I'm Alive

That obligatory "I'm alive" blog post? Here it is! And not only am I alive, I'm doing great. The flight was pretty uneventful, and the layovers weren't even that bad because I met up with my awesome roommate Carly. Our apartment is pretty nice. I will post pictures once we are fully unpacked. I started unpacking yesterday, but quickly realized that I do not have nearly enough storage space. I hope to remedy this today. I also started putting stuff in piles and realized that Sam has my pajamas. Oh well, I'll them today. There are three balconies in our apartment, one of which is connected to both my room and my other roommate Emily's room (she's not here yet). This might call for some outside studying once in a while.

Jerusalem is okay so far. Israelis have a very aggressive way of driving, which is funny to see. Also, it appears to be quite easy to get lost in Jerusalem. Carly and I were walking around for about an hour trying to find HUC before we finally decided to hop in a cab. Turns out it's about ten minutes from our apartment. To get there, we have to take this street called Lincoln, which Israelis pronounce "Lin-co-lin." Yes, that's really how they pronounce it. This is good to know, because I need to go back there today to get my cell phone. Speaking of which, they seem to have wifi pretty much everywhere in Israel, which means that I should be totally okay with my decision not to route my Droid and buy a data package.

There are many cats in Jerusalem. Call me crazy, but they are cute. For instance, my awesome friend and cantorial classmate Jen, Carly, and I saw this one outside our apartment building just last night.

It really, really wanted us to pet it, and two of us who shall remain unnamed found it quite hard to resist the urge. Unfortunately, I don't think my roommates would have appreciated if I had taken it home with me.

I still have yet to eat hummus. That's today's project. For those of you who don't know this, I really, really like hummus. Last night, we went to this restaurant called Cafe Chakra and I had an eggplant and labneh sandwich. I am kind of in love with Israeli cheese. And Israeli stuff in general. Today for breakfast I had yogurt with chocolate balls. Carly's friend Shir told us that we should buy it. AMAZING.

Like I said, this was just supposed to be an "I'm alive" post, so I'm off for now!