Shalom!

Dear Friends and Family,

Welcome to my Israel Term abroad blog. The ultimate goal of this blog is to keep everyone posted and updated on my life in Israel. (The other goal is too keep my family happy so they know that I am safe and having a good time, hi mom!) I will attempt to make entries every few days so keep checking back for constant updates.

I have arrived safely in Israel. The flight was good and getting to my "home" for the next few months was a breeze. Everyone in my term abroad program is extremely nice and it seems to be a really good group. Our accommodations are quite nice. NYU pretty much bought an entire floor in this hotel/hostel so the rooms are very nice. Our classrooms and dinning hall are all in the building too. Orientation will start today and I am looking forward to getting out into Tel Aviv. Hardest part about the trip so far has been adjusting to the time change/ jet lag. I managed to stay up to 11:30 last night but then woke up at 4:00 am. Luckily, I was able to go back to sleep for a little bit.

There is a huge park directly across the street from our hostel with miles of running surfaces, a rock climbing wall, soccer fields, basketball courts, etc. I am looking forward to using it for running purposes and hopefully Ill be able to climb as well.

Well, thats really all for now. Check back soon...

P.S. for those of you living in frigid temperatures, its 80 degrees and sunny here...I think Ill go to the beach, which is a nice 5minute walk!

Shalom :)