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		<title>Checking In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to let everyone know that I&#8217;m still alive and everything.  I finished all my work and handed it in on time.  After classes ended I went to Europe for a week (more to come on that once I return home) and now I&#8217;m in Israel for ten days.  I&#8217;ll be doing work on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandamideast.wordpress.com&blog=2427865&post=514&subd=amandamideast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to let everyone know after the dramatic ending to my last post that I&#8217;m doing okay.&#160; I&#8217;m still going crazy with the amount of work I have, but I&#8217;m enjoying the idea of it all ending.&#160; I still have about 50 pages left to write, a presentation, and 2 finals, but I&#8217;m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandamideast.wordpress.com&blog=2427865&post=513&subd=amandamideast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Break in Eilat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend three friends and I traveled down to Eilat for a little break.&#160; We planned this trip about 2 months ago and we&#8217;ve been looking forward to it for such a long time.&#160; Originally I was going to go to Petra (as two of my friends did) but I have so much work I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandamideast.wordpress.com&blog=2427865&post=512&subd=amandamideast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://amandamideast.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/mental-break-in-eilat/</link>
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		<title>Real Israel Experiences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Tuesday was Israel&#8217;s Memorial Day, Yom Hazikaron.&#160; Because so many Israeli families have experienced losses this is a very meaningful commemoration.&#160; The holiday began Tuesday night with a siren at 8pm.&#160; My friends and I went to a ceremony at the kotel.&#160; We had seats on steps overlooking the kotel plaza and were able [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandamideast.wordpress.com&blog=2427865&post=507&subd=amandamideast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Part 2: The Season Doesn&#8217;t Start Until Next Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday morning we woke up early to take a ferry to the island of Aegina.&#160; We took the metro from our hostel to the port and then walked to the ferry offices.&#160; We were able to get tickets and seats on the ferry pretty soon after we arrived.&#160; The ride was only about an hour, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandamideast.wordpress.com&blog=2427865&post=458&subd=amandamideast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://amandamideast.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/part-2-the-season-doesnt-start-until-next-week/</link>
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		<title>Part 1: Using Hebrew as a Secret Language</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I realize it&#8217;s taken me a long time to write this update on Greece.&#160; As I said before, the end of the semester has really been creeping up and I&#8217;ve been spending most of my time as a hermit in the library doing homework.&#160; 
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Our trip to Greece started out at 3:00 am on Friday [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandamideast.wordpress.com&blog=2427865&post=394&subd=amandamideast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://amandamideast.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/part-1-using-hebrew-as-a-secret-language/</link>
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		<title>Updates soon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring break has just been a complete whirlwind, and they aren&#8217;t easing us back into classes either.&#160; Stay posted for new updates on my trip to Greece and Passover with the family.
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		<link>http://amandamideast.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/updates-soon/</link>
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		<title>Part 3: The Real Istanbul</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saturday morning we started off the day with the great hotel breakfast, a stop at the internet cafe, and then onto the metro towards Dolmabahce Palace.  This palace was completed in the mid-1800s and the rulers lived there until the Turkish Republic was formed.  This palace was built in the European style and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandamideast.wordpress.com&blog=2427865&post=330&subd=amandamideast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://amandamideast.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/part-3-the-real-istanbul/</link>
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		<title>Part 2: Ain&#8217;t Nobody&#8217;s Business but the Turks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The first main event of our trip was going to the Aya Sofya.&#160; It was built as a church by Emperor Justinian, converted to a mosque after the Islamic conquest, and converted to a museum by order of Kemal Ataturk with the rise of the Turkish Republic.&#160; It was absolutely spectacular.&#160; Unfortunately many of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandamideast.wordpress.com&blog=2427865&post=287&subd=amandamideast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://amandamideast.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/part-2-aint-nobodys-business-but-the-turks/</link>
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		<title>Part 1: Is it Istanbul or Constantinople?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend I went with one other friend to Istanbul.&#160; From the start we were remarkably relaxed on planning the trip.&#160; Which I know will be an absolute shock to most.&#160; We booked everything through the travel agent so we didn&#8217;t even have to plan flights or the hotel.&#160; Of course when I finally [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandamideast.wordpress.com&blog=2427865&post=236&subd=amandamideast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://amandamideast.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/part-1-is-it-istanbul-or-constantinople/</link>
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