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The first year: March 2009
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Thursday, March 26, 2009. Spring blooms, and so: Istanbul. I keep my coat unbuttoned, I leave my windows open to breathe fresh air into the house. Sure, sure, nothing about the Greek winter really made me work for it, but it's still here! To celebrate the inaugural daffodil blooms around school, six of us took off for a long weekend in Istanbul. About an hour's flight from Athens, and about half as expensive once you're there - it was incredible. We stayed almost (almost! It's difficult to choose impress...
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The first year: September 2008
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008. Miss, Miss" and thoughts on foreignness. I think I have to reject the term. Wouldn't it be easiest to find yourself where your self. Has always been, safely in the context that you grew up in, nestled in among your roots? Maybe people do things like this not to find themselves, but to lose themselves, even if only for the duration of their stay. To not have the stability offered by hearth and home, to not know where they ought to be going and to literally not even know how.
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The first year: Return.
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Saturday, April 25, 2009. So many travelogues to follow. But for now: even when I was away, I was here. . Or here was there. Minotaur gets got in front of purple tree, Louvre. . Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). In anticipation of travel.
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The first year: One at a time: Copenhagen
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Saturday, May 2, 2009. One at a time: Copenhagen. Writing these is proving to be a daunting task. But don't worry, I took notes. First stop was Copenhagen, sparkling bit of Scandinavia that it is. There Erin and I stayed at a nice 2-star hotel near the train station, which is basically near downtown. The city was sunny and seemed to be just coming out of hibernation. People were very helpful, traffic was ludicrously. Nerd alert at the royal palace. The royal palace ( Rosenborg. Overall, the city was beau...
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The first year: October 2008
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Thursday, October 30, 2008. Wedding on Crete and transition to something new. Vasilis Church on Crete. Vasilis = Saint Basil = Greek Santa Claus). Empty church before the wedding I went to on Crete this past weekend. Incredible religious murals covering every inch of the walls and ceilings; standing room only crowds that didn't stop talking throughout the entire ceremony; the christening of the couple's daughter (as my friend Sevi. Drinking (absurd pictures available on facebook. Caught the bouquet. ...
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The first year: November 2008
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Sunday, November 23, 2008. If any of you have Skype, let's have a date! Monday, November 17, 2008. Learning to Sound Words Out, or How I learned to stop worrying and love cognates. Even if you don't read. A lot, you do read a lot. So now I can sound words out. The same skill level as a precocious kindergartner. However, when kindergartners. This is no life-threatening obstacle, I won't perish if I can't read some poorly spray painted graffiti or a movie poster starring Cameron Diaz. With anti-social tend...
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The first year: Back in action.
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Sunday, January 18, 2009. First full week of post-break work behind me and I'm finally over the jet-lag that had me turning form side to side until three every morning. Work was slower that normal last week just because I had to reschedule for the new semester. I've started teaching A Wrinkle in Time. 160;with a precocious 7 th. Not much, really. Everyone is in budget mode to save up for our various spring-break trips. My roommate and I (I've already written this, haven't I? But because of the cost of th...
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The first year: May 2009
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Monday, May 11, 2009. Prague: Cobblestones and sculpture. Prague as seen from hilltop monastery. What'd I do in Prague? Cerny's babies crawling up the T.V. tower. Resentment still lingers, it would seem. In other news, I'm coming home from Greece a month earlier than I'd planned. The program changed from what it was initially, and I decided to flee the Mediterranean in hopes of celebrating national independence in the homeland. I am excited to see you all! Lonely statue at dusk. Tuesday, May 5, 2009.
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The first year: In anticipation of travel.
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Sunday, April 5, 2009. In anticipation of travel. And continues to be here. And what of Athens? It continues to emerge from what brief and mild winter season it had. This week there was one of the strangest meteorological sign-posts for spring that I've ever experienced. For about three days, the sky turned bright white, and the air became heavy and clinging. The culprit? Get there from here. . Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). In anticipation of travel.
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The first year: January 2009
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Saturday, January 24, 2009. Last weekend was a bit too much weekend, if that's possible. Erin and I were out until the wee hours of dawn both nights and even though I managed to wake up before noon both days, I didn't exactly get the most out of the blissful two-day hiatus. So this weekend is a weekend for weekending. Which mostly means reading, and being outside. . Speaking of Change We Can Believe In (I wasn't), check out the new President! Way to go, America! And, speaking of travel (I was), I've just...
