If you really want to get the most out of your time in Israel/Palestine, it is essential you learn Arabic or Hebrew. Ideally, you should learn both. Learning another language is the best thing you …
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Takeoff
Today is Monday, August 19, 2019. The first day of the rest of all my life. I am with my sister watching the sunrise over Lake Michigan from our favorite spot for the last time …
Read This First
Hello/שלום/مَرْحَبًا and welcome to my blog! I am happy you are here. In this blog, I will be sharing with you my journey of my year abroad at the University of Haifa in Israel/Palestine. The …
Merhaba everyone!
I apologize for being absent for so long. There is really no excuse other than I’ve been extremely busy getting acclimated to school and Istanbul. It was my 21st birthday recently and it was the …
Learning the Ropes
Hello readers. It’s Sunday night and I’m trying with little avail to schedule my classes for this coming semester. The site is down and registration opens at 10 a.m. tomorrow for all students attending Bogazici, …
Fight or Flight
Hi all. So I’m writing this post while on my flight from Toronto to Istanbul, at an altitude of approximately 33,000 with zero leg room and 10 hours to go. You know when I mentioned …
Update from Scout
Hey guys! So I’m here with my first post of the year and I’m just a couple days away from leaving the U.S. for nine whole months. For anyone who is wondering, no I’m not …
Pre-Passover Break
I’m not quite sure if I’m confused, angry, anxious, or depressed that it’s already April, but whether I like it or not, time is flying by. Next week, I will leave Israel for the first …
A Never Ending Purim
At Wisconsin, Halloween, otherwise known as Wiscoween, is definitely a main attraction that people flock to Madison for. While I thought that no other holiday consisting of dressing up in costumes could ever beat the …
Abroad is not a time for sleep
The past few weeks have felt like a complete whirlwind. Between Ulpan ending, classes beginning, going on overnight trips and having my family come to visit in between, I’ve just accepted the fact that part …