These last few days have been a blur. I left central asia in the middle of the night, and twenty hours later was in oxford england! Talk about reverse culture shock! Fortunately I had Jared around to take care of me, which really helped. Shout out to Jared for being a gracious host!
I know I haven't written much about central asia-I just don't have the words to encapsulate it briefly and am still processing, so ask me about it in a month and maybe I can express it.
Then Oxford was amazing but also overwhelming, mostly because of its contrasts to where I'd just been: three HUGE bookstores within a block of each other, libraries, young students, churches not mosques, the college where CS Lewis taught, museums that are free and amazing, beautiful olf architecture, wow. Then on Thursday London: more amazing museums (VandA, British museum) where I got ready for India by looking at amazing Indian art and reading about the history. An overnight flight and now I'm in India, completing my third time change of the week. I feel like I'm in a movie here. Saris everywhere, hindu and bahai temples, sikhs, ancient mughal tombs and mosques-wow.
Still no direction on exactly what to do in January! Right now its the states unless I hear otherwise.
