I'm Loving This LIVA!

*BTW I am no longer going to Ber Sheeva next semester, I am now moving to the north to Karmiel*
Shabbat Lunch: Liver=Liva          

                      So you may be wondering why the title to this blog post is "I'm Loving This LIVA". Well, the reason I made it that title is because this blog shows my life as i get more settled in Israel. I am starting to go out for Shabbat lunch more, travel more, school is getting more intense, and the year is really starting to pick up. I mean I can not believe that it is already Hannukah time!

                     The reason the blog title is "I'm Loving This LIVA" because I went out to lunch  few weeks ago for Shabbat to my very good friends cousins friends house. They were such a nice and welcoming family but the one thing that stuck out in both our minds was the husband. He was a young religious man who was recently a father of 2. He talked to us about what we were doing in Israel and our plans for the future (and whether or not that includes making alyiah or not after college) but he just kept commenting on this particul purchase he had made that friday before shabbat. This purchase he usually doesnt make, but he is really into  genealogy and "his anchestors in Russia ate it, so he is going to also!" What is this food you may ask...Liver. Brown and cold Liver. Now, If you know me, you know that I am the most picky eater i think in the entire world...so when he kept bringing up how much he loved the "LIVA" (he was from New York originally and thought it was funny to say Liver=Liva), I knew that this could only end in tears. "Amy, Where is your family from??" He asked me after he took his 5th helping of Liva "Ummmm...Russia, Germany, Poland...Those places". As soon as i said those words i wish i could take them back. "Well then you MUST try some Liva...your ancestors ate it and dont u want to respect your ancestors?" what was i going to say no? I made a face at the "Liva" but my friend Avital (who is trying to force me to brach out food wise) said "Oh Amy thats a great idea...here have a little bit". So..mom...i know this is going to be hard to believe...but i ate all the "liva" that was on my plate. YUCK!

              However, now when ever there is something that Avital and I like a lot, we always say "Oh Avi, I am so loving this liva! and that is why the title of this blog is the way it is.


Midterms are DEATH!


               A few weeks ago I finished my midterms at Hebrew University. It was really hard and stressful but i managed to figure out a way to finish them all...
I only had 2 midterms luckily!
1.A holocaust midterm-Write about 2 dates or events in history that greatly influenced the Nazi  policies for the Jews
2. Continuity and Change in Modern Jewish History (this one is a little harder to explain)- write a timeline of the Jews starting in the 18th century and then compare a text and a movie we watched in class and show how these 2 sources show the assimilation process of the jews in the United States.
I have gotten both back and did well on them so i am very happy...Penn State HERE I COME!



Ma'alot: Closed weekend with Karmiel

Ma'alot, Israel

                    The weekend of Nov 12 Karmiel Headed up to Ma'alot. It is a small town in the North of Israel where one of our staff grew up. It was a very long drive but it was worth it. Ma'alot is so beautiful and I was lucky enough to stay with an amazing host family. We prayed and ate such good food. we stayed with a couple who had 5 children. all out of the house except one 17 year old. Both husband and wife had come to Israel for a gap year, went back to the states for college, and then made aliyah a few years after. We had great conversation and for saturday lunch we were greeted with one of their older sons and his family.
                    On Saturday afternoon, we went to our staffs parents house for some snacks, havdalah, and to hear his father speak. He spoke about the creating of Ma'alot and his journey there. He also spoke about the  massacre that happened in the elementary school in Ma'alot. It was very interesting and a little shocking. The weekend was overall relaxing and so enjoyable and I hope I can go back to Ma'alot very soon!



Turkey Day in Israel

Me and Ari

                Even though Thanksgiving is not celebrated in Israel, It is deffinalty celebrated on Navit. Thanksgiving is a time when the entire Nativ family (at least the ones who are in Israel) come to Beit Nativ and celebrate with Nativers of all ages. There were nativers from almost every year on nativ (including nativ 29).  Unfortunately I still had school on that fine Thursday November 25th, but after I rushed home to dress in my fall colors. I headed down to the synagouge on base 15 min early because I am in the Nativ accepella group (The Hearing-Aids as we like to joke) and we were performing that nigtht. Everyone started coming in at about 5:30 and then our festivities began. It started with Yossi Garr, our director, giving a small speech. After, we performed one of our songs. It was Lu Yehi to the tune of Let It Be. then, the lights went dark and a small video presentaion that was put together by Nativers showing what life was life on Nativ 30 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stna1NVFWZU). When the lights came up the accapella group sang our last song. it was
called Change in My Life.


