Comments on: “You Welcome, You Welcome Turkey” http://www.theottery.com/2006/09/%e2%80%9cyou-welcome-you-welcome-turkey%e2%80%9d/ "If an otter can't have fun doing something, it just simply won't do it." Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:04:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: theotter http://www.theottery.com/2006/09/%e2%80%9cyou-welcome-you-welcome-turkey%e2%80%9d/#comment-186 theotter Sat, 09 Sep 2006 13:57:08 +0000 http://www.theottery.com/2006/09/%e2%80%9cyou-welcome-you-welcome-turkey%e2%80%9d/#comment-186 Oh yeah, I forgot to explain that! K is a Ph.D. student in Byzantine art history, and her dissertation is on Byzantine representations of Mt. Sinai . . . thus we went to Istanbul (Constantinople) and Mt. Sinai! After I left from Cairo, K continued on to do some more research in Rome (at least I hope she did--last I heard from her, she was still stuck in Cairo). I would've liked to have seen Rome, too, but I couldn't bear to be away from my Porpoise and my Cherub any longer. K was able to get a research grant to pay most of her expenses, and the grant covered some of my lodging costs, too, since we were staying together, so I couldn't pass up the chance. Plus, it's always great to travel with someone who is as interested in "sacred space" as I am. More traveling tales (including ones about Sinai, which I haven't really mentioned yet) will follow over the next few days . . . Oh yeah, I forgot to explain that! K is a Ph.D. student in Byzantine art history, and her dissertation is on Byzantine representations of Mt. Sinai . . . thus we went to Istanbul (Constantinople) and Mt. Sinai! After I left from Cairo, K continued on to do some more research in Rome (at least I hope she did–last I heard from her, she was still stuck in Cairo). I would’ve liked to have seen Rome, too, but I couldn’t bear to be away from my Porpoise and my Cherub any longer.

K was able to get a research grant to pay most of her expenses, and the grant covered some of my lodging costs, too, since we were staying together, so I couldn’t pass up the chance. Plus, it’s always great to travel with someone who is as interested in “sacred space” as I am.

More traveling tales (including ones about Sinai, which I haven’t really mentioned yet) will follow over the next few days . . .

]]> By: Jillian http://www.theottery.com/2006/09/%e2%80%9cyou-welcome-you-welcome-turkey%e2%80%9d/#comment-185 Jillian Sat, 09 Sep 2006 13:38:29 +0000 http://www.theottery.com/2006/09/%e2%80%9cyou-welcome-you-welcome-turkey%e2%80%9d/#comment-185 Glad to have you back! So what prompted you to pick this destination? Glad to have you back! So what prompted you to pick this destination?

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