Yes ladies and gentlemen.... These are the BEST SOCKS EVER! My mom made these for my 27th birthday. This is definitely an awesome present. I had to open up the holidays by paying proper tribute to these socks. Oh... and Nils cut my hair too! Nice job, huh!
So... HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS, and HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone!! Nils and I had a few adventures before wrapping up 2008. Follow along as we take on our little two week adventure... :)
Christmas 2008
First stop... this really beautiful hotel... Hotel COOL (that's the actual name of the hotel!). We had the good fortune of working at a ski camp during Christmas week and getting all of our expenses paid for. What we had to do??
We had to teach ski classes every day from 10:30a to 1:00p and from 2:30p to 5:00p. Here's a group of Emily's students walking up the slope. (Cristiana, Andrei, and Andi)
Here's Nils with some of the students, (Robi and Anna), as they wait to get their ski gear
In the evenings, Nils and I would provide music, games, and crafts.
It snowed every day, which made it especially nice for skiing. By the end of the week, though, we were pretty wiped out.
New Year's 2008
Nils and I had planned on making a trip to Istanbul for New Year's. But even the best laid plans don't always work out. After making 3 trips to buy International tickets and being told that the strike in Hungary meant no trains to Istanbul, we decided to wait until after Christmas to get our tickets. In Bucuresti, at the train station, on our fourth visit to a CFR ticket office, we were told that all the tickets to Istanbul would sold out for the next three days and the strike in Hungary wasn't even related to trains traveling through to Istanbul. Oh well...
So instead, with the help of some well-travelled friends (thank you Elder and Sora Hanson!), we decided to tour more of Romania.
In Sibiu... a beautiful city which won the title "Cultural Capital of Europe" in 2007. Definitely worth seeing!
In Braşov, another wonderful city with lovely Christmas lights and old buildings.
And on New Year's Eve in Bucuresti, enjoying a celebration with local missionaries!
Though we miss and love you all very much, we are grateful for the many friends (new and old) who have helped make this holiday season in Romania warm and wonderful!
4 comments:
Those socks are AWESOME! I have an awesome pair of striped rugby socks. The only sad thing about cool long socks is that it's too warm in summer to wear them with shorts and in winter you can't show them off because it's so dang cold! Oh well. Way to show them off, Emily! And good job, Bronwyn, on making them. That is so impressive!
thanks Emmo! great updates. I neglected to even look at your website for a while, and BAM! 3 new updates with lots of great pictures. I feel almost like I'm there.
Thanks Sarah... I totally agree. It's hard to show off the cool socks.
Thanks Tobes. :)
Emily! The picture by the Christmas tree looks so nice! I didn't know other countries use tree's in their celebration as well. You and Nils are loaded with love, and fantastic personal experience! I'm so proud of You!
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