Oh hey, view from the bedroom window. That tiny gold speck is the Dome of the Rock. I know. Awesome.
First day of Hebrew classes and I have not failed out yet! I know 6 letters of the alphabet, how to say, my name is, I am from, wine, water, baby, ocean, he and she. Great success!!
Since it's taught Ulpan style, all of the teaching is in Hebrew. Class was 2 1/2 hours long today and I thought my brain was going to explode. Luckily the teacher (I'll tell you her name as soon as I can figure out how to spell it) is really good... When she wants us to write something she pantomimes writing, and basically treats us like Kindergarteners. Which is fine by me, since I am worse than a kindergartener when it comes to Hebrew.
My living situation is great, I'm in an apartment with 5 single bedrooms, communal bathroom, common area, and kitchen. It's in one of the 12 apartment buildings in the Student Village, about a 10 minute walk from campus proper. We have these serious blinds that completely black out the room and are rumored to be bullet-proof. My roommates are somewhere on a scale of great to nonexistant... There's a 26-year-old Israeli girl who speaks no English other than Hello and yes (that was an awkward introduction), and a Swiss girl who is apparently never there. Nadia is the most social of the roommates, she's from Liverpool and is doing a prepatory program to improve her Hebrew to the point where she can enroll in the regular university as a full-time student. The other is Jess, I only met her briefly but she's doing the same program as me and appears to be British, but I could be wrong.
Nadia says she doesn't cook and doesn't really know the deal with the kitchen utensils, which I find confusing since she's been here since NOVEMBER. I've only seen her eat cereal and yogurt so far, so I guess if that's her routine then she doesn't really need a stove... I haven't cooked anything yet, just eaten hummus and nutella on a variety of bread-type things. And cucumbers. Which are. So. Good.
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