Nativ 30 Accapella Group

                              we had the best food we have ever had at Agron on that Turkey Day! I mean, I most certainly missed my usual thanksgiving feast and conversation, but for Agron food standards i was pleasantly surprised. I ate turkey, stuffing, potatoes, pumpkin and apple pie, and some vegetables. It was so delicious! But I had one thing on my mind; especially after every nativ 30'er got a letter from their family. All I had on my mind was how i couldn’t wait to Skype with everyone when they are at our usual thanksgiving hang out spot, the Levins house. Later that night, at about 12 my time, it happened,  I Skyped with the family and it made my thanksgiving complete.             
     Thanksgiving is still my number one favorite holiday of all time!!!

Roshana, Rotem, Me, Avital after eating an amzing Thanksgiving dinner
(dressed in fall colors of course)

 GIRLS WEEKEND IN TEL-AVIV!

                    Avital Shoomer and I just had the BEST weekend in Tel-Aviv. We left the Friday after Thanksgiving and took the number 21 bus to the central bus station and jumped on the bus to Tel-Aviv. I have never had a more easy start to a trip.
                   The bus ride was only 25 min because for some reason there was no traffic at all...once we got to the bus station in Tel-Aviv, we got some lunch and did a little shopping (surprisingly the shopping in the Tel-Aviv bus station is really good and cheap). After a few more hours or exploring the bus station and city, we headed over to our hostel. we stayed at Hayarkon 48. It is a beautiful hostel right next to the beach. after we check in...we nap or coarse! I used to never nap and now i have at least one every day. However, we only rested for a few hours because we had a busy night ahead. what was on the agenda? first, eating at the best (and i think only) Mexican restaurant called "Mexicana" and then exploring the Tel-Aviv port.

Dinner at Mexicana

          We went to dinner at about 8:30 at had an amazing meal! It is so nice to get mexican food again. Its weird from going to having it maybe twice a day to almost never. I got a burrito and Avi got a quesadilla. The food was so delicious!
After we walked along the board walk and then took a taxi to the Tel-Aviv Port. The port was so beautiful and it was so nice to walk along the beach at night. Eventually we found this little bar on the beach with big couches. that is where we

At the Tel-Aviv Port

spent our night. We drank and talked and just enjoyed being out of Agron and Jerusalem for a little while. but, we knew that we had a big day the next day and the only bad thing about Hayarkon is that check out is at 10:30a.m.





                    after we checked out, we asked the guy at the front desk if he knew of any good breakfast placed to eat, preferable on the beach. He told us of this little place called Mantaray. He said that this place specializes in breakfast and it was only a 10 min walk. Well, it wasn't a 10 min walk..more like a 30 min walk but oh was it worth it! The food was amazing, and the service incredible. We both got pancakes that were to die for and it was right on the beach. we had a beautiful view!

Right outside the restaurant

                          Then, we hopped into a taxi and headed to the Hertzalia mall (i think it was called the 7 star mall), did a little shopping, came back to Tel-Aviv and watched the sun set. We still had a little time to kill so we caught a movie before we headed back to Jerusalem, and back to our normal lives.

                       BEST WEEKEND EVER!!
                 

Life as Nativ'er :) Just Gets BETTER!

Hebrew University:

If this is what college is actually like...I'm glad i am getting practice now! Even though I only have 4 classes, I am more stressed than I ever was in high school. My week is like this:

Sunday- No school. I am one of the very lucky few who do not have any class on Sunday. This means i get a 3 day weekend!

Monday- Ulpan @8:30
Business Ethics @2:30

Holocaust @4:30

*because there is only a 4 hour break in between Business and Ulpan and I live at least 30-35 min away (depending on traffic it can be longer) I don't go home...meaning I am here ALL DAY!


Tuesday- Ulpan @8:30
Continuity and Change in Modern Jewish History @2:30


Wednesday- NO ULPAN (SLEEP IN DAY!)
Business Ethics @2:30
Holocaust @4:30

Thursday- Ulpan @8:30
Continuity and Change in Modern Jewish History @2:30


All my classes are 2 hours long except Ulpan. 2 Days a week Ulpan is 4 hours with a 30 min break in between.

