In a way, I've dreaded writing this entry. Not because I was concerned I wouldn't have anything interesting to say or that there wasn't enough to include, but for the exact opposite reason. From the minute I arrived in Israel to the moment I left I was certainly kept busy. One of the most common questions I get asked about my trip this year has been how Israel and Greece factored in to a trip that otherwise sweeps across the Southern Hemisphere. The answer ...

On the plane back to Israel now, I take a deep sigh of relief that everything worked out fairly simply today. Before I begin, I should just mention that this blog consists neither of the beginning of my trip in South Africa nor Israel (I'll get back to those in later blogs when those trips have concluded too). At 5:40 in the morning on January 27th, I departed from Tel Aviv for Athens. It had been since September of last year that I hadn't seen my sister. Kesh...

Brazil has certainly been a trip. Not only in the sense of vacation but also in the sense of inducing surprise. This country is one of the most (if not THE most) scenic, picturesque places I've been in my life. From the bustling work-oriented city of Sao Paulo to the "can-party" attitude of Rio de Janeiro, all the while having an strong colonial history in world heritage site cities like Paraty, Brasil has left me speechless. Back on December 26 I said my goo...

Well, my final day in Argentina has finally come. It's 2:40 in the morning on December 26th as I begin to blog and after an extremely eventful week, I'm glad that I convinced myself to write what I had done down, for exactly this reason. Way back (or so it seems) on December 15th, I wrapped up the final day of my internship. It was the least productive day I had to date, mainly because my intern advisor offered me to read the letter of recommendation that he p...

To say the least, the last few weekends have touched the extremes of both chaos and total relaxation. Today is Sunday, the end of an eventful 4 day weekend and the first day of my last week in Buenos Aires, which until about 10 minutes ago, I hadn't realized. Well, where to even begin? Since I've last written, a lot has actually changed. To start, I slowly shifted from being one of the newer people in the house to being the senior, despite feeling that I just go...