Ready, Set, Go!

We're in Voorjees, New Hersey and I'm sitting here in Steph's basement with her and Adam! We're about 24 hours away from flying to the Homeland and we couldn't be more excited. Well, Adam could, but that's because he's tired.

Speaking of tired, we've picked up some "Sleep Aids" for the plane because apparently as soon as we get off, we're going on a hike in Galilee. It's supposed to be amazing, but I'll tell you first hand as soon as I see it. Three cheers for passing out as soon as the plane takes off!

Today though, we'll be traveling through the wilderness of "Philadelphia." Can you say "Philadelphia?"

VERY GOOD!

Ok, so this is Adam's part of the blog.

The drive went fine for the most part. Listened to some awesome music and drank sodas to stay awake. There was a crazy accident on 695 that involved, as far as we could tell, one car... The car reminded me of one of those small metal cubes that they compact cars into at junk yards. It looked like it was hit on ALL sides. But there were no other cars there.

After we managed to get away from the traffic it went pretty well. Our friend Natalie called several times and she put us on hold a lot. Then we put her on hold with Dan's AMAZING "hold music" and robot-like speech.

Then we got to Steph's house and hung out here for a bit. We rented the Simpsons Movie from blockbuster.

Today we are watching the Steelers beat the Ravens, then possibly going into Philly and seeing South Street and all its wonders. Seeing Juno is also a possibility. Because it's awesome.

Steph is supposed to be typing now but she isnt...so this is Adam Part Deux!

Adam lied. It's Steph now.

Hi. So i'm being forced to write in this blog. im being held against my will to the keyboard while they play taboo. they want to do a number of things today, including go into philadelphia, see juno, and get bagels from bagel bin. i still have to finish packing and cleaning so i might send them off somewhere to entertain themselves for a while.

Back to Dan -
Hope to keep y'all posted from Israel, but I'll be keeping a journal on paper until I get back.

Until then, hope all is well for all of you.

Dan, Adam and Steph

The Calm Before the Storm

Welcome friends, family... strangers?

I'm keeping this journal, diary, blog, diatribe - whatever you'd like to call it - as a memento of everything to come. For those of you just tuning in, my schedule goes a little something like this.

December 29th: Embark for NJ/NY with Adam and Steph
December 31st: Hop on a plane, fly to Israel for 10 days via Birthright.
January 10th: Return from Israel, haul ass to get things ready for Europe
January 16th: Fly to Boston, spend the night before...
January 17th: Orientation, followed by a flight to London/The Netherlands

From Then until April 25th, I'll be spending Monday-Thursdays living in Kastell Well (A Castle!) and weekends traveling across Europe.

More to come... Let the battle begin.

Dan