Ulpan is going great so far, its a little hard but I am understanding about 80% of what the teacher says and I am now able to speak much better. Last night was shabbat and two friends and I had probably the most unorthodox shabbat you can get. We walked to Dominos and ordered a pizza-- the highlight of the night was that I was able to communicate mostly in Hebrew! We were surprised to find pepperoni available there, which we would soon find out is terrible.
Anyways I met the neighbors on our floor, most of them at least. It is going to be a really fun semester, they are all really friendly and most of them were either here last semester or are Israeli so they can look over my homework! I am really glad I met them!! They might read this so now I can say -- Told you I would put you in my blog!
I also discovered that my Panhellenic sweatshirt from being on the council for all of the sororities might not be the best sweatshirt to wear.... people think that the crest on it is some kind of religion! I have only been asked about it once but I dont want to risk having to explain it again haha
Thursday we went on a tour of Jerusalem and they took us to a market called the Shuk where you can buy groceries and pasteries and all kinds of things. I am sorry for the lack of pictures but it is so much more fun to not look like a tourist! I will go back and take some but for now here is one that I found...
If you go on Friday afternoons right before shabbat they sell things for SUPER cheap because they are trying to get rid of everything because it will go bad after shabbat. Our guide told us you can get a kilo of tomatoes for 1 shekel which is about 30 cents.
We also went down Ben Yehuda street which is where you will find all of the fun shopping, food, nightlife, etc.
Anyways, Geries went home to Bethleham this weekend so I had the apartment to myself, which was weird. I am looking forward to meeting who else might be moving in soon! Also for those of you who have been keeping up with me I finally figured out the heating system and for the first time during this trip did not sleep with my winter coat on! I also finally got a pillow....
More later!
Brittany
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ReplyDeleteDominos?! I'm jealous! The only stores here in Florence that we have at home are McDonalds and H&M.
ReplyDeleteThat is so many tomatoes for 30 cents!! It's been weird converting everything to kilos for me. When I go to the market to get deli meat I'm never completely sure if they understand how much I want or if I understand how much I'm getting. Haha
Have a good week & I can't wait to read more stories!!