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When I thought Spain couldn't get any more beautiful...

Last week we took a retreat to the north side of the island for some r&r :) We had to hike about an hour and a half along the coast to get to the house. We had no electricity so we lived by candle light (and flashlight ha). Some of us had to camp because there weren't enough rooms in the house. Megan and I were lucky enough to have our own little quaint tent:) I have the greatest best friend in the world because she set up our whole tent before I even got to the campsite! She knows me well and knew I would be no help ;) True best friends :) It was beautiful! We cooked yummy food, played beach volleyball, hiked, and had some really good bible studies as a group. I had some really sweet times with the Lord on this trip. It was rad to be able to get away from the busyness of life and just sit in God's beautiful creation and have quiet time with Him. God is so good! 

We hiked along this beautiful cliff to get to the house 

Our little tent :)

Meg & Me 

How beautiful is this?!

Phil, Roy, Megan and me waiting to play volleyball

Warming up by the fire

Our first morning sunrise there

Cooking with Roy and Amy

Playing in the Mediterranean waves

I swear this wasn't photoshopped... truly THIS color and THIS beautiful!

Extreme Hike...

So a few weekends ago we all packed up our backpacks and headed into one of the most extreme hikes we've ever been on! We hiked down crazy mountains, climbed over HUGE boulders, squeezed through tiny caves that opened up to the edge of a 30 ft mossy rock that we had to climb down, and swam through 40 degree waters with our 20 pound backpacks above our heads.... SO much fun!

Megan and I were all packed and ready to leave for the hike!

Yes thats a smooth, mossy rock we had to climb down...

So because of the large amount of rainfall they had the week before we hiked...there were some unexpected pools of 40 degree water... that we had to swim through with our backpacks above our heads. Megs and I were FREEZINGGGG. ANSWER: Body heat

The end view of the hike... BEAUTIFUL!

Greek Life...

So because the pictures take so long to upload on this, and because I've already uploaded all the pictures to my facebook... Im just going to explain each day of my trip and then give you the link to facebook for the corresponding pictures :)

SO...

Wednesday September 29...

The day started at 4 AM for our early flight from Palma to Athens, Greece. There were 9 of us total, including Raf and Loretta (pastor / head guy of our school and his wife). We rented a 9 seater van and journeyed up and down Greece for 7 days! We started in Athens and spent 2 days there! We visited Mars Hill where Paul preached and we were able to see the outside of the Acropolis where the temple of Athena, called the Parthenon, stands (since 5th century BC). We journeyed around the city and ate the most DELICIOUS greek salads and Gyros (Pita with lamb, tomatoes, onion, and tzatziki sauce) and of course we had gelato :) Our hotel was in the center of Athens surrounded by a pocket of streets that, for some unknown reason, wasn't under Greek jurisdiction. This means that the Athens police couldnt enter this part of town. You can imagine the plethora of illegal activities that take place there... and THAT was right where our hotel (more like hostel) was located! haha... it was interesting to say the least!


Pictures of Athens: Click here!

Thursday, September 30th...

The second day we began our morning with a cafe con letche at a cute little coffee shop at the bottom of Mars Hill. We toured the Acropolis that afternoon... with the rest of the world who apparently thought it was a good day to visit as well. ha, there was a cruise ship in Athens and all the passengers were touring too... SO many people! Our tour guide was this little old greek man who we ended up loosing during the tour haha... so Loretta, the history buff, lead our tour instead! When we came to a building or statue we didn't know about, we just made up our own history;) We went through the Flea Market of Athens as well as the meat and fish market... THAT was interesting!! 


Later on that day we visited the city of Corinth. We were able to see the Bema seat and tour some cool museums. There is this whole temple/city on a hill that we called Hooker Hill because the temple/city was the home for all women...and all of these women were prostitutes. I cant recall what the actual name of temple was... so for now its Hooker Hill ;) It was beautiful! We hiked to the top of it and the view was BREATHTAKING! 


Pictures of Corinth: Click here!

Friday, October 1st...

We drove 7 hours to Thessaloniki and moved into our new hotel... this time we were in a MUCH better area and we had a Starbucks across the street! The bathrooms are SO small in Europe its crazy. Our shower was just a 4 inch deep hole in the floor and a faucet, the toilet was right next to the shower... and when I say right next to I mean you could sit on the toilet and shower at the same time! We all went out and shopped a bit, watched the sunset, and went to this really hip, modern club/restaurant and ordered dessert! It was a lot of fun...and we took WAY too many pictures. :)

Saturday, October 2nd...

We had devos together as a group and then made our way to a tour bus that would give us a really lame, hard to understand tour of the city haha... so we decided to get off at one of the stops and just tour the city we were in... wherever that was haha...  We went into several different churches and historical domes and buildings. Everything began to look the same so we decided to mix it up by taking silly pictures everywhere we went. Then it began to rain! Which non of us were prepared for, but we made the best of it and you guessed it... took lots of pictures!


