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Let's Talk About Food
This isn't a food blog, but we need to take a sec and talk about just how good it is here. Over the weekend I had a meal that changed my...

Grace M. Hermes
Jul 23, 20193 min read
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Under the Lights
When I agreed to play football with the Turkish students this weekend, I didn't really know what I was getting myself into. I was ready...

Grace M. Hermes
Jul 16, 20194 min read
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Adventures in Antalya
At 6:30am our whole group of Oles, volunteers, and Turkish students piled sleepily onto the busses and started making our way to Antalya...

Grace M. Hermes
Jul 11, 20193 min read
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Sapadere Canyon and Selge
For our first weekend off, the St. Olaf team took two day trips up into the mountains. We piled in Tim's little white car and zoomed...

Grace M. Hermes
Jun 25, 20193 min read
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Introducing Antiochia
Each day we leave for the site at 5:30am and split into our teams after breakfast. The excavation at Antiochia ad Cragum is run by St....

Grace M. Hermes
Jun 21, 20192 min read
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Off to Turkey
Well, I've made it through security for my first flight! Over the next 24 hours I will be making my way to the town of Gazipasa, Turkey...

Grace M. Hermes
Jun 15, 20192 min read
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Above Assisi
A poem from January written while spending time in Assisi. Winner of the St. Olaf Travel Writing Contest

Grace M. Hermes
May 20, 20191 min read
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Grab Your Passport
Welcome to my blog! I'll be kicking things off with an overview of where I will be for the next six months. 2019 is going to be big.

Grace M. Hermes
May 20, 20192 min read
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