At this very moment, I have t-minus 11 hours until I leave Florida for Lancaster University, and as I sit here writing my first entry I am full of mixed emotions. My summer is ending. I have finished an amazing research opportunity and I have also come back from teaching at a summer camp. But…
Month: August 2015
And the adventure begins…
When I signed up for a semester abroad in Dunedin, New Zealand, I had no idea of what I was getting into. We leave Fiji to arrive in Auckland and explore city life. Our “orientation” consists of the Auckland Sky Tower and White Water Rafting over the world’s highest commercially rafted waterfall, at 21 feet….
Jordan, Three Weeks Prior
As the summer winds down, I find myself increasingly anxious about my departure to Jordan. The weeks of this summer have passed under ceaseless study of Islam and the Middle Eastern region, however, with a focus toward Turkey. Jordan is different. As the son of an Arab, I’ve been blessed with a first hand insight…
Ready for Israel
So I wrote this a week ago and for some reason it didn’t publish. The wifi here in Israel is a little difficult, so I’ve been here a week but I’m going to re-post it now: I have a 6 hour layover here at JFK and its finally hitting me that I’m about to go…
Classes have started
Classes have started and I am a little nervous for the weeks to come. They are completely different than what I am used to at Rollins. They are much larger and more of a lecture style. I am taking a biology class in which I feel like I may struggle with. I think the main…