My sweet little niece, Natalie, Christmas morning

My parent's backyard with a view of Lake Ontario. Wanna swim?

Buffalo, NY (aka Siberia!)

This is what the roads look like here!

The fellowship of the carpool...

...has disbanded for now. Our last lunch in Nyack.

We took this picture with no flash so you can adore the ambiance of the Xmas lights. Ahh...

Oh Christmas tree...oh Christmas tree...

Hmmm...BBQ!

So thankful to Angie for hosting me in Arkansas for Thanksgiving. I had the best time!

Starting my Thanksgiving right

Brooklyn, NY (Little Uzbek cafe)

Thanks, Lana, for the trip down memory lane (or Brighton Beach)!

Oh, Uzbek food, how I have missed that Korean carrot salad.

Russian menu

Borcht!

In the Russian food store, Brooklyn, NY

In front of the Russian bread store

Mongolian BBQ!

Two Greeks and a Gyro

At lunch with the seminary car pool. The best Margarita pizza!

Group 2 from Russian studies. I miss those classes after lunch dissecting the genitive plural case!

Our crazy Israel group

An exotic camel ride in a parking lot

Exploring the ruins of ancient Israel. I am pretty sure I discovered something important.

Why I went...

Jerusalem!

Proof

I promise.

Just call National Geographic.

One of my favorites: The Western Wall

Dr. Widbin: "We can take this mountain!"

Susan: "No we can't. It's too hot."

Happy as a calm in his ruins.

Israeli salads are the best!

Our very own Indiana Jones, professor and archaeologist

Don't leave home with out your very own South Carolina BBQ sauce. (And of course your Confederate flag)

Our Russian summer class and staff.

Making Russian pelmeni!

My Russian classmates. They are headed to Tajikistan! You can tell they are all medical people because they are eating their carrots.

Our Russian table at lunch time.