a little more turkey...

Haggia Sophia was one of the coolest places I have ever been. I am obsessed with Istanbul.

The library in Ephasus

"What was that one place we went that had lots of pillars and antiquities and we took pictures jumping off of them?"

Oh yeah, that was pretty much everywhere we went. But this one is Pergamum.

The beautiful Lake of Nicea

First days in Turkey

beautiful SJ and I in front of the Blue Mosque

Our boat ride along the Bosphorus Strait 

Istanbul life jackets. We felt cool. Especially because we were on a ferry crossing Dardanelles on the way to Troy.

Outside our hotel in Canakkale

We are all obsessed with each other. Nothing is better than traveling with 82 of your best friends around Turkey.

Tel Aviv!

My first time in the Mediterranean Sea! It was such a magical moment.

The beautiful city

The start of our long day of eating. whatever, YOLO!

Marcie you are my #1

Eating lunch on the beach in Tel Aviv. We are living in heaven!

We spent all day at the Carmel Shuk market. We loved people watching and trying all of the different foods!

I was obviously dying over the mass amounts of candy everywhere. My sugar consumption is a serious problem and I am not even ashamed.

Cameron and I being romantic

These are just four of the trillion sunset pictures we took. It was SO beautiful! 

Our adventures through Jordan

Petra was one of the most spectacular places I have ever been! 

Just on a camel ride in front of the treasury! I was terrified while having the time of my life.

We were so happy that the sun finally came out! Such a beautiful hike!

Some of our favorite boys in front of the Monastery. We just wanted to prove that we were strong enough to pick them up.

I am so lucky to have such awesome friends to share these adventures with!

Our first view of the Dead Sea from the top of Machaerus, where some believe John the Baptist was beheaded.

We obviously had to pose in front of the Roman temple of Hercules.

Loved wandering around Jerash, one of the best-preserved Roman cities in the world.

Boy band pic in the Roman theater. We get sick of normal pictures so we have to get a little creative.

Learned a little more about Islam by going in this mosque.

The Jordan River was such a special place. Such a cool experience to spend some time here and sing church hymns with our class.

My first blog post ever!

My home for the next four months!

The view from the JC! so happy to have these girls with me here.

Our first trip to the garden tomb

My new favorite place in the world! I will be going here every week now.

love these girls so much

Western wall!

hahahaha Sam's scarf

St. George Monastery

We loved our field trip to Negev. So beautiful!

Avdat