A matter of moments

I'm sitting in my apartment, waiting for the O.K to go to Ulpan to eat lunch and take off for Jerusalem. These past couple days have been a little crazy. My cousin Jerry left Israel yesterday to fly back home; it was unfortunate his weeklong trip overlapped my final week in Bat Yam, but at least I got to see him a couple times. He told me had a powerful experience this time, which was great to hear.

Thursday night Year Course had a final party at a club in Tel Aviv called the V.I.P lounge. It was kind a small place, but I had fun. Friday our apartment went to Ohad's house in Hertilyah for dinner. It was far and away the best meal I've had since I've been here. It trumped the final sports track meal I wrote about, no question. I gorged myself on a variety of meat, including possibly the best steak I've ever consumed. Ohad's parents were wonderful and gave us a few presents, and Ohad and Nitzan gave us picture frames with a picture of us together in it. It was overwhelming to be honest. Getting the presents from Ohad's parents was special.....................................................................................................................................

Annnndddd I got interrupted because our apartment got the O.K to go to Ulpan to leave for Jerusalem. Back to what I was saying, the dinner at Ohad's was really something special. We got together the next night and got burgers for dinner before going to the bars, but coming together at Ohad's was different. I think we all realized how much fun we had and how much we'll miss eachother, or atleast I did.

After arriving at Ulpan, we muched on pizza and hung out before splitting up on the buses. Those living in the apartments got on one bus, hostel in the other. Saying goodbye to Ohad and Nitzan was rough. Wellllll thats not entirely true. Our goodbyes were aweomse; we had some chants and some dancing. It was a pretty funny sight, but once we were on the bus it was hard, and it hit everyone. It was hard to swallow the fact we didn't live with them anymore.

Our drive to Jerusalem was about an hour and fifteen. When we arrived, the look on everyones faces told it all. We were purely ecstatic. Our apartments aren't necessarily big, but they're very high quality, and the neighborhood is awesome. It's so cool living in a building that's all year course kids; we just leave our doors open and hangout with everyone. After unpacking all my stuff, I got a tour of the area. There's a plethora of places to shop and eat. Ben Yehuda Street, which I mentioned in a previous blog, is only a 15 minute bus ride. I went there last night in an effort to watch the Dolphin game with Mike. It was unsuccessful, but I went to a few places were other games were on bigscreens which was awesome. One noticeable difference in Jerusalem is how Americanized it is. I'll turn a corner and see a dominoes pizza. I'll elaborate in a later post. Right now I'm hanging out at the Hostel in my boy Avi's room and using his computer. Today I ate lunch here, played ball, and caught up with some friends. Right now we have a three day transition period where we have nothing to do, so a ton of kids are staying at the Hostel. I gotta go eat dinner, I'll try to write another post as soon as possible. I have no internet as of now at my apartment, so that might be difficult. I hope not.

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