I received a package from my mother the otherday which included a new battery for my laptop, dried persimmon and lip balm.
The new battery has provided new life to my practically ancient laptop (at least in an electronic sense) and now it's mobile and actually like a laptop. The dried persimmon- why send it from the States when it's available in Japan you may wonder- was grown by a family friend and my mother helped them peel and dry them. She was then thoughtful to send me some delicious, local dried fruit. Lastly, the lip balm is my favorite but like the laptop battery they won't ship abroad so i can to get my mother to re-ship them to me. This lip balm is amazing. It isn't easy to find and most of the lip balm I find here contain petroleum which apparently makes chapped lips worse and is also part of the addictive quality that leads many to think they need lip balm. It contains shea butter and smells like vanilla I swear it works miraculously as I've had chapped lips in the morning and applied it throughout the day and had smooth lips by the evening.
Anyway, I wanted to post more pictures from my trip. Spain, more of the Netherlands (I went through A'dam twice) and Turkey.
San Antonio, Ibiza
One of many beautiful coves
Adorable
La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
Casa Botllo
Unbelievably delicious paella in Barcelona
Foggy A'dam
Vondelpark
Wonderful canals of Amsterdam
Tasty fries
A little reminder of home
Sunset canal
Blue Mosque, Istanbul
beautiful interior
Aya Sofya, Istanbul
one of the fish boats
Looking from the European side to the Asian side
Famous mackerel sandwiches by the Bosphorous
Arches in the Grand Bazaar
Textiles in Kapali Carsi (Grand Bazaar)
Turkish sweets
Spice Market
What sort of adventures have you been up to?
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