19 May 2008

Countdown to Syria

I leave for Syria in a week. It's a typical American disease to be an adult who's never traveled abroad, but I'm glad I'm finally getting the cure. If I can find an internet cafe in Damascus--and surely there is one--I'll post a couple comments while I'm there. Otherwise, this blog will be pretty silent until mid-June. I'm going to do the indoor skiing in Dubai, and visit the monasteries of Mar Mousa and Maalula in Syria, and if I can work it out I'll visit Petra in Jordan.

And from now on when I encourage students to study abroad, I can do so with a little more integrity. And of course I'll be able to say such pretentious things as, "When I was sipping kahua arabea in the Souk Al-Hamidieh in Damascus..."

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

well thats good ur getting better..enjoy ur trip

James Hanley said...

Thank you. Now if you could just work on your spelling...

Anonymous said...

As it happens, I'll be visiting the US in a few weeks, though I have been once before.

Enjoy your trip.

James Hanley said...

Welcome to America, again. Where will you be visiting?

Anonymous said...

Atlanta, I'm visiting my uncle.