I understand the concept now! Alison and I are in the Greek islands after spending 5 days in Athens with the hashers. Why 5 days in Athens? Well, Jim was so accomodating, took us to 4 barbecues in 2 days and to the island Agistri, where Alison had her first nude beach experience. We are so white we could signal airplanes from above, but I don't care. #30 sunscreen is for me, especially when it comes to the ass. Just ask Alison about that one....We went to Acropolis and saw the Parthaneon. It was a little anti- climatic, with all the scaffalding. The rebuilding project has been going on since 1983. Guess Jim was right, Greeks can be regarded as lazy at times. So now we are in Naxos, with it's beautiful mountains and hiking trails and gates of Apollo. The legend says when Istanbul is returned to Greece the doorway in the gate will miraculously appear. Friday we will be in Santorini where two hashers are hoping to meet up with us, then Monday we will be in Rhodes for a few days before taking the ferry to Turkey. Well, internet is almost as expensive here as Scandanavia, so I gotta log out now!
All my love,
Carla
Wednesday, July 24, 2002
Wednesday, July 17, 2002
Czech You later!
We spent a week in the Czech Republic, and had so much fun. It's amazing how often you can use the word "czech" in your everyday sentences! We stayed with our hasher friend, Geri, who works for the Austrian Embassy. She set us up with all the tourist comforts we could ask for, even a phone card! The astronomical clock in the square was anticlimactic, but the view of the tourists staring up at it from the top of the clock tower was very entertaining! We "czeched" out the castle and the cathedral, rented a paddle boat on the river, and visited Petrin Park with a fellow hasher/tourist, Dario from Italy, and Zhenya, Alison's friend from St. Petersburg, Russia. We went to a hash weekend in Kutna Hora with Geri (feel free to "czech" out the write up on the hash link atwww.crazyhappenings.com) and had an absolute phenomenal time. We made so many great new friends who are now like family to me that leaving was almost a tearful event. It's utterly amazing how many wonderful, generous people there are in the world. I feel I am the luckiest woman alive to be a part of their lives. Right now we are in Bratislava, Slovakia for a day or two, before flying to Athens, Greece. We were going to train it down, but realized the route take us through Yugoslavia, where a visa is required. I'm sure my family is most relieved I won't be traveling through Kosovo!
Love to you all!
Carla
Love to you all!
Carla
Tuesday, July 9, 2002
So I guess I'm Latvian?
Your great grandma was from White Russia. Possibly Latvia area—Hanna Horowitz-- Her mom was Sarha Dorkin. No wonder they liked you, you are kin!!!!!!!! - email from my Aunt Carol
That message was just toooo funny not to share with you all.
Right now we are in Krakow, and had a nice time chatting with two kiwi girls (from New Zealand) who gave us heaps of good advice on Turkey and shared their wonderful tourist stories from Croatia, and Bosnia. They are very adventurous, Alison and I couldn't imagine us taking a bus around Sarajevo. We heard from a Stockholm hasher that the hash there (yes, even Sarajevo hash a hash house harrier club!)can't set false trails as it makes the local military groups nervous when they see random people running all over the city in different directions yelling to each other. We spent the day yesterday in Auschwitz, quite intense. We couldn't believe how huge the place is, and with many of the original structures still standing. Today we're going to check out the Jewish neighborhood, where only150 Jews are left since the devastation of the holocaust. Next trip is Prague, where we are meeting up with hasher friends (the running club again!) and joining them for a weekend event in Kutna Hora. Thanks again for everyone who forwarded me my previously written email. And I still love hearing from all of you who respond, even if it's just a line. They all make me smile.
Love, Carla
That message was just toooo funny not to share with you all.