Me and the birthday girl DANA

 Birthday
ExTrAvAgAnZa!     

      For my friend Dana's birthday we had a crazy weekend of fun! first crack! Crack square...the



Small birthday party w/ me, her roommates
and some family friends that her and I stayed with
one free weekend.

   armpit of Jerusalem is where all the American kids and sleazy Israeli men go and party. It was so much fun! We counted down until it was midnight! All of Crack joined in and then we all stood up at cheered! The bar we were at gave Dana a free champagne with a sparkler in it. It was such a good way to start her birthday.

               BUT....I had to get up kinda early the next morning because we were going on a mini birthday road trip. Me, Dana, Ashleigh, and a few boys were going to Hertzelia. She has a friend there who goes to the IDC school.We took a sherot taxi there because there were enough of us so it would not be that expensive. Even though we were not on base for Shabbat, the kid we were staying with and his roommates made a shabbat dinner and we did kiddush and had challah and shabbat candles. It was so delicious!

               The next day we went to the beach. They told us it would be about a 30 min walk to the beach from his apartment..it turned out to be about an hour and a half walk. Not a fun way to start the day...but we finally got the the most beautiful beach. It was so clean and nice. The water was warm and so was the air. It was so nice to just relax and get away from base.


*The day after, Ari Marcus Young asked me to be his girl friend....so cute!


Idan Concert
                  MASA, the organization that I am apart of, put on a concert for ALL the gap year kids that are here in Israel. There were so many kids there! First there were speeches (or coarse) and some dance group came out and danced to songs that represent different places in Israel...and then the real show started! The Idan Rachel Project came out and performed. They were AMAZING! Everyone got up and danced! This group has such a unique sound and everyone should know them!

Wearing our Nativ shirts with pride
at the concert!          

 


 

  

If You Cant Handle The Heat...Step Away From The Toaster!

                  I decided it is time to experiment with the food here. Although the insta-soups and grilled cheese aren't five star quality..maybe it is time to expand my horizons. We do get dinner two times a week here at Agron, but to be honest...you can not eat the food here more than once a week.
                  Shopping list:
1.Beans
2.Tortillas
3.Cheese
(Can you guess what I am making?)
4.Eggs
5.Brownie Mix


                  We don't have a kitchen here that we are able to use (we will have one in our apartments in Ber Sheva). Instead they gave us a few microwaves and toasters. We also have a few hot plates that were left to us from past nativers (Thanks Ally  <3 ). So tonight I wanted to make brownies...so I experimented with the toaster and made toaster brownies! They turned out SO much better than I thought. Especially because I didn't have a measuring cup to measure out the oil or water :)

My toaster oven brownies

  I couldn't take it anymore!! I NEEDED MEXICAN FOOD NOW! So I went to the supersol across the street and brought the necessary items to make a classic bean and cheese burrito. It was the best burrito I have ever eaten.

                  I cant wait to actually have everyone cooking in Ber Sheva! We have such good cooks in our group..a few kids have been cooking up  STORM here...they have made pesto and pasta, chicken, and veggies just to name a few items. It always makes our hallway smell amazing :)

This is my work station. Table, toaster, and microwave! This is at the end of my
hallway in the old building (my building)

My Home Away From Home-
Here are a few pictures of Agron....

THE DOOR TO MY ROOM
624



the hallway that leads to my room in the old building



Our messy (at the moment) room

My bed that I share with one of my two roommates, Debra. I have
the top bunk and the closet that is open is also mine.

our tiny little shower!

 *overall it is a really nice place to live!

 

Conservative Judaism Weekend
              Our last closed weekend, we had a Conservative Judaism seminar weekend. We had a bunch of speakers come and speak to us. Jules Gutin came and spoke to us. It was nice to see a USY person because most of the Nativers are former USY'ers. Surprisingly many people were more into it than i thought, including myself. The Speeches were actually interesting because we got to see many different perspectives on what people think Conservative Judaism is. We also had a bonding group day. We went to some nature park and herded sheep, did like ropes coarse kind of activities, and made zatar and pita. I felt like I was back at camp.

Making zatar to go on top of our freshly made pita!

             There were many things I agreed with...and a few things I strongly didn't agree with...and a few things times i just had no idea what they were talking about during the speeches. Overall it was a great weekend....but what made it even better was....
         

