10 Days

Wow. It's finally starting to hit me. Only 10 days left until I leave for Italy and Israel.
This is going to be amazing.
We got our tickets today for the flights. I also bought a bunch of things today for the trip.
We're going to see Jaffa, Caesarea, Jerusalem, Ramla, Tel Aviv, the River Jordan, the Dead Sea, and so much more. And that's just Israel.
My hotel is right on the Mediterranean Sea, in the tourist district of Tel Aviv.
Our days start at around 7am. We get up and go eat breakfast, a full breakfast, not some wussy continental one. Then our bus picks us up at 8am and we head from Tel Aviv to Ramla. Then we have different things happening everyday. Some days we go hear lectures or visit sites throughout Israel. Other times we spend our time in the studio provided for us, researching and proposing designs for different sites. We arrive back at our hotel around 6pm everyday. Then we head off to the beach, restaurants, pubs, bars, clubs, or just hanging out.
At the end of the 3 week work session, we have to present our work in front of a panel of judges made up of architects, planners, the mayor of Ramla, and the Dean of our program. We also have a gala evening at the Embassy to celebrate our achievements.
Then after the 3 week work/study bit, we travel all of Israel, seeing whatever we want. We sleep in different hostels throughout that week, and apparently the hostels in Israel are amazing, in comparison to Europe.
After an entire freakin month in Israel, we head back to Italy where we had a stop-over on the way to Israel. This time I'm staying there for a week.
I'm traveling with my roommate, Aaron, and another friend, Dustin, who is also in our program.
We have our hostels booked, 3 days in Florence, 3 days in Rome, and 1 day in Milan.
And so many awesome things to see.
And then June 21 will roll around and it's back to Toronto. I'll probably be ready for going back home by then.