Pictures of Thessaloniki: Click here!

Sunday, October 3rd...

We all piled into the car that morning after devos and drove a few hours to the old city of Philippi. It was really neat to see the old pillars and market place of the Romans and the Greeks. We, of course, took a ton of pictures AND video;) We drove about 30 min to the city of Kavala and ate a delicious greek salad and enjoyed the harbor view of the city;) On our way to our next hotel that afternoon we stopped by the Aegean Sea where a few of the brave boys swam around for bragging rights ha... and the rest of us bundled up and TOOK MORE PICTURES.... haha I didnt really realize how often we took pictures until now ha...  but its a good thing... hopefully you feel as if you were there too ;)


That night...after getting lost trying to find a gas station... we were driving on the cold, rainy freeway and all of the sudden we realized there was a man trying to wave down someone to help him with what looked like a flat tire. So after we pulled over and Raf ran across the dangerous, dark, and rainy freeway, he drove the helpless man's car to the other side of the freeway. The guy's car was on the onramp of the freeway and halfway into one of the lanes so it was super dangerous to change a tire there! One of the boys in our van came back from helping Raf and told us that the guy with the flat was deaf and Raf had no clue how to communicate with him. What are the odds that I KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE?! I jumped out of the car and ran out in the rain to the guy and started signing to him... the only bummer was he knew GREEK sign language and I knew AMERICAN sign language. Some of the signs were the same so we were able to communicate to him to not drive over 100 kmph or over 100km in distance. The scarriest thing was that he couldn't hear the oncoming traffic so he would lean way out  into the road to see the tire Raf was changing and I would have to quickly grab his arm and pull him in before he got hit by the oncoming semi-trucks and cars! We exchanged phone numbers with him and gave him a hug and the next day he texted Raf and told us he got a friend to translate his text into english... He was extremely thankful and said "he gives his heart to us forever for what we did" and "wishes us a good life" haha...  God is so good! It was such a miracle we were lost beforehand, who knows what would have happened to him if we didnt get him off the freeway when we did! We got to our hotel that night and it was like the equivalent of a W hotel in the states and it was like right on the water! We had brand new furniture and sheets and clean showers with normal-flushing toilets! 


Pictures of Philippi:Click here!

Monday, October 4th...

This was our last day in Greece and it was BEAUTIFUL! The town of Delphi is up in the mountains and it was breathtaking. The old ruins were great to see, we crawled through this underground tunnel and took pictures... it was scary but fun. The town was quiet and peaceful and the view from our hotel was so great!

Pictures of Delphi: Click here

Tuesday, October 5th...

The trip was amazing and we made a ton of memories! Hopefully this post will catch you all up to date with my life so far... now Im just back in the swing of things with classes and homework! We have the X-treme Hike this saturday that will apparently be 5 hours and incredibly intense... so pictures to follow!

xoxo Sharrah

I promise Im studying!

Megan and I decided it would be good to post some pictures of us actually doing homework... so here ya go! We realized that she doesn't need to make her own blog because were always together so its like both of our blogs...haha.

Studying for Church History....

Megan sitting in "her chair" reading :)

God is doing amazing things here. He's growing and stretching me in ways I didnt expect...which is a good thing but also a little uncomfortable and challenging. I absolutely love my roommates! Today we had our first "flat meeting"... I made this delicious egg scramble with feta cheese, tomatoes, pesto, avocado, and spinach... it was DELICIOUS! We also had a bible study together and it was so neat to see how God put us all in the same room. We were able to encourage one another in different areas and pray for one another. God is SO good! Everyone helps everyone out with laundry and dishes... I seriously don't foresee a fight ever happening! Im loving it out here! We leave in like 10 days for Greece so keep us in your prayers! Cant wait to visit the places where the Apostle Paul actually taught and lived in...it will be great! Pictures to follow!

Our roommates :) Marlene, Kat, me, Meg, and Kira

To see more pictures of the school click here

Medieval Festival :)

Last night after church... (and a nice little siesta :) ) we all got ready and headed down to the beach for the Medieval Festival that they have at the end of every summer in Santa Ponsa. They have all these gypsies that bring out their leather and sea shell jewelry and all natural soap bars and sell them for 40 euros a pop... dont worry mom and dad, Im budgeting well! The best part was the food... aside from the many health codes that were most definitely broken... its DELICIOUS! At the end of the Festival they have fireworks right on the beach... its incredible!

I swear I'm doing school work too... its just not that exciting to post about... maybe I will post some pictures of the school so its more believable ;)

click here to see the pictures!

Day trip to Valldemossa and Soller...

We took a day trip to the other side of the island today... it was SO beautiful and SO much fun! I finally was able to put some pictures up on the actual blog site...but you can see more on the other link...just click here

Megan and me at this really beautiful look out spot on the way to Soller (Pronounced sole-air)

Erica, 

(serge), me, and megan in Soller

Definitely accomplished the "silly picture" task!

yeaahhhh..... no explanation, just me being weird? 

;)