Good to be back!

We made it! The long flight from Philadelphia was uneventful. The only stressful bit was whether or not Ben would make the connection in Philly. He did:

Ben: I just made the connection that US Airways said couldn't be made.
Sondy: But isn't that what MEET is all about? Making the connections that they say can't be made?

Awesome.

So after Talya, Mustafa, Abeer, and Areej drove us back from the airport, we took a few minutes to settle into our apartments. We're staying in Hebrew University apartments in the Mt. Scopus campus. 15 instructors, 15 bedrooms in 3 apartments, 3 bathrooms, 3 kitches...and we have AC! Not bad. Some people went to buy food and cook some dinner, while a few of us decided to explore. We got a good vantage of the Old City and the sunset from Mt. Scopus and saw a bit of our neighborhood, but I'm too lazy (and the internet is probably too slow right now) to upload photos. But the city is beautiful and I'd forgotten how much I'd missed it. There's also a falafel stand around the corner that I'm excited to try soon. But now it's off to bed. Preparation and work start bright and early tomorrow morning!


p.s. As far as I know, this marks the first time in MEET's history that the instructors had working internet upon arrival. Way to go, MEET staff!

Starting a new adventure!

Well, here we are! Now that I've been giving this blog address out again, I should probably make the site look up-to-date. When I got back from MEET 2 years ago, I knew it was something I wanted to do again, and this summer seemed like a great opportunity. I also figured that keeping a blog again would be a good idea, so I'm continuing the same one. You're welcome to go read about my adventures from last time, see how it compares. This summer, however, I will be fulfilling the role of Head of Instructors, meaning that rather than teaching a particular year of students, I'll be doing more coordinating and helping make sure things run smoothly, which will be a different sort of challenge.

As for me, quite a bit has happened since my last MEET adventure, culminating in my graduation from MIT 2 weeks ago. After spending the last week or so in Boston spending time with friends and enjoying things that I won't be seeing for a while (things like cheeseburgers and thunderstorms), I'll be flying out at 5:30pm this afternoon. We're flying on US Airways from Boston -> Philadelphia, then Philadelphia -> Tel Aviv and arriving on Tuesday at 3:15pm local time (8:15am EST). We'll get the evening to adjust/sleep/rest and then it's straight to work at 9:30am on Wednesday! Should be a fantastic, busy, crazy, awesome summer.

Will update again soon, provided I have working internet when I land, but for now, thanks for joining me on this adventure!