Me and cousin Adrian

  I GOT TO SEE MY COUSINS! I had to get special permission, but Yossi finally agreed to let me see my cousins from England on Friday night. Cousin Adrian and Jackie were in J-town visiting some friends and they invited me to go to shabbat dinner with them. The food was amazing...but the company was even better. There were so many diverse people there. There was a woman from Ireland, a couple and their son from Ethiopia who worked for the UN, a man from Amsterdam and people from England. The amount of accents that were in this one beautiful apartment was crazy! It was so interesting to hear the topics that they were all discussing. I am so glad that I got to see them and hopefully i can see them again WHEN I COME TO ENGLAND DURING MY BREAK!!!
p.s I am going to England during my break for a few days and seeing my family there and all my British camp friends...I AM SO EXCITED...See you soon!!!


Erev Nativ Trivia Night!
           Every Tuesday we have a mandatory activity called erev nativ. It usually is with our individual groups. This week was especially fun! During school, we all are sitting in Ulpan and suddenly everyones phones vibrates...you know that that means...we all look around and start to laugh. It means we all got a mass text. That is how our staff usually gets in-touch with us and lets us know what is going on.
          Adir sent us a text saying "get into costume with your roommates and be down in -3 at 7:30. It is a roommate competition". We were all so excited and immediately started thinking about what costumes we could dress up as.

The ROOMIES: Debra, Me, and Robyn

           My roommates and i decided to be Charlies Angles. There were some other really awesome costumes. One room did Kiss and another room (the room that ended up wining) were dressed up as grapes. When we get down to -3 we realise that it is a trivia game. Everyone got really into it but the questions were the most random things i have ever been asked. I only knew a few answers but most of them no one had any idea...it was funny to hear the random silly answers people gave.
           It was nice to have some bonding time with our individual track and i cant wait for next weeks erev nativ!

Me and Ari (629 for Life!)



Me and Aimee Kanter (one of the grapes)





*MOMMY- I got ur package! thanks so much!

OH AND ANOTHER THING VERY IMPORTANT!- We were at a new bar last night called Mikes. It is like a sports bar with live music. I look down at the menu just to see what kind of stuff they have there and what do I see??? TEX-MEX!! my life is now complete...thanks Israel!


I cant wait to see what kind of craziness will happen in the weeks to come...I LOVE NATIV! We have a closed weekend coming up and we are being hosted as a group in Maalot!

MINI-MESTERS OVER

FINALLY!!!!!

         At 9 this morning I walked into Hebrew University, room 100 and took my last final of the Nativ mini-mester. I took the Ulpan Aleph Level 3 exam. I left the room at 9:55 feeling confident and excited. I actually never thought (after jds hebrew) that I would enjoy learning Hebrew but Ulpan with our teacher Anat is actually such a fun and rewarding class. Then I ate my last free meal at the Frank Sinatra Cafe and took bus 19 back home to Beit Nativ...but wait there was a surprise for me when i got here....

p.s Finally got our food stipend! 

Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite.......



Fighting over who wants which mattress....I got first pick :)





 I swear these little bugs are following me. At the camp I worked at this summer an entire boys cabin had to be moved into the retreat center because of bed bugs, and now they are at 8 Argon in Jerusalem, Israel. Some people (not including me) had little bites all over their bodies and found out they were bed bugs. now, everyone has to get a new mattress and every room is being fumigated. Hopefully I will have my mattress back soon...I miss having my after school nap (yes mom, I actually take a nap) :)  

With Yossi (director of Nativ) making light out of a crappy situation



A Little Taste of Home:     

       So even though I am going through a mexican food withdrawal, another food I miss is the sushi at Mei Wah. oh how I miss the Salmon Maki and tempura rolls....I needed it now! While exploring Yaffo street on night my friends and I stumbled upon a little establishment called 'Japanika' and right there on the menu was a salmon maki tempura for only 19 shek...well that was it. I was in love. Of coarse we are there ASAP! I got 2 orders of the Salmon Maki and one order of the Sunset Roll and a Cucumber roll all for 7 American dollars...It really reminded me of home because Mei Wah is a place my family and I go a lot. I am glad that I have a restaurant that i can go to when i wanna feel like i am home...hopefully when my parents come visit me we can all go there together :)

