Leaving on a Jetplane!

Tomorrow is the day! The day I leave for the adventure of a lifetime! I'm leaving the Pacific Northwest for 3.5 months of studying abroad in the Middle East. I'll be studying at Tantur Ecumenical Institute, a site run by Notre Dame University outside of Jerusalem. I'll be practicing my Arabic again, studying the current conflict, the history of Islam, and the cultures of the Middle Eastern peoples. The last 3 weeks of my program, we travel around to Islamic Spain, Morocco, and Turkey. After my program is over, I'm meeting my mom in Frankfurt, and we'll spend 10 days traveling around Europe, destinations TBD. I'll have internet access for most of the trip, so check back here for updates on my adventures! وداعا!