I posted several posts today and yesterday, and this won't be the last. Make sure to look around! I think so far I've managed to post them all in chronological order, as they were written or recorded during the past week and a half. Sorry for the funky formatting, I don't know how to fix that. August 3, 2011 "Highlights" (which is to say, noteworthy points): ·How often do you get a group of people with 4 different nationalities, none of them Isr...

Just so you know, there might be several different options listed under the same date in the dropdown menu above that all look identical, but in fact they're all different updates, just all posted late on the same day! Here's my August 2 update! This was my 2nd full day in Israel, and also my first day of Ulpan classes. The picture above is the Rothberg International School at the Hebrew University, where I am taking summer immersion Hebrew class and where durin...

Here is the stuff (written and video) from August 1, my first full day in Israel. The picture above is the view from my living room window! Take a virtual tour of my apartment, recorded right after I got there for the first time!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLdhIx2zIqE August 1 (first full day in Israel) Points that stood out (for various reasons): ·Cats everywhere! ·A growing sense throughout the day that this apartment is going to ROCK! ·Vie...

Well, my 2nd video update is finally uploaded and I have the link for you! This was recorded on my first night in Israel, before I had even made it to my own apartment yet. As you may be able to tell, I was soooo tired. As I am now, as a matter of fact. It's 3:35 in the morning here and I have class at 9 a.m. So I guess you'll have to wait till tomorrow for the next updates and photos. Keep watching; I promise I eventually recorded videos that talk about way more...

Hello everyone!!! I'm FINALLY updating my blog, because I finally have internet!! Yaaaaay! Anyway, I've been making video updates on my computer all along even though I couldn't post them yet just so by the time I had internet, I could have a record to show you all of my time here so far! It's August 9 (well, it's just past midnight and thus technically August 10 now here in Israel), and I arrived in the late afternoon on July 31. Today, all in a flurry, I'll be...