As I flipped through the news pages of Google today, I noticed a picture that looked exactly like the one from my photo album. I wondered why “my” picture of the Hagia Sophia was being used for an article. The new discovery and theory of the origin of the Indo-European family of languages pointing to Anatolia, present day Turkey, doesn’t surprise me at all. Neither does the theory that the language originated some 9,000 years ago there. As I read the article, I accepted the fact that the picture they used was not mine at all, although it looked like it. Then, a flood of memories came over me about all the spectacular experiences I had in Turkey. And then, I looked at ALL the pictures I took in Turkey. I miss the amazing high that I feel when I travel. I got extremely sad, like a little girl, because I cannot take another trip until January of 2013. As I am committed to starting classes for my Master’s degree, I secretly wish that I cannot meet the application deadline for next week so I can take a trip instead. Who knows? Maybe something will happen to keep me from starting classes this Fall. Maybe I can start classes in the Winter, which means January…
As I am still distraught about my Petra trip being cancelled/postponed in October, I feel the effects of Post Traumatic Travel Withdrawal emerging. As I am so, so sad, I look for every excuse to postpone the start of my Master’s program this Fall. I check for flights and fares to different places. I research cool hotels I want to stay at. And I dream about all the places I want to travel to before I die…
Since Google has a picture of the Hagia Sophia on their website today, I, too, will post one here that is different than the ones I shared earlier in my blog..
The epitome of stunning architecture.
It was SO beautiful!
