Top Ten

Around this time last year, I wrote a photo-blog listing my top ten experiences of the first year of my fellowship. This past week, I’ve been sentimental about how my second and final year of this fellowship is soon ending. The annual JDC Germany staff meeting, which took place this week in Germany on the gorgeous Swiss border, was a fantastic way to say goodbye to all the great women I’ve worked with in the past two years. We met with Alberto Senderey, the Executive Director of JDC Europe and enjoyed a great evening at Lilis together, where she served Russian specialties to the delight of our staff. They explained each dish to me (think mayonnaise, white fish, beets, cheese and more mayo!). At the end of the evening, I received a card signed by the whole staff and a beautiful gift.

In the spirit of saying adieu, here are the top ten of the last year:

Oct. '10 - Home in Bexley, Ohio for the first time in a year

Oct '10: Sabina and Sarah join JDC and make work so much more fun. Here we are in February heading to a staff meeting in Freiburg.

Nov. '10 - Sarah and I venture 6 hrs by train to visit JSC fellow Jeremy in Warsaw. We saw the changing of the guards while touring the city one evening.

Dec. '10 - Celebrating my 24th birthday with great friends at Kimchi Princess Restaurant.

Dec '10/Jan '11 - Ringing in the New Year the best way possible. A Mexican dinner in Palm Beach with my sisters.

Feb '11: Exploring the abandoned Teufelsberg in Berlin

Mar. '11 - Instanbul with JDC!

Apr. '11 - Pesach seder for young adults sponsored by JDC

May '11 - Babysitting Chucky for a week. We still miss him!

May '11 - Last year Amsterdam, this year Stockholm. Always an amazing trip when travelling with Sofie!