Right now we are in Krakow, and had a nice time chatting with two kiwi girls (from New Zealand) who gave us heaps of good advice on Turkey and shared their wonderful tourist stories from Croatia, and Bosnia. They are very adventurous, Alison and I couldn't imagine us taking a bus around Sarajevo. We heard from a Stockholm hasher that the hash there (yes, even Sarajevo hash a hash house harrier club!)can't set false trails as it makes the local military groups nervous when they see random people running all over the city in different directions yelling to each other. We spent the day yesterday in Auschwitz, quite intense. We couldn't believe how huge the place is, and with many of the original structures still standing. Today we're going to check out the Jewish neighborhood, where only150 Jews are left since the devastation of the holocaust. Next trip is Prague, where we are meeting up with hasher friends (the running club again!) and joining them for a weekend event in Kutna Hora. Thanks again for everyone who forwarded me my previously written email. And I still love hearing from all of you who respond, even if it's just a line. They all make me smile.
Love, Carla
Tuesday, July 2, 2002
Hello from Latvia!
Right now we are in Riga, Latvia. I'm actually checking my email from the US Deputy Ambassador to Latvia's downtown apartment in Riga. She's 37, and she's in charge of the US Embassy, next in line after the ambassador. She's a hasher, that's how we met her. All the hashers here were SO excited to see us arrive at a hash, we are the first American hash visitors since they started the hash a few years ago, so we got a huge warm welcome, and she threw an impromptu party so we could all hang out some more. We also met the Latvian Ambassador from the EU!! What a riot! I explained how to upload photos to yahoo so his wife can see their new apartment before she moves here :)
We extended our stay in Latvia for 3 more days cause it's so fun. Tonight we are going to Karaoke at the main beer tent in town, and tomorrow we are taking a day trip somewhere to get out of the city and tomorrow night we are going to see this hasher (latvian but Russian descent) sing in an Irish band. The other singer is English, there really is no Irish people in the band. Should be a hoot!
After we leave we are headed to Lithuania. A guy we met in Estonia is meeting us there, then we go to Poland, and then to Prague! The hash is having a huge weekend event 2 hours outside the city. We are going to that, and then a hasher invited us to stay at her apartment for a few days. Literally, our luck HAS to run out soon. We have met so many nice, nice people. At almost every hash we go to, someone knows someone from the Boston hash, or someone we have met along the way. By the time we get to India, we might already know half the people at the hash event in Goa!!! Mom, not to worry, everyone looks out for us because they think we need someone to look out for 2 cute women traveling alone. It works out quite nicely!
Another funny thing, everyone thinks Carla and I are lesbian lovers. Okay, not everyone, but 3 people on 3 different occasions have asked us if we are girlfriends. They think we get along too well to be just friends.
One more thing, Alison and I just uploaded tons of photos to the newsletter yahoogroup, check them out. They are funny!
Miss you, love, Carla
We extended our stay in Latvia for 3 more days cause it's so fun. Tonight we are going to Karaoke at the main beer tent in town, and tomorrow we are taking a day trip somewhere to get out of the city and tomorrow night we are going to see this hasher (latvian but Russian descent) sing in an Irish band. The other singer is English, there really is no Irish people in the band. Should be a hoot!
After we leave we are headed to Lithuania. A guy we met in Estonia is meeting us there, then we go to Poland, and then to Prague! The hash is having a huge weekend event 2 hours outside the city. We are going to that, and then a hasher invited us to stay at her apartment for a few days. Literally, our luck HAS to run out soon. We have met so many nice, nice people. At almost every hash we go to, someone knows someone from the Boston hash, or someone we have met along the way. By the time we get to India, we might already know half the people at the hash event in Goa!!! Mom, not to worry, everyone looks out for us because they think we need someone to look out for 2 cute women traveling alone. It works out quite nicely!
Another funny thing, everyone thinks Carla and I are lesbian lovers. Okay, not everyone, but 3 people on 3 different occasions have asked us if we are girlfriends. They think we get along too well to be just friends.
One more thing, Alison and I just uploaded tons of photos to the newsletter yahoogroup, check them out. They are funny!
Miss you, love, Carla
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