Hafia

Hi Everyone, 

I finished my first full week of school which sadly was pretty uneventful!  Sorry to disappoint! Thursday night Shayna, Rosie, Esther, and I went out to Ben Yehuda st. area which was alright, and then I met up with Yoni and some of his friends at a dance club.  Israelis dancing is hilarious, they really do dance like no one is watching... 

Then on Friday Rose, Shayna, and I headed for Haifa and we stayed with Rose's boyfriend's family.  It was my first "real" shabbat dinner and it was delicious!! We had a million different things and I wish I could have taken a picture but I wasn't sure about their shabbat rules, and some people don't like when you take pictures.  They spoke 99% in hebrew which mentally made my head hurt trying to translate all night, but in the end I improved my hebrew overnight.  Afterward we went to their friends birthday party, where after a while I finally started speaking Hebrew and trying to be apart of the conversation.  Here is a picture of us:

Afterwards we went to another dance club and it was another late night (dance clubs are popular here if you haven't noticed).  The next day Shayna and I went on possibly the shortest walk known to mankind but stumbled upon this little surprise:

We caught the bus home around 6 when they started running again and called it a night.  The next morning I headed over to the school where I am helping teach english and had yet another eventful day! Like I said before the kids here are SOOOO NAUGHTY!! I even witnessed an Israeli temper tantrum which was quite hilarious actually. Don't get me wrong they are good kids, they just have much less strict standards here in terms of what is O.K. and what is not in school.  Sometimes when they are reading I can tell they don't understand a word and I have gotten very good at explaining it in hebrew but occasionally I have to pull out some charade moves and act it out which always gets a good laugh.  

This picture is from a bit ago but I got this text when Egypt started collapsing and so I thought I would put it in here to document this moment in history.

So these cat pictures have become quite popular around here and they keep getting better and better.  I like to call this one Peeping Tom-cat. Mind you he was on the 3rd floor of the apartment building-- no idea how he got up there.

I can't take credit for this one- This was all Yoni and sorry its so small but I think I will call it

 "The Mad Catter"

Alright enough for now, hopefully I will have more people pictures soon! We have just booked a trip to Eilat and Jordan over Purim Break so that is something to look forward too and I am still waiting to hear if I will be going to Kibbutz Yehal for a weekend in March.  Thats where my mom lived while she was in Israel so it would be a great experience!! 

Until next time, 

B