I haven’t had a chance to blog in a few days… Sometimes, I’m simply too tired and other days the Internet connection is not working. But tonight, I opted out of the football match at the university so I could…
Today was the second day of the weekend for us so we all traveled to al Badan to a small outdoor park to eat and just hang out for a while. What a great time! Of course, all of ended…
Wednesday was quite an eventful day! We started out the day at the refugee camp, of course. I was in “Sports” again because, by the time I got the sign-up sheet, it was the only activity left. We usually have…
Now, that I have a little more time to blog, I’ll give you a quick rundown of my first few days in Nablus. We arrived in Nablus on Saturday around 1 or 2pm. We managed to make it through Huwwara…
I don’t have much time to blog so I figured I’d just share some photos and write about the first few days offline and post it later. It’s now Monday night and we just spent our first full day with…
Between the Jewish Sabbath and the Muslim day of prayer, Jerusalem is much quieter on Fridays. Many of the shops are closed and, consequentially, the streets are nearly as crowded. I still walked around a bit through the Armenian and…
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After I woke up from my brief afternoon nap, I met a few of the other volunteers on the roof of the Petra Hostel. The weather was nice and cool, even to the point of being a little chilly as…
Last night, right as I was about to go to bed, I met up with four of the other volunteers. We ended staying up pretty late talking and getting to know one another. That didn’t stop me from getting up…
Fortunately, the wifi signal is my room has turned out to be pretty stable. So, I have uploaded a few shots from my brief walk today. Nothing great yet, as today was really more about getting some food, getting acclimated,…
Hello everyone! Today’s the day! I almost feel like it snuck up on me… I’ve been so preoccupied with my other travels that this one hasn’t even felt… “real”. Well it does now. I’m currently sitting in BWI awaiting my…
