A Year in Tel Aviv

This past week has been intense.  Classes started last Monday, so I'm finally settling in to the routine of doing work again, but professors are also settling into the routine of giving work again, and I must say, with most classes only meeting once a week, the reading can really stack up if I don't space it out.  For example: tomorrow, I have the second class of the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  Due tomorrow is 200 pages of reading various articles and a critical paper.  Don't get me wrong, it's all extremely interesting -- I just need to make sure I start my reading on the day it gets assigned next time. All of the classes seem like they're going to be super interesting, so I'm not worried too much about the workload.  For those of you wondering, I'm taking Intermediate Arabic I, the History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Diplomacy and Negotiation: Conflict Resolution in the Middle East, and Experiential Learning I (part of my major...

Here we are again.  Some of you may remember my previous blog ( A Year in the City of Light ), chronicling my freshman year studying abroad in Paris.  Well, now that I've spent a year in the States, I figured it was high time to go on another adventure; this time, though, I'm heading to Tel Aviv, Israel, for my junior year at NYU. In T-9 days, I'll be boarding a flight to take me to Tel Aviv, where I'll spend the next nine months (minus winter break) studying, traveling, and living.  It still feels kind of surreal -- maybe it'll hit me once I have to pack my life into a suitcase.  Having already spent a year abroad, most of the nerves are still absent, leaving me just with the excitement that comes from new experiences.  I'm thrilled to have this opportunity, and I plan to make the most of it, so come along for the journey! Katrina