it's the third most visited city in the world! I don't know how accurate that is. But, interesting nonetheless. Anyways, Andrew and spent two days in Antalya at a hostel in the old portion of the city. It's really a pretty quick stop in terms of sight-seeing. However, what there is to see is wonderfully pretty. Plus, because it's so easy to see everything in the actual city of Antalya in one day, we spent the first day at the ruins of Termessos! Termessos is a city of ruins that lies on the Taurus mountain range that happens to have actually been able to defend itself from Alexander the Great due to its difficult access. And let me tell you, walking through the ruins (literally through/on/in/under) made you feel like you were in Lord of The Rings or some other epic adventure movie. LOVED IT.
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| walking past the baths. |
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| Tombs |
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| THEATRE! |
The next day we spent in Antalya exploring the old city.
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| I got to learn how to weave a carpet!=] |
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| Hostel! |
But that's just Antalya, after that we went to what I will openly call the most beautiful place I have EVER visited:
OLYMPOS.
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| walking to the beach |
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| oh, just ruins on the way to the beach |
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| can we note the mountains all around, ruins on the left, and the snow capped mountain in the background...all by this little strip of Mediterranean. |
There used to be a temple to Hephaestus, the Greek God of blacksmiths, metallurgic and fire here because of the natural fire rising form spots all over the mountain. If the rain or a human puts it out, it simply starts back up again. The true eternal flame.
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| our Hostel: Kadir's Treehouse. SO cool. |
See that?! it was so amazingly beautiful I couldn't describe it! I wish the pictures did it more justice. But, you'll just have to imagine being there. So, feel free to do that until the next segment of my Spring Break extravaganza comes out! Which, by the way, might be a bit because Tuesday morning I will be flying down to Luxor with some friends to visit Luxor, Aswan and Abu Simbel! I'm
super pumped about it! But am legitimately sorry to keep you waiting yet again. Love you all!
Take delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.
PSALM 37:4
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