Day 2 Waking up this morning was quite the experience. Opening your eyes, looking around and having no idea where you are is not something I am used to. After remembering where I was and that Sydney was half a world away, the feeling immediately changed from confusion to excitement. Knowing that by the end of the day we would be in Israel only heightened the feeling. We made our way to breakfast which was right on par with the rest of the hotel. Amazing view...

Day 1 And were off... After an early wake up and the last decent shower I will have in the next seven months we were off to wazzy the flys house for a lift to the airport. After checking in, final goodbyes were said with surprisingly little water works and that was it, we were on our own. After cruising through customs, it wouldn't be fair for everything to run smoothly, and so, of course at the security check in we were forced to empty out our bags due to s...