Nearing the end of break

It's been seriously nice to have no classes, and to get to do whatever I want for two weeks. I've never been totally on my own in Israel before, and I have to say that it's great to realize that I can actually get where I want to go by myself.

I went to Jerusalem for three days while Joshua was there with his Birthright group. It was pretty fun, despite the fact that it kind of went by too quickly, and I had to go back to Arad. Is it weird that my first thought upon entering the hotel was that I hadn't seen carpeting in almost three months? Yeah, I guess that's kind of weird.

However, the weirdest thing about being in Israel is how Milwaukee keeps reappearing here. The first sighting occured a week after getting to Israel in the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station. The second was at Kibbutz Keturah. The third was this past weekend on Ben Yehudah Street in Jerusalem. Someone just called my name from behind, and it turned out to be people I know from Milwaukee. Definitely weird!

Also, I've discovered the wonders of being able to travel to Be'er Sheva. To be honest, Arad is nice, but there's not much to do here. So over break, I've taken a few trips to Be'er Sheva. Once, Charlotte and I went to see a movie. We saw Deja Vu, with Denzel Washington. It's not exactly going to be an Oscar contender, but it was a movie nonetheless. Yesterday, I just went to the music store (pathetically stocked) and to the mall. It was nice to be able to follow directions in Hebrew and find my way around a new city.

Next up on the agenda: making dinner and watching a movie with Charlotte and Rivka. We've decided on my personal favorite, The Producers (the original, not the new one, of course).