Posts Tagged ‘beautiful’
29
Oct
Posted by Samantha in Serbia. Tagged: architecture, backpack, beautiful, bomb, French, pastry, serbia igor safe study abroad belgrade train hours pray country wikipedia, srbija, stories. 2 Comments
Yesterday I returned on the train with my backpack, a new scarf, and all sorts of new stories to tell. Serbia was far from what I expected, but absolutely beautiful. I had no idea what I was getting myself into though. Belgrade had huge gaping holes in some of the downtown buildings from when we [...]
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19
Oct
Posted by Samantha in greece. Tagged: abroad, beautiful, Bible, Christians, church, community, convert, Des Moines Farmers' Market, Drama, flickr, greece, home, Kavala, Lydia, museum bus, Paige, Paul, Philippi, Philippians, stones, students, Thessaloniki, walls. 1 Comment
On Saturday I was able to visit one of the deciding factors for studying abroad in Greece. I, Samantha, walked on the road that Paul traveled on time and time again as he helped spread the gospel and encouraged churches. My friend Paige and I took the bus about three hours from Thessaloniki to the [...]
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5
Oct
Posted by Samantha in greece. Tagged: abroad, afraid, altitude, backpack, bathroom, beautiful, big, bread, China, climbing, euro, experience, fog, friend, goat, greece, heights, here, imagine, lodge, mountain, Mt. Olympus, never forget, pictures, pray, rain, rocks, sleep, sore, style, sweat, time, water. 1 Comment
This past weekend I took my adventures to new heights, literally. Saturday morning started off a little rainy and quite foggy. I had no idea what to expect as we got off the bus and grabbed our backpacks. Much to my amusement, the bathrooms were just like the ones in China. For some reason I [...]
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23
Sep
Posted by Samantha in greece. Tagged: abroad, America, beach, beautiful, british, cigarettes, cool, English, friday, greece, greek, language, life, politics, school, thursday, tuesday, Turkey, U.S., watch. 1 Comment
Yesterday, I finally had classes and sat through an entire school day. Let me tell you, it was long. My first class starts at 11 a.m. and then my last class ends at 6:30 with only a break for lunch. By the time the bus comes around and takes us to our apartments it’s almost [...]
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17
Sep
Posted by Samantha in greece. Tagged: Aegean Sea, ancient, beautiful, busy, city, clutter, flickr, greek, intern, ruins, school, sleep, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, wallet. 4 Comments
The past week has felt like a blur. Between not getting enough sleep and walking around in a busy city without the slightest clue of where I’m going, it’s been interesting. My Greek is limited and so is my wallet. I have gotten the chance to see some pretty amazing things so far though. All [...]
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21
May
Posted by Samantha in China. Tagged: agriculture, beautiful, Chinese, class, English, foot massage, Hangzhou, language, pagodas, professor, snow, watermelon, wealthy, West Lake, xue, Ying Yang. 2 Comments
Made it to Hangzhou – a beautiful city with enough quiet to counter the noise. Out of the places we’ve been so far I’d live here. Thankfully, this is where we’ll spend most of the remainder of the trip. Yesterday we walked around the gorgeous West Lake here in town, complete with picturesque pagodas, walkways, [...]
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19
May
Posted by Samantha in China. Tagged: 30-hour, basic needs, beautiful, Beijing, Birdsnest, blue eyes, boat, China, city, dance, drink, food, google, hair, hand washing, highlights, home, Iron and Wine, lowlights, McDonald's, mountains, museum, nap, Olymic Center, Qutang Gorge, river, shop, shower, sick, sleep, toilet, traditional music, train, U.S., Watercube, white rice, Wu Gorge, Xling Gorge, Yangtze. 1 Comment
It’s been awhile and to be honest, a bit difficult to go without contacting anyone outside the boat the last several days. I’ve gone though some pretty remote areas throughout my ride on the Yangtze, which is quite the contrast from the city. In the city, everyone is loud and pushy, and of course some [...]
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12
May
Posted by Samantha in China. Tagged: airport, bargain, beautiful, Beijing, blog, boyfriend, China, fair, firewalls, food, Forbidden City, hotel, lawyer, picture, plane, sleep, starfish, swine flu, tourist. Leave a Comment
So, I’ve made it to China, more specifically – Beijing. The key word so far is definitely “beautiful”. I didn’t think so at first though. After coming to the end of the 13 1/2 hour flight we were stuck on the plane for awhile so masked airport security could come through and individually check each [...]
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