salaam alaikum.. (peace be upon y’all)     Well now that the holiday season is over with I’m planning on trying to get out more.. I’ve spent an excess amount of time hanging out at my new apartment and with my American friends lately – not that its bad, its been great.. but its time to do some traveling! =)

I actually wasn’t planning on going anywhere until this weekend .. Chivon (the girl I who went with me to Syria) and I are planning an adventure in the West Bank/Palestine.

Today my roomie Chrystal rented a car and we’ve been driving around the city allll day long. Tomorrow she leaves for London to meet her family for Christmas, and I’ll def miss her while she’s gone.. even though I guess part of the time I’ll be gone too.

However, about 20mins ago I was on the phone with Liz & she’s taking her mom (who flew in from the states for Christmas) & Carolyn to Jerusalem for two days.. and invited me to join them.. sooo after about 3 secs of deliberation, I decided yes. =)

This will be my first trip through the West Bank… and I figure it’ll be good to go with someone who knows and get some stamps in my passport for this weekend when Chivon & I make the trip so that hopefully we won’t get harassed as much by border patrol.

I’m actually reallly excited… going to Jerusalem has been a dream since I was a little child…. the place where so many pivotal historical events took place that have shaped the world and three major faiths, including my own. It’ll be an interesting experience I’m sure… I feel like a child I’m so giddy about it.

Anyways I still have a ton of things to do today before packing my stuff up… we’re leaving around 7am to take a taxi to the border.. and then it’ll take a couple of hours to pass through the various checkpoints to go the 45km or so to the famous city.

I’ll take some pics and blog about it later…