Boker Tov! (Good morning)
Today is a fasting day for religious Jews, which means a break for us :) A bunch of us are leaving at 10:30am to go to the beach in Tel Aviv! Woohoo! I'll be sure to post pictures.
Last week was productive for me (and kept me busy). I bought a new bike (pictured below) and an iPhone. I also signed the lease for the house I'm moving into soon. I'll post pictures of that too after I move in :D
My phone number is an Israeli one, but I have Skype, Heywire, Viber, and Whatsapp on my iPhone if you have any of those and want to contact me, just leave a comment here or message me on Facebook. If you have texting/SMS, I have a US number with free unlimited texting. It's 443.855.3467, or as my mom says "hi full fins."
Living here is feeling more and more normal to me. I still don't know the language, obviously, but I'm learning my way around. It's still kind of odd when I'm talking with a male friend of mine and say, "K, I'll be right back, heading to the restroom" and he says, "Oh, yeah, me too," and then I notice that we're both going into the same bathroom. Most of the bathrooms here are unisex, but the stalls are much different than in the US. Each one is like a private little room that doesn't have any open top or bottom. Some of the bathrooms even have rooms that split off and lock and then the toilet is another room that splits off of that and locks, too. It's kind of hard to explain.
Having my new bike is SO nice! It rides so smoothly compared to the one I was borrowing before, and the shocks really work. I bartered for it, and got the price reduced from 705 NIS (about $207) to 655 NIS (about $182), which included the bike and the luggage thingy on the back. They originally asked 50 NIS for the luggage thing, but I got it for 20 NIS :D I love negotiation!
Well, I need to go shower for my trip to Tel Aviv. I did fly into Tel Aviv when I got here, but I haven't seen the city. The airport is actually outside Tel Aviv in a place called Lod. I'm excited to see Tel Aviv, even though it'll pretty much be dead today because of the fast. The beach will still be operational ;)
Lehitra'ot! (which means "goodbye" - also "hafsaka" means "break" or "pause" Yay, Hebrew!)
Today is a fasting day for religious Jews, which means a break for us :) A bunch of us are leaving at 10:30am to go to the beach in Tel Aviv! Woohoo! I'll be sure to post pictures.
Last week was productive for me (and kept me busy). I bought a new bike (pictured below) and an iPhone. I also signed the lease for the house I'm moving into soon. I'll post pictures of that too after I move in :D
My phone number is an Israeli one, but I have Skype, Heywire, Viber, and Whatsapp on my iPhone if you have any of those and want to contact me, just leave a comment here or message me on Facebook. If you have texting/SMS, I have a US number with free unlimited texting. It's 443.855.3467, or as my mom says "hi full fins."
Living here is feeling more and more normal to me. I still don't know the language, obviously, but I'm learning my way around. It's still kind of odd when I'm talking with a male friend of mine and say, "K, I'll be right back, heading to the restroom" and he says, "Oh, yeah, me too," and then I notice that we're both going into the same bathroom. Most of the bathrooms here are unisex, but the stalls are much different than in the US. Each one is like a private little room that doesn't have any open top or bottom. Some of the bathrooms even have rooms that split off and lock and then the toilet is another room that splits off of that and locks, too. It's kind of hard to explain.
Having my new bike is SO nice! It rides so smoothly compared to the one I was borrowing before, and the shocks really work. I bartered for it, and got the price reduced from 705 NIS (about $207) to 655 NIS (about $182), which included the bike and the luggage thingy on the back. They originally asked 50 NIS for the luggage thing, but I got it for 20 NIS :D I love negotiation!
Well, I need to go shower for my trip to Tel Aviv. I did fly into Tel Aviv when I got here, but I haven't seen the city. The airport is actually outside Tel Aviv in a place called Lod. I'm excited to see Tel Aviv, even though it'll pretty much be dead today because of the fast. The beach will still be operational ;)
Lehitra'ot! (which means "goodbye" - also "hafsaka" means "break" or "pause" Yay, Hebrew!)
Hooray! I am so excited that you are blogging about your time in Israel! I hope you have a week and am looking forward to your next entry.
ReplyDelete**awesome week... that's why i normally don't write comments this time of night
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