Jerusalem

Jerusalem in 2 Parts

1. Trip to Jerusalem

2. Move to Jerusalem!

So we embarked on a 4 day trip to Jerusalem at 6:30AM and never really stopped after that. I feel like we saw EVERYTHING in Jerusalem, EVERYTHING. Some things I could have skipped, like a very claustrophobic trip in the water tunnels of the city of David and a trip to every orthodox synagogue in Jerusalem for Sinchat Torah where I got to sit in a multitude of balconies and back rooms.

But we did see a lot of amazing things. First and formost the neighborhoods- Nachla'ot and Yemin Moshe. Oh my goodness they were beautiful. They were so clean and quaint. They were very green and all Jerusalem stone. Lots of balconies and porches and cute, cute sukkahs. It was bad though. I was like, shit, I really didn't want to like Jerusalem that much, or for that matter anywhere in Israel. Let me explain, I wanted to like Israel, but not enough to say I want to be here! I want to live here, but god those neighborhoods were amazing.

We saw a very interesting scene at a hotel bar thursday night. We went to a really high -class bar at the Mamila Hotel. There there were lots of religious teens partying. What a strange scene you could see only in Jerusalem, maybe in Brooklyn, but it was very interesting to see boys in kippahs and girls in covered-up relgious wear drinking, dancing with each other! and acting very un-modest-like but that is the confusing nature of this city.

Now we have made Jerusalem our home. We moved into the dorms which are amazing. The student village is huge and we are all living in 5 people apartments everyone with their own room and a common room and kitchen. I am really lucky to have roommates I really like. We haven't had to much time here but I already really like it here. Even just the cooler weather from the sweltering Tel Aviv heat, more space for everyone, walking distance to Bezalel. Of course, in true Israeli fashion we went to Bezalel and we told pretty much nothing. We got an introduction to the school but we don't sign up for classes until Wednesday, so as usual, we'll see....