Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Suitcase Packed

I returned from camp 2 days ago and already unpacked and repacked for this new adventure. Camp was amazing incredible and so much fun and I have not really processed leaving Tel Yehudah but I guess that will come, maybe on the 8 hour flight to Amsterdam.

So here I go. At 4pm we will drive to the airport and at 9:30pm I will take off to go to Holland. I am actually taking a different flight than Abba, Ima and Aidan so it will be interesting. I have never flown internationally by myself.
I am stopping in Reykjavik, Iceland which is pretty exciting; I hope I get to see some sights from the window of the plane.

We are going straight to visit Ima's cousins Ami and Ina and their 3 children Sarah, Naomi, and Rogier. Ami and Ina I have seen many times at my Bat Mitzvah and Aidan's and Zayde's birthday. The last time I saw my second cousins I was 4 and they were teenagers- now they have children. Ariela met them 2 years ago and she said they are the coolest people ever so I am excited to remeet them.

I am just nervous because I have to get to their apartment by myself and I do not speak any dutch, but I wrote down some phrases: kunt u mij helpen, waar is de trein? (can you help me where is the train?) It just sounds like English with an accent so I will just try that.


It all begins!

And we're off!
The blog officially begins today, July 22, 2010 when we leave for our first destination: Amsterdam, Holland.
The journey will be with the whole family until september in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Spain. I then will go to Israel by myself to start my program and meet Ima, Abba and Ariela there.
July 22, 2010- January 11, 2011.
It is all pretty crazy.
We are doing traveling and family visiting in Europe and then I will be attending the Bezalel Acedemy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem.
It is all so so exciting.
Let's begin!!!