25/1-15: Beautiful view and beautiful people @ Lake Sinclair

The view from our lake house

The boys sitting at the dock

Our three story weekend-home

Sunset over Lake Sinclair

Basak and Ozge made Turkish coffee and read our fortunes

My morning walk/run around the neighborhood

I sidste weekend var jeg på endnu en GRSP tur - denne gang havde vi selv planlagt det hele, og det eneste der var på programmet var hygge :-) 

Vi havde fundet et stort lake house ved Lake Sinclair som ligger mere eller mindre i midten af Georgia. På den måde var det en fair beliggenhed for alle at komme til, og det længste der skulle køres var 4 timer. 

Efter vores tur til Miami, havde jeg ikke de store forventninger til huset, og regnede lidt med at det sikkert både var alt for lille til os, og i øvrigt meget gammelt, men huset var super lækkert!

Der var massere af rum og massere af plads, massere af senge til os alle, og så var der jo en storslået udsigt ud over søen. 

Køreturen derop tog ca. 3,5 time, og foregik i øsende, silende regnvejr, men lørdag morgen var vejret heldigvis strålende!

Vi havde lavet fælles madplan for weekenden og der blev skiftet til at lave mad, rydde op, og så var der dem som var gode til at sørge for musikken ;-) 

Lørdag startede jeg dagen med at gå/løbe en lang tur rundt i området og nyde den friske luft og den flotte natur - det har vi altså ikke så meget af her i Valdosta! 

Resten af dagen blev brugt nede ved vandet på at lade som om vi kunne fange en fisk, og ellers bare snakke om lidt af hvert :-) 

Den største udfordring ved weekenden havde hidtil været at finde ud af at komme frem og tilbage, men det blev heldigvis løst da en meget venlig rotarianer tilbød at jeg kunne låne hendes bil - fedt! 

Derudover var det dejligt endelig at "være med" når der skete noget - de fleste af dem som bor tæt på Atlanta har mødtes en del gange i løbet af efteråret da de jo bor så tæt på hinanden, hvor vi ikke rigtigt har haft mulighed for at være med hernede fra Valdosta. 

Weekenden var en sådan success at vi allerede nu planlægger næste tur til slutningen af februar :-)

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Last weekend I went on another GRSP trip - this time we had planned everything ourselves, and the only thing on the schedule was to relax and have fun :-)

We had found a lake house by Lake Sinclair, which is situated more or less in the middle of Georgia, thereby reasonable driving distance for everybody - nobody had to drive for more than 4 hours. 

After our trip to Miami I was afraid to expect too much from the house, and I was afraid that the house was both way too small and probably also really old, but it turned out to be really nice!

There was plenty of rooms and plenty of room, plenty of beds for all of us, and an amazing view over the lake.

The drive was about 3.5 hours in constant rain, but fortunately it cleared up by Saturday morning and turned in to a beautiful weekend!

We had organized a meal plan for all of us, and everybody took turns either cooking or cleaning, and some were just really good at taking care of the music ;-)

Saturday I started with a walk/run in the neighborhood enjoying the fresh air and the beautiful nature - which we unfortunately don't have too much of here in Valdosta!

The rest of the day was spent down by the water front, pretending that we could actually catch a fish, and just talking about a bit of everything :-)

The biggest challenge of the weekend so far had been to find a way to get there and back, but luckily that was solved when a very nice rotarian offered me to borrow her car for the weekend - awesome! 

It was really nice to finally have a chance to "be part" of the action - most of the GRSPs who live close to Atlanta have met up several times last semester since they live close, but it has just not quite been possible for us down here in Valdosta to join them. 

The weekend was such a success that we are already planning our next weekend in the end of February :-)