Friday night was shabbat, so we had a good portion of the day to hang out, go grocery shopping, and whatnot before dinner. Dinner was pathetic! Godawful shnitzel (I probably shouldn't use that term),but the other half of my section which is staying in the neighbor city of Holon was there, so I got to hang out with friends from there. Afterwards a bunch of us went to a bowling alley and just chilled out. I bowled a solid 45, but I had a great time nonetheless. Weird tidbit, the Israel pooltables are huge, and the balls are small! Extraordinarly difficult, I probably have played my last game of pool here.
Saturday was a wild day! We went to Kiddush prayers in the morning, and after the service my roommate Jeremy and I found a leather couch and brought it to the apartment. Getting it up the stairs was absolutely exhausting, but well worth it. After relaxing for an hour me and three others went to the beach and played around. We didn't do much because at 7:30 we would be heading to the Israel vs. Switzerland soccer match. The stadium was huge, and the crowd was intense! Israel was down 0-2 late in the game before scoring their first goal at about the 75th minute, and then tied it in the final minute! It was amazing, everybody in the crowd was so dejected prior to the first goal, and after the game everyone was buzzing. It was quite a turn of events in 15 minutes. I also found a bunch of friends who came from Jerusalem, including one I made at my orientation named Karen. We didn't see eachother much during the orientation, but she lives in Portland and we flew back together and got to know oneanother. She's such a cool girl, and Im really glad we crossed paths at the game.
Saturday was a wild day! We went to Kiddush prayers in the morning, and after the service my roommate Jeremy and I found a leather couch and brought it to the apartment. Getting it up the stairs was absolutely exhausting, but well worth it. After relaxing for an hour me and three others went to the beach and played around. We didn't do much because at 7:30 we would be heading to the Israel vs. Switzerland soccer match. The stadium was huge, and the crowd was intense! Israel was down 0-2 late in the game before scoring their first goal at about the 75th minute, and then tied it in the final minute! It was amazing, everybody in the crowd was so dejected prior to the first goal, and after the game everyone was buzzing. It was quite a turn of events in 15 minutes. I also found a bunch of friends who came from Jerusalem, including one I made at my orientation named Karen. We didn't see eachother much during the orientation, but she lives in Portland and we flew back together and got to know oneanother. She's such a cool girl, and Im really glad we crossed paths at the game.
Afterwards, my apartment and I struggled to find transportation to a city called Tel Aviv. We had heard of a club called the Loft, and tons of Year Course people were there. We got there around 12:30 and left around 4:30. I had an amazing time dancing; I definately plan on going there again next weekend. I came home, played guitar, and three hours later I had to get up for pointless workshops preparing me for my community volunteering. The exciting part is I found out Ill be working with a program called Playing for Peace. It's a basketball program uniting Israelis and Arabs. It was my first choice and I was really hopeful I would get it, and Im doing it with my roommate named Michael who's an awesome kid, definately someone I would kick it with back home. We're also doing it with this one kid who's an absolute tool and bugs the crap out of me, but whatever. I need to go now, Im listening to a speaker in thirty and then my athletic track is going to visit the country club we have memberships to. Until next time
Jakey G
Jakey G
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