Sorry I have been M.I.A. and unfortunately my computer is not loading the pictures I wanted to show right now but I will have to fix that later...
With finals and GRADUATING from college, my life has been pretty busy over here and nothing really grand has happened since Italy, but rather I am just enjoying living normally as a citizen of Jerusalem.
The last few days I have spent most of my time eating all of the foods I will miss and shopping for you folks at home... I will add that Linnea has a pretty awesome souvenier headed her way hahaha
Two days ago I moved out of the Kfar (Where my apartment was located) and I moved in with my friend Laura and we are literally ON Ben Yehuda street which has been amaaaaaazing for my last two days here. I also ran into Zach Ginsburg the other day in the old city.... and a whole group of Herzl camp moms of campers of mine and it was so fun... Small world.
Last week I also had dinner with Gail Rosenbaum... I swear I run into more people here than I do at home and I have made friends with so many shop owners and students from school that walking around downtown Jerusalem feels quite homey now.
Last night I had dinner with some good friends that I will miss at my favorite restaurant here, Beit Ticho.
It was perfection! Afterwards we stopped for some great aldo's ice cream.
I also got a chance to go to the zoo a few weeks ago which was super cool, there is an area dedicated to animals that are mentioned in the bible and its really cool how they put zebreas, hippos, giraffes, etc all together in one area so you can see them interact and live amongst each other. So cool!
I've also done so much walking and shopping in the old city that shop owners have started to recognize me and its fun to stop and chat and know who will give you the best deals.
Also in the past few weeks I met a family on the airplane back from Italy who invited me to their house for shabbat, something that would never happen in the U.S. but here its not so uncommon. So I went to their house in Tel Aviv and it was so much fun, they had a very beautiful house (with an elevator!) and their sons were really fun to hang out with, one of them was my age and the other was having his Bar Mitzvah and invited me but it was this past weekend and I was too busy saying goodbye to everyone. Its nice to have another connection here and people to visit when I come back!
As my friends have slowly started to leave one by one its different here but it still feels like home, and I see myself coming back in the near future....
As I look back at this semester, I can't believe how lucky I am to have had so many adventures and to have met so many unique people from literally around the world. Almost everyday here my friends and I just look around and say "we have the coolest lives!" I am not only lucky to have such an adventurous life but also such wonderful friends and family to come home to and I am very excited to see you all!
Until we meet again, its been real Jerusalem...
B
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