        I also had lunch with my cousin Ruth Levi on Wed. It was so nice to see some family here in Israel. We went to a very nice little cafe where the food was so delicious!! I hope to spend more time with her and her family :)

"Here Are Your Muchachos Nachos"......"I LOVE YOU!" :

Allie, Me, and Zoe the night before going to Tel Aviv

     I am so excited because this weekend i went with my two good friends, Allie and Zoe,to Tel Aviv for a very chilled girls weekend. We wanna head to the beach while it is still warm. We are so lucky because with help from one of our madrichs we found a hostel for only 105 shek each. It made me feel so independent because we really had to find our own way to Tel Aviv Central Bus Station and then from there to Hayarkon 48 (our hostel).
           As soon as we got there, we were not there for more than 30 min before walking the 2 min walk across the street to the beach. Also, we were not there more than 30 min before some guy dropped my camera after we asked him to take a picture (an American no less) and broke it. The trip started out a little rocky but all and all turned out to be just what I needed. We spent the rest of the day at the beach and left after we saw the sun go down behind the waves of the ocean.  

The beach at sunset in Tel Aviv

            The day may have been over, but the night was just beginning...no I'm not talking about club hopping or exploring the nightlife in Tel Aviv...There was only one thing on our minds...WHERE IS THE MEXICAN RESTAURANT! we searched and searched and after listening to the terrible advice the guy at the front desk gave us, we finally found it...like a mirage across the street I was not sure if it was real. I walk closer and yes, yes it is everything I am looking for and more. Finally, I got my Mexican food.

 I may or may not have had it twice within 18 hours...but most likely I did :) Exhausted and with full bellies we went back to the hostel and went to bed at 10! BEST NIGHT EVER! 



BEST.MEAL.EVER!

             The next day we woke up at 10 and checked out of the hotel and spent the ENTIRE day at the beach. The water was surprisingly warm. We had to wait for the buses to start up again so to waste time we went to a movie. I haven't seen a movie in so long and it was so nice to just do something familiar.      
              I didn't want to leave and go back to base but i knew I had to. After about 45 min we pulled into the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem and it was back to normal business...but it was nice to escape the crazy life of a Nativ 30'er for a weekend!











Next Blog....


Actual semester at Hebrew University. As you can see I am still getting used to the busy schedule :)
This is a picture of me taking a quick (unplanned) power nap between classes



WOW! FINALLY HERE!

September 28, 2010

Post #1

I can't believe that it has already been a month here in Israel! It is still crazy to think that I am spending a year here. Sometimes I wake up and i still think that in 6 weeks I will right back in Maryland eating mexican food (as you can see I am a little mexican food deprived and it is always on my mind). I was so nervous this summer when ever I thought about Nativ and now I know I had nothing to worry about, except maybe the food...how often can I eat shnitzel and shwarma?? This first month on Nativ has defiantly been very busy and I cant wait till we can actually start the regular semester!

First few days....

            As I waited in line to go through security I realized that I was about to go to another country for 9 months without my parents, or any real supervision. I mean yes we have the nativ staff, but we are pretty much college students able to do what we want when we want.

After we all got our bags at the airport in Israel!

           The flight was long and of coarse my TV was the only one on the entire plane that did not work. However, somehow i managed and made it to Israel full of excitement.

 we split up into buses by our second semester track (kehila Ber Sheeva). On our way to our home away from home, Beit Nativ, we stopped at a lookout that overlooked all Jerusalem. It was truly beautiful. We got to see where we would be exploring for the next 5 months. Yossi Garr, our program director, then made a small speech and then said a prayer wishing all of us luck! After, exhausted we all piled back onto our buses and came to 8 Agron street.

            624 was the room number I now share with 2 roommates. Unfortunately I am on the top bunk as is one other roommate but Its not that bad. My wall is covered of course with a bunch of pictures with all my friends and some family (don't worry mom and dad you are there too). We have a bathroom inside our room the size of a tea cup and we each have one tall mini closet thing with a small hanging part and 4 shelves. (i have a new best friend, her name is Avital and i love her so much. I don't know what i would do without her. shes my partner in crime and in shopping!) we have a small mini fridge which holds about 2 shock chocolate milks and a few yogurts yet. The eating situation has been a little hard because we have not gotten our stipend yet so we are living on cafeteria food, cereal, and instant noodles. one amazing thing about our rooms is that we have 2 windows that look out onto the busiest intersection in Jerusalem. When ever I forget I'm in Israel I can just look outside my window and i am thrown back into reality.
         
