Trip to Surabaya

Well, I did it again...I slipped on posting on my blog. The past couple weeks have kind of gotten away from me! I got sick last week, which seems to be the new tradition every month. So needless to say, there wasn't anything exciting to blog about with that unless you want to see pictures of the outline my body made in my mattress from laying on it so much :)
This past weekend I went to Surabaya with the Pierce's. We want to start making regular trips up there, since we've moving there in July next year. We want to start making connections with people, get familiar with the city, and look at different areas of the city we will want to live in.
This was our first trip together up to Surabaya since moving here in July. It was great to go and spend some time in the city where we'll be living after this year. We stayed and visited with some friends who helped us find and look at some neighborhoods around their house. Since we were trying to schedule the day around the Pierce's kids and nap schedules, we didn't get a ton of time to drive around, but it was still a pretty productive trip. Considering I had no idea what Surabaya had to offer or what different neighborhoods looked like there, it was helpful to start forming some pictures of it.
Of course, halfway to Surabaya, I realized I forgot my camera back in Malang. However, I did manage to take one picture in our time there with my phone...

One of the highlights of the trip...fieldtrip to Starbucks! It was just a little taste of home and I actually started tearing up when I walked in hahaha

Surabaya is such a big, spread out city and it seems overwhelming when trying to picture living there and getting to know my way around there, but I know it will happen. I really enjoyed spending the weekend up there, getting to know some of the people we met there and forming some relationships. It was good to ask them and hear what they love most about the city and living there. I can't wait to go back again, and next time, I WILL remember my camera. :)