After we arrived in Israel we had a 30 minute bus ride from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and Yossi Garr (the director of Nativ) pulled us over to a random rocky area and gave us an opening speech. He talked about how we started the trip not at the kotel or over looking the city because the next nine months are not about sight seeing or tourist attraction (although he did urge us to go and do all that fun stuff too) but instead about us and our journey and travels. After that we came to Bet Nativ and got our roommates, rooms, and phones (all of mine are great). The night was pretty much over because all we did was unpack our sheets and go to bed. The second day we had orientation and then everyone went out and had a fun time out on the town that night. The third day we did a three hour intense hike and went to the mall for lunch. Me and a bunch of my friends had pizza at the mall and it was surprisingly good, although not as good as Capozzies back home. By then it was Friday afternoon and we got ready for Shabbat. We did kabbalat Shabbat at Yemin Moshe which is my favorite spot in the entire world! It overlooks the old city and has an amazing view. I also went to the synagogue there for Saturday morning services. We had a relaxing Shabbat getting to know everyone. The next week we had class where I have been learning Hebrew and its been a lot of fun! I also started taking a Jerusalem course where we go around the city and learn about different things. So far we have learned about the second temple period, Israel as a whole, and Christianity in Israel (my favorite course day so far- it was very interesting). Other highlights of my week included the Israel army fair in the middle of Ben Yehudah street where me and my friends got to take a million pictures with very good looking Israel solders.
Shabbat Shalom!
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