Had
such a great weekend. And now (while Marc is at school) I'm sitting in the lobby my my
hostel using their free wireless and waiting for them to kick me out! So here's the update on the past few days...
Wednesday, June 25
Last day of my
Shorashim Birthright trip, Sh-18-271. After an emotional goodbye, I got a ride from the airport to
Pardes so I could drop off my bag with Aunt Gail (Marc's been staying with them in Kfar Adumim, near
Ma'ale Adumim) before Marc & I headed out to look at an apartment. The apartment was great, but unfortunately not the right location so it didn't work out. We went to grab some lunch, Aunt Gail drove us back to Kfar Adumim, and I passed out, couldn't keep my eyes open no matter how hard I tried!
Thursday, June 26Went up to
Hebrew U with Marc in the am, and sat in the cafeteria with my laptop for hours while he was in class. Ran into a kid from my Hilel trip last summer whose also doing ulpan at Hebrew U, so that was kinda fun...
After class Marc & I went to Emek, had lunch & continued the apartment hunt. This one was in a great location, however the apartment was a bit shady (more specifically, the appliances were a bit shady), so again a no go. We walked around for awhile, and watched the Jerusalem gay pride parade. Some crazy intense security, they kept asking Marc for his passport. This woman was carrying an awesome sign. It said: "Anu ohavim et kol yeledenu!" meaning, "We love all our children!"
Had dinner downtown (sushi) with Marc's cousin Judy and her husband Oren, then back to Kfar Adumim.
Friday, June 27 Marc & I slept in a bit, then headed in to Jerusalem to check in to our hostel. Lunch downtown, a pre-Shbbas trip to the shuk, then down to the kotel for services and to meet up with Jeff Seidel. While waiting by the kotel, ran into my couisn, Izzy Rudolph! I love Jerusalem.... So anyways, Jeff Seidel paired us up with this lovely couple, delicious meal with tons of vegetarian dishes (as well as meat for the meat eaters!)
Saturday, June 28Walked over to Sari's for lunch, stopping on the way to sit in the park for a bit. Lunch was great, picnic-style at
Merkaz Hamagshimim where Sari's living (and where I stayed a few years ago, back when Samara was living there).
Nice relaxing afternoon back at the hostel, evening services at the Kotel, then downtown to play amongst the ridiculous amount of Birthright groups (I can't escape it!!). Ran into a former Young Judaea kid of mine, as well as Loni Roth!! So fun...
That, of course, brings us to now:
Sunday, June 29Gonna head downtown, get something to eat, hopefuly meet up with a friend from home, Elana. Marc'll be done with class in a couple hourse, he'll come meet me, and we're hopefully meeting up with my friend Carmi this evening. Nice full days :)
BTW, for those of you who want to hear Marc's side of things, here's his
blog.
