Freetown, Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Bulgaria

 Ivo went to visit his family in Bulgaria and brought a few birdhouses to share:

The first one is high up in the Rila Mountain which is in southern Bulgaria.  I left it on the last tree I found before getting to the top of the mountain (after this, there is only grass).

The second I left in the hills of northern Bulgaria.  It is next to a small village road close to my grandmother's house. I hope that one or two years from now when I go back, it will still be there.

Turkey

Erin toured around Turkey with some friends, bringing her Turkish birdhouse along with her.

Erin and her birdhouse in 70 B.C.E. ancient ruins (Roman baths) in Olympos, Turkey

Overlooking a tiny village (Kalekoy, formerly SImenca) and underground city near Kaleucagiz

Tomb of Athinon in Fethiye

Giant "birds", tiny birdhouse

Inside the Haiga Sophia in Istanbul

Hanging on an 800 year old tree in the village of Saliman

Overlooking the village of Sirince

Birdhouse's final home in the old city of Antalya

Brazil

Sarah, Beth, Erin, and Nancy got to attend the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.  See where their birdhouses got to travel with them around the country:

At the rainy USA v. Germany match in Recife

In the Amazon rainforest

Overlooking the Amazon river at sunset

Our jungle lodge in the Amazon

Waiting for Amazon birds

Amazon river overlook by day

Given to a new friend in the Amazon (she didn't speak any English, but birdhouse gifts need no language to cause excitement)

A vista of the Atlantic Ocean and sand dunes in Natal (host city for USA v. Ghana)

Atop Sugar Loaf Mountain, overlooking the famous Copacabana beach

Atop Sugar Loaf Mountain, overlooking Rio with Christ the Redeemer statue on the hill in the background

Atop Sugar Loaf Mountain

On Copacabana Beach

Atop Corcovado, with Christ the Redeemer statue

Atop Corcovado, overlooking Ipanema

Final home along Ipanema beach