HEBREW UNIVERSITY!

           Ulpan and Jerusalem History are the 2 classes i have been taking for the past month. I have ulpan from 9 to 1:15. Then i eat a very yummy lunch at the Frank Sinatra Cafe on campus. They have the most amazing, addictive, juicy, crunchy shnitzel you will ever eat in your life. it is actually the best shnitzel i have ever had i cant even put it in words. we get one main dish, 2 sides, and a drink and dessert. It is a pretty good deal. The only downside is that the main dishes are usually different preparations of chicken and the sides are usually different preparations of potato...now don't get me wrong I LOVE POTATO AND CHICKEN but i can only eat it so often ha ha ha it is very funny when we joke about what kind of food we are getting for lunch when it is the same basic thing every day. But if we don't finish our food, the billion stray cats that hang around outside the cafe will finish it for you (our favorite one has only 1 eye and we named it gimpy). Every other day from 2 to 5 we had The History of Jerusalem class.  45 min lecture and then we toured around different places in Jerusalem.

During one of the History of Jerusalem classes

*Right before our mini 2 week break, we signed up for classes and for now i think the classes i am going to take are:
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility: A Middle Eastern Perspective
Continuity and Change in Modern Jewish History (we need to take a Jewish history class)
and
Issues in the Study of the Holocaust: Perspectives on Perpetrators, Victim, and Bystanders
and I still have ulpan 3 days a week.
I have my academic advisor on the 3rd or October so we will see what she says but for now i am super excited about these three classes (but mostly the business class)!!

Around J-Town:

                We live in an amazing area. basically we are right in the middle of everything. to the south of us is Mamilla, a big new shopping and cafe plaza and a little passed that is the Old City. literally i am a 10 min walk to the Kotel. we even went there for Yom Kippur services. To the right of us a 15 min walk to the shok and Ben Yehuda street and to the left of us is Emek Refaim. we don't go there to much but i do go to Friday night services and a synagouge i like down there called Shirah Hadasha. it very USY ruach-y.
           


At CafeCafe eating some lunch..one of our favorite places to go to
get the "on the go" special. This includes a 1/2 sandwhich,salad, and
drink.

   usually we hang out in Jerusalem and go to the little cafes and shops here. My friends and i recently found an art fair that has beautiful stuff and we realized that it is down the street from us every Friday. Going to the shok is always an experience in itself but is such a blast to do. nothing is like it on a Friday afternoon when everyone is trying to get all they need for shabbat. i cant wait to explore more though...like today there was a huge parade in honor or sukkot which we saw when we were exploring Jaffa street. it was so cool seeing something Jewish that consumed the entire downtown area of Jerusalem. Oh, one thing that a nativer loves on a college students budget when going around town is a ten sheck hot dog from New Deli. I had one today in fact with my bff Avital.

Desert SURVIVAL...kind of :)



We were the only girls in the lead!



                3 days...the desert...no bathroom...and a lot of hiking was what my life was going to be from Sunday to Tuesday. unfortunately, the weather did not agree with that plan. it was to hot so all the trails got frozen, meaning that we could not hike at all. but don't worry, we still had some desert experience because Yossi came to the rescue. He found the one hiking spot we could go to and we also went to one of the biggest natural springs in Israel where we could go swimming. it was so fun and felt so good in the hot September heat. after we went to the camp site and set up our tents. most people either slept outside or had their heads in the tent and their bodies outside...that's what i did. later that night we went on a night hike with only the moonlight to guide us. it was so beautiful. the next day we woke up at the early early early hour of 4 and had shacharit and hallel. it was so cool seeing everyone in the middle of the desert with their lulavs and etrogim walking in a circle doing the blessings. to bad getting up so early was the easiest part of the day. I think nativ was punishing us because we could not do the normal 3 day hike because the short hike we went on was so INTENTS! it was legit rock climbing and very steep uphill and downhill. In the end, it felt really good to get to the top of the mountain and to finish the hike one of the first people.



Dana, Ash, and I before the first hike

NOW.... we are just chilling in Jerusalem waiting for classes to start up again. It is nice to catch up on some lost sleep and I cant wait to continue my amazing year in Israel.