This is my first blog of the new year.
Lots has happened since the last entry. Winter break came and went, we paid a visit to the family in Toronto, I (basically) finished my "synagogue project" and school has resumed and we're back in full swing.
Here's a more detailed recap of the last couple of weeks:
I was really looking forward to winter break. With it being a Jewish leap year, we don't get another break (Pesach) for a long, long time. Unfortunately, plans fell apart pretty quickly.
First, my little brother and his family were supposed to come down to Baltimore for the first part of the break. Unfortunately that plan never came to fruition because, the night before they were supposed to leave, they couldn't find their passports. I mention this only because my brother was worried that I would. In reality, though, I had a ton of work waiting for me with this project that I had to complete for a program that I attended in the summer.
Most of my vacation was spent working on the project. My original idea was to compare Orthodox and Reform synagogue architecture in 19th century Europe, but in the end I only looked at Reform synagogues in Germany, Austria, Hungary and America at that time. I put together a wiki website (spodek.pbwiki.com) for the project.
We headed up to Toronto for the weekend before New Years. We rented a car and drove up on Thursday night. We left at 7 pm and got to my mom's place just before 3 am (We would have been there 40 minutes earlier but we had a long wait at the border as the women in the booth felt it necessary to cross-examine every car that passed her way). We had a nice Shabbat, with dinner at my older brother's place (I really enjoyed it. They have three boys who are all great. We hadn't seen them in some time, so it was nice to touch base again) slept in on Shabbat and had an intimate lunch at my mom's (although there was enough food to have at least 10 more people over) and went to my mom's cousin for seudat shlishit. On Sunday we went to a bagel place for breakfast (where we bumped into my grandfather and aunt and uncle and cousin and his wife and kid), went shopping with my mom at the WORST WALMART EVER, had dinner at my aunt and uncle and went to sleep early. We were supposed to stick around until Tuesday, but with little going on and my project to finish (can you spell p-r-o-c-r-a-s-t-i-n-a-t-e) we decided to head home a day early.
So I'm going to end this blog here because I'm not terribly pleased with it (it sounds as exciting as my vacation was). Hopefully I'll get back into the groove soon.
My apologies to any fans/readers that may be out there.
Lots has happened since the last entry. Winter break came and went, we paid a visit to the family in Toronto, I (basically) finished my "synagogue project" and school has resumed and we're back in full swing.
Here's a more detailed recap of the last couple of weeks:
I was really looking forward to winter break. With it being a Jewish leap year, we don't get another break (Pesach) for a long, long time. Unfortunately, plans fell apart pretty quickly.
First, my little brother and his family were supposed to come down to Baltimore for the first part of the break. Unfortunately that plan never came to fruition because, the night before they were supposed to leave, they couldn't find their passports. I mention this only because my brother was worried that I would. In reality, though, I had a ton of work waiting for me with this project that I had to complete for a program that I attended in the summer.
Most of my vacation was spent working on the project. My original idea was to compare Orthodox and Reform synagogue architecture in 19th century Europe, but in the end I only looked at Reform synagogues in Germany, Austria, Hungary and America at that time. I put together a wiki website (spodek.pbwiki.com) for the project.
We headed up to Toronto for the weekend before New Years. We rented a car and drove up on Thursday night. We left at 7 pm and got to my mom's place just before 3 am (We would have been there 40 minutes earlier but we had a long wait at the border as the women in the booth felt it necessary to cross-examine every car that passed her way). We had a nice Shabbat, with dinner at my older brother's place (I really enjoyed it. They have three boys who are all great. We hadn't seen them in some time, so it was nice to touch base again) slept in on Shabbat and had an intimate lunch at my mom's (although there was enough food to have at least 10 more people over) and went to my mom's cousin for seudat shlishit. On Sunday we went to a bagel place for breakfast (where we bumped into my grandfather and aunt and uncle and cousin and his wife and kid), went shopping with my mom at the WORST WALMART EVER, had dinner at my aunt and uncle and went to sleep early. We were supposed to stick around until Tuesday, but with little going on and my project to finish (can you spell p-r-o-c-r-a-s-t-i-n-a-t-e) we decided to head home a day early.
So I'm going to end this blog here because I'm not terribly pleased with it (it sounds as exciting as my vacation was). Hopefully I'll get back into the groove soon.
My apologies to any fans/readers that may be out there.
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