Wow! I think that was the fullest weekend I've had in a very long time. From the moment it began, it didn't stop until Monday morning. Time to roll back the tape and see how much I can remember:)
It began on Thursday night after work. The workdays here run Sunday-Thursday, so our Thursday is the equivalent of an American Friday. It has definitely taken a little time to get used to going back to school/work on Sundays, but when Thursday rolls around it still feels like I got a 4 day work week (and we all love those). Anyway, Thursday night I went to a reunion of NBN (a great organization that helps new olim in Israel... separate post to come at a later date) on the beach and played Ultimate Frisbee (little sister, Robin, is captain of the UGA team). Afterwards I went out with some friends to two fun dance clubs; one on the beach and another at the port. It was lots of fun! On Friday I went to a great Turkish restaurant for lunch. It is owned by the brother of one of the women in my ulpan class. It was delicious! That night I had a nice Shabbat dinner with two other people from my class, a good friend from Spain and the other from France. The common language was a mixture of Spanish/English/Hebrew and we had a great time being together.
Saturday was amazing. Three and a half years ago, I studied abroad in Cuba. While I was there I met a very sweet and nice Argentinian couple who were traveling around the island for three weeks. Since then we have kept in touch via e-mail and Gmail chat. So, Mati (pictured above with me), the guy from the couple, happened to be visiting in Israel with his family for a wedding. We arranged to meet up on the beach and had a great time playing shesh pesh (backgammon) and chatting. We picked up right where we left off from many years ago and spent a great afternoon together. It just goes to show that you should definitely keep in touch with people, because you never know when you might end up playing backgammon with them on the beach on the other side of the world:)
Saturday night we went out to celebrate my 25th birthday (actually on September 9). Many friends from ulpan and other places came to the bar and we had an awesome time dancing and partying. Many of the pictures from that night are available via my Facebook profile. Someone asked me if I feel different now that I'm 25 and I guess, for the first time in a while, the answer is yes. Strangely I don't think I can get away with being a kid anymore. Somewhere along the way I'm all grown up and 25 is one of those turning ages where you know that adulthood is around the corner (in my case, maybe 5 years away:). For now, I'm definitely loving living for today, but I guess I'm just not a kid anymore... though anyone that knows my family knows I will always be a kid at Hart! (misspelled intentionally)
Sunday (which is our Monday) started off by going to ulpan (ok, I was a little hungover). At the end of class we ate cake for my birthday and another girl's birthday in the class and it was very sweet. It's so nice when people are so kind to you even though you've only known them a short while. It made me feel really good and I appreciate it very much! Afterwards, I went to work for a short day, because then I went to... the Black Eyed Peas concert! My friends, Leora and Ariel, got us tickets for my birthday and it was a blast! The concert was in Jerusalem, set just outside the Old City in an amphitheatre that is easily hundreds (if not more than a thousand) years old. The scenery alone was stunning, with the lights reflecting off the Jerusalem stone and the beautiful steep hills of the city. The music was awesome! They played most of their big hits and I got to see my ex-girlfriend, Fergie. She is still Fergalicious and G-l-a-m-o-r-o-u-s, but I don't think we'll be getting back together:) hehehehe...
All-in-all it was a great weekend and one that I will definitely remember for a long time to come. I want to send a big THANK YOU to everyone that wrote me, called me, thought about me and anything else on my birthday. It was so nice to receive all the Facebook posts, e-mails, messages, texts, calls and everything else! We have so many ways to keep in touch with each other and yesterday I think I used them all:) Thanks for taking the time to read this blog and I apologize for this very lengthy entry... I'll try and keep 'em shorter next time!
Shana tova and Happy New Year to everyone!
It began on Thursday night after work. The workdays here run Sunday-Thursday, so our Thursday is the equivalent of an American Friday. It has definitely taken a little time to get used to going back to school/work on Sundays, but when Thursday rolls around it still feels like I got a 4 day work week (and we all love those). Anyway, Thursday night I went to a reunion of NBN (a great organization that helps new olim in Israel... separate post to come at a later date) on the beach and played Ultimate Frisbee (little sister, Robin, is captain of the UGA team). Afterwards I went out with some friends to two fun dance clubs; one on the beach and another at the port. It was lots of fun! On Friday I went to a great Turkish restaurant for lunch. It is owned by the brother of one of the women in my ulpan class. It was delicious! That night I had a nice Shabbat dinner with two other people from my class, a good friend from Spain and the other from France. The common language was a mixture of Spanish/English/Hebrew and we had a great time being together.
Saturday was amazing. Three and a half years ago, I studied abroad in Cuba. While I was there I met a very sweet and nice Argentinian couple who were traveling around the island for three weeks. Since then we have kept in touch via e-mail and Gmail chat. So, Mati (pictured above with me), the guy from the couple, happened to be visiting in Israel with his family for a wedding. We arranged to meet up on the beach and had a great time playing shesh pesh (backgammon) and chatting. We picked up right where we left off from many years ago and spent a great afternoon together. It just goes to show that you should definitely keep in touch with people, because you never know when you might end up playing backgammon with them on the beach on the other side of the world:)
Saturday night we went out to celebrate my 25th birthday (actually on September 9). Many friends from ulpan and other places came to the bar and we had an awesome time dancing and partying. Many of the pictures from that night are available via my Facebook profile. Someone asked me if I feel different now that I'm 25 and I guess, for the first time in a while, the answer is yes. Strangely I don't think I can get away with being a kid anymore. Somewhere along the way I'm all grown up and 25 is one of those turning ages where you know that adulthood is around the corner (in my case, maybe 5 years away:). For now, I'm definitely loving living for today, but I guess I'm just not a kid anymore... though anyone that knows my family knows I will always be a kid at Hart! (misspelled intentionally)
Sunday (which is our Monday) started off by going to ulpan (ok, I was a little hungover). At the end of class we ate cake for my birthday and another girl's birthday in the class and it was very sweet. It's so nice when people are so kind to you even though you've only known them a short while. It made me feel really good and I appreciate it very much! Afterwards, I went to work for a short day, because then I went to... the Black Eyed Peas concert! My friends, Leora and Ariel, got us tickets for my birthday and it was a blast! The concert was in Jerusalem, set just outside the Old City in an amphitheatre that is easily hundreds (if not more than a thousand) years old. The scenery alone was stunning, with the lights reflecting off the Jerusalem stone and the beautiful steep hills of the city. The music was awesome! They played most of their big hits and I got to see my ex-girlfriend, Fergie. She is still Fergalicious and G-l-a-m-o-r-o-u-s, but I don't think we'll be getting back together:) hehehehe...
All-in-all it was a great weekend and one that I will definitely remember for a long time to come. I want to send a big THANK YOU to everyone that wrote me, called me, thought about me and anything else on my birthday. It was so nice to receive all the Facebook posts, e-mails, messages, texts, calls and everything else! We have so many ways to keep in touch with each other and yesterday I think I used them all:) Thanks for taking the time to read this blog and I apologize for this very lengthy entry... I'll try and keep 'em shorter next time!
Shana tova and Happy New Year to everyone!
1 comment:
my gosh evan happy belated b-day. and i am so jealous, you went to a BLACK EYE PEAS CONCERT!!!!! uhhh it sounds like your enjoying yourself on the other side of the world.
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