Ingrid Jorud
I am a junior at Concordia College spending Spring Semester in Greece, Crete, and Turkey. Ingrid Anne
Looking forward to memories that will last a lifetime and seeing the land that has nurtured many other lifetimes! The birthplace of enlightenment!
Travel Blog Posts
I Think I'll go to Boston...
Published: November 29th 2008North America » United States » Massachusetts » Boston
November 29th 2008
I recently to a short little jaunt to Boston to visit some internships. This is the story... I got to the airport at about 5:00 in the morning for a 6:00 am flight to Chicago and then scooted over to Boston on the plane i sat next to a Vietnam vet who was going to Rhode Island to give a flag to some family members of his buddy from the war who had died. It was touching to hear who he had procured a military funeral for a friend he hadn't seen in years and didn't seem to have any family. The first person I met in Boston was my cab driver, who came here from Africa when he was younger, and get this - he lived first in the Twin Cities! His family still lives ... read more
April 28th 2008
Since my last entry, I have returned to Athens to end my semester in Greece with the Credo program. The last two days were spent in Athens just enjoying my fellow travelers and going out into the city for the last time. The day it was time to split up the group, six of us went on to Rome (Roma), two to Paris, two on a rail adventure across Europe, one to Spain, one to London, and another to literally travel the world. We reached the Rome airport and at first thought we were going to take the metro to our hostel until we were bombarded with a shuttle service offering to take us for 12 euro each and as it turns out to take the train would have been 11 euro because we were 35 ... read more
Farewell Turkey, but Not Forever
Published: April 18th 2008Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia
April 18th 2008
Technically I am not in Cappadocia at this moment; I am actually sitting the hotel lobby waiting to go to the airport to fly to Athens. My time in Turkey has ended, but I will be back hopefully soon in my life. Since my last entry, I have went to a natural hot springs in Pammukale and then headed out east to central Turkey in the region of Cappadocia. This area is amazing to be sure! The rock called tuff is a volcanic rock that is soft enough to dig homes and cities out of. In this area I went to an underground city which was nine levels and explored the long tunnels and rooms that seem to appear out of nowhere. A hike was later on that day which led to several churches that were ... read more
April 12th 2008
Travels through Turkey continue as I am currently making my way east from the coast of the Aegean and Mediterranean area. Since I left Istanbul, the first stop was the ancient city of Pergamon which once boasted one of the largest libraries next to Alexandria until it was moved to Ephesus. I have seen more Roman era ruins since entering Turkey than Hellenistic sites. At least one exception however would be the Homeric city of Troy. There are actually nine different cities built upon the ruins of the one before it. I have seen the church of St. John the Evangelist, the house of the Virgin Mary where she lived after the death of Christ, the city of Miletus, the temple of Artemis (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world) the green marble columns ... read more
April 8th 2008
Arriving in Istanbul was better than I imagined! The streets were lined with tulips everywhere. This week is also the tulip festival that they have every spring. Driving down Kennedy Street was absolutely gorgeous with the red, pink, white, yellow, purple, and orange tulips. We rounded the corner and drove between the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia (Church of St. Sophia). That first night we ate at a restaurant in a hotel that over looked the Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia and watched the sun set over them and then they were lit when the sun was down. The view was just amazing, one of the best I've seen so far. So far in Istanbul I have been to the Archaeological museum (which I would argue is one of the best in the world), ate ... read more
April 7th 2008
Since my last update, I have spent my "Spring Break" in the Cycladic isles of Greece. First was Tinos, where it was windy and rained about half the time I was there. However, they generally don't get much rain so it was good for the island but too bad for us. While on Tinos I saw the pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Tinos which houses a special old icon of Mary. There was also a bus tour of the island which included two small villages that we toured and ate lunch in. In one our group doubled the population just by entering. At this place we saw a basket weaver and viewed the terrain which looks like the possible surface of the moon with all its round stones just sitting on the landscape. Tinos is ... read more
March 27th 2008
Since I last wrote, two weeks ago, I have had limited access to the internet. This update is long overdue. To continue the journey, I went to Rethymno which is the third largest city on Crete. It was located right on the coast and had great beaches. There wasn’t much planned there except for free days that were spent shopping, going to a health club, running along side walls with crashing waves, and laying on the beach. The next stop was the Orthodox Academy about a half and hour from Hania. I stayed there for two nights and learned more about the workings of the people of Crete to create a better country and community by the year 2020. I also went to an Orthodox church service called Icon Sunday and visited a workshop where they ... read more
March 12th 2008
Well I'm not exactly in Rethymno, but will be soon. Currently I am in a charming little village called Katalagari. We are getting the village experience while living in a place that is so beautiful I would come back in a second. It is called Katalagari country suites and we are staying in a mini apartment with everything from a separate bed room to a flat screen TV with DVD player to a kitchen to a washing machine to a huge bath with a jacuzi and we have a lawn with an amazing view of the Cretan valley. Since I last wrote I have went to the beach for the day, if I didn't already mention that, went to a hookah bar, climbed the venetian walls, went to a ceramics place, an organic market (this was ... read more
March 5th 2008
Iraklion is a great city! I have found the people here to be much more friendly than in Athens, as far as just people on the street. Since coming to Crete, our group has been accompanied by Olin Storvick, a retired faculty from the Classics department at Concordia. His life is truly interesting and he has so much information to share that it has been great having him along to explain certain sites. Since arriving, we have seen the Archaeological Museum, the Historical Museum of Crete, Knossos, Phaestos, Matala, Lasithi Plateau, the cave of Zeus's hiding after his birth, Malia, Church of St. Titus in Iraklion, the Aquarium which housed all types of fish from the Mediterranean, Nikos Kazantzakis's tomb, an ancient Dorian city site that we had to jump the fence to get into, and ... read more
The question everyday is: So what have you done today, well, I...
Published: March 1st 2008Europe » Greece » Crete » HeraklionMarch 1st 2008
2-22-08 The full day in Delphi was spent by first going to the site itself. We walked from our hotel to the site and took a tour. I will admit it was not what I was expecting. I thought it was just a few ruins or what one usually sees on postcards of Delphi. It was much, much more. There were many treasuries, the Temple to Apollo as he provided the oracles the visions, a stadium for games, a theater for the games, and of course the navel of the universe. It was a beautiful day so the site was even more amazing. Next we moved across the road to the gymnasium for the Athletes, the temple of Athena, and the Tholos, which is what is in most of the pictures of Delphi. I climbed up ... read more
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