just lovin' this...

Shalom!

So we have had today and yesterday off from Hebrew lessons (Woot!). In Israel, the weekend is considered to be Friday and Saturday, because of Shabbