Today is a blur. A sunny, potentially relaxing day in Prague but still a blur. I'm packing up my things because today marks my last day in Prague. I hope it's "just for now." I realized when I came here this time that my love of the Czech Republic wasn't going to be fulfilled by just coming for a couple months and doing my to-do list of sites. It's not a "if it's Tuesday, this must be Belgium kind of feeling." This is a life-long passion for a country that has only increased, not decreased with my three months here.
My 90 days in the Schengen zone is up, and I need to move somewhere out of the Czech Republic to apply for residency. I looked at Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Burma, and Russia in addition to Istanbul. Everyone raves about Istanbul. And I have a friend there. It made me count up how many times I've moved to a new place without knowing a soul: eight.
I have been truly blessed with incredible friends here in Prague, especially in my church home of St. Clement's Church. They sent me off with much love! Well, here, my chaplain tells it well. I'll let him tell it, you can read my plan, and I'll keep packing. And returning library books. And dropping off thrift items. You know what these kind of days are like! Click on this link to read my plan.
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Karen, all the best to you in Istanbul ~and~ in the residency effort! I wish I were even half as brave, adventurous and committed as you!!
Good luck with the trip and I hope you love Istanbul.
Come back soon at least in time for us to have that mushrooming expedition
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