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Capturing Moments: War Tactics, Old City, Rhodes

Posted in Capturing Moments, Island Life, tagged , , , , , , , on May 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Rhodes is full of history and war; inside the old city are remnants of that time….
and now a closer look……

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Capturing Moments: Old City, Rhodes

Posted in Capturing Moments, Island Life, tagged , , , , on May 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »

(Someone’s thirsty)

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Capturing Moments: Beach Umbrella Series, Rhodes

Posted in Capturing Moments, Island Life, tagged , , , , on May 7, 2009 | 7 Comments »

(in tribute to my afternoon at the beach)

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Sunshine, Touring, and too many pictures to choose from…

Posted in Island Life, tagged , , , , , , on May 6, 2009 | 7 Comments »

I had such a great day today, opposite of my rainy one yesterday! The sun came out and now I see why people love Rhodes so much…its amazing here!  
I woke up early, and after breakfast headed to the Old City.  My hotel is amazingly located close to the Old City and the beach, perfect! [...]

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Rain, Gloom, and Bathroom Dilemma

Posted in Island Life, tagged , , , on May 5, 2009 | 10 Comments »

Its been rain and gloom since I arrived yesterday, needless to say I’ve been spending most of my time in my room…

I’ve traveled a lot over the years, so I know there are many different ways of living; but please help me out here.  How am I supposed to take a shower here….
 without drenching everything [...]

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Off to Rhodes

Posted in Island Life on May 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I am leaving to go to the airport for my trip to Rhodes.  Please pray for travel safety and grace with the airport security (oh, and good weather).  I really don’t want to go through the interrogation like last time, its such a huge process!  Hopefully, I will have internet access at some point there, [...]

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Capturing Moments: Nicosia

Posted in Capturing Moments, Island Life, tagged , , , , on February 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »

This is a street in Nicosia that runs between the Greece and Turkey border.  I took it cuz of the message on the wall, pretty ironic considering the circumstances surrounding the area.

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Mediterranean Monday: Cyprus

Posted in Island Life, Mediterranean Monday, tagged , , , , on February 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Since I’m here in Cyprus until tomorrow, I thought I would write about it for my Med. Monday topic.  Technically, it is a Mediterranean Country, so it fits in nicely.  
From Tel Aviv to Larnaca, it is only a 50 minute flight.  Cyprus is a small island right off the coast of Israel, and it [...]

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It’s all Greek to me!

Posted in Island Life, Language Linguistics, tagged , , , , on February 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »

This morning I attended a church here in Nicosia.  The service was all in Greek of course, but luckily I had a translator (thanks, Penny!). As we sang some hymns, I thought about how many different services I have attended all over and in how many different languages.  It was a pretty cool thought, one [...]

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Cyprus…here I come

Posted in Island Life, Life on the Outside, tagged on February 3, 2009 | 8 Comments »

In a few days I have to leave and head across the Sea to Cyprus.  I wasn’t too thrilled about this concept, but its starting to grow on me.  Now that I have my ticket and a place to stay, I’m actually looking forward to experiencing life on the island.  I have to stay at [...]

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