Farewell for now...

Yesterday I wrote my last exam. It felt amazing getting this term over with. It was really hard resisting the beautiful Canadian summer, especially when I was trying to study extremely dry material. So this term was challenging, to say the least..

On a more exciting note, in 24 hours I will be somewhere over the Atlantic heading towards Syria. It hasn’t totally hit me yet that I’m going, but I’m sure it will sometime during the long flight. I was told to expect a hot and busy Damascus, and lots of visits to restaurants. To that I say, bring it on!

Unlike previous trips to Syria, I’m going to visit as many historic sights as I can. Living in Canada really deprives me of anything old and historic, so this trip will hopefully give a decent dose of culture.

Why go now? Well I have been waiting for an opportunity to go for the past 3 years. I knew I was going to finish exams early this term, and I arranged to take a week off from my work placement starting in September. So if I didn’t go now, I probably won’t get the chance to go for another 2 years. Plus, I already bought the tickets, and got my visa a few months ago. Not to mention how much of a letdown it would have been to cancel this trip. This trip is what got me through exams this term.

I’m not sure how much blogging time I’m going to have, but I suspect it won’t be much. Farewell for now, I will be back with lots of pictures, videos and stories.