My First Post!

This is the view from my room...Aren't you jealous?

Well everyone, I decided to make a blog so you can check on my progress in Israel. After traveling for over 24 hours, I finally arrived in Jerusalem at 5:15 pm (their time). The Jerusalem Center is on Mount Scopus, which overlooks the whole city. It's an amazing view of the city. So far we have toured around the city and have seen (from far away) the Mount of Olives, the Garden Tomb, and Orson Hyde Park. We'll actually go to them later. Today, we went to the Western Wall for Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath. There were hundreds of Orthodox Jews dressed all in black with their hats and long locks of hair at the wall praying and welcoming the Sabbath. To them, the Sabbath is a celebration, and they sing and dance. It was really fun to see. I would have taken pictures, but Jewish law prohibits any work on the Sabbath, which includes electronics working (my camera would have to "work" to take a picture). When I go back on a different day, though, I'll take some pictures. Ok, well I WAS going to post some pictures, but the internet up in this joint sucks so it's taking forever. I'll do it tomorrow when I don't have anything else to do (Saturday is the Sabbath here for us too!)In America, vending machines sell candy. In Vienna, they sell rocks...

My closet is so small, it's sad. What's even sadder is that I don't even have enough clothes to fill it up! I don' t know how I'll survive 4 months with a week's worth of outfits.

The courtyard leading into my room