Istanbul, Turkey

One of our favorite areas...Ortakoy. We are standing near a famous mosque and the bridge in the background connects two continents...Europe and Asia (we're on the European side in this picture). We took a 1-hour Bosphorous Boat tour with our dear friends Talya and Verda. It was so wonderful being back and spending time with all our dear friends. Don't I look ready for a country club outing in my new stylish Turkish hat?

Blahs about Blogging

Seriously this blog has been a funny thing, even 5 months before we started it. See the thing is, we felt conflicted. Especially Jenny who loves writing in her journal. The idea of an online journal just feels so public, so out there in cyberspace, who knows who is even reading it? But alas, 2.5 months into Israel we've decided it will be fun and if nothing else it's a great way to post pictures and put up things that we think/hope our friends and family will read (or at least pretend they do!)