Some scenes from Turkey

Here is a nice picture of Nicole and I, when we went to go visit the Sumela Monastery. For the record, as Nicole has mentioned it already on her blog, we are engaged now. Notice the llamas on our sweaters.


Here is the Sumela Monastery, built somewhere around the 3rd or 4th century


Here is a picture of me in my ski gear, taken by Nicole. A wonderful landscape, really. Following is a wider view


So here's a view from the bus of the landscape around Erzurum. Pretty impressive. In Trabzon it's always early Spring, but here it is definitely winter.


Here is a nice view of the Black Sea coastline from Ataturk's Pavilion in Trabzon. You don't see the coastal landfill in this picture. A nice view, one that we don't really get from Nicole's apartment.

Well, I leave in two day's time to Madison. I hope everyone is well, and I'll see you all sometime.