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 …
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 …
Eat, Beach, Ulpan
Even though I only arrived in Israel about 2 weeks ago, it feels like I have already been here for 2 months. When I think back to the beginning, I think about showing up at …
Ready or Not, Here I Come
It sounds cliché, but it really does seem like only yesterday that I was a nervous freshman, unsure about how I was going to survive living in this new, unfamiliar place for the next four …
Last Travels
My last two weeks in Jordan have been packed to the brim to say the least. Last week I had a series of Arabic exams in both Modern Standard Arabic and Colloquial, and a final …