The hardest part was finding the room. Seriously, this semester is going to be the easiest one I've ever had.
Oh, and one of my prof's said he could put me in touch with some NGO's in Cyprus, how cool is that? Tomorrow when I can get onto my email again, I'll send him one so he can forward it to them. Wish me luck! I'm not really sure what I'm hoping for yet...
I attempted to make tzaziki spread today... and oh man it's amazing :D
I've gotta cut down on my consumption though, because groceries here are expensive!
Oh yeah, and we went to the other side of the island a couple days ago-- the Turkish side.
A few years ago they declared themselves a separate country, but they aren't recognized by any country except Turkey. We had to show our passports, but they only stamp the visa. I now have a visa and stamps from a country that legally doesn't exist!
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It's been a wild couple of days. A couple of girls I hadn't met yet went with me to search out different spots around town, and we were supposed to meet up with the rest of the kids in our program at some restaurant. Sounds good, right? So last night a whole bunch of us went out to a sports bar at 7 to watch the presidential inauguration. We were nearly the only ones there (usually the bars don't even open until 11 for the sports bars and 1am for some of the better clubs) but we made a lot of noise. There was much cheering for Obama, and much booing for Rick Warren, and the bartender sent us all a round of shots to celebrate, and then one of the kids announced that he had brought a ridiculous amount of American flags in his luggage, and later hung a full-sized one in one of our apartments. At midnight one of the girls on our trip turned 21, so basically, much celebrating... for some people, TOO much celebrating. So we went out last night, got a taxi downtown, went out to a sushi bar (yes, again, we sort of missed out on the whole Cyprus thing) and then went barhopping. I DID have local beer, which was actually really good, I'd recommend it if you're ever in the area. ... And by "it," I mean me. My last day at home! Tomorrow morning Mom is driving me to the airport, and for the next three days, I'll be living in airports, because it takes two days to GET to Cyprus, and then the shuttle doesn't come to take me to my new apartment until a full 24 hours after I arrive! I did get my housing assignment though, and I apparently got one of the best apartments, and I'll be sharing with three other girls: Emily, Regina and Alana. I hope they're as cool as their names... |
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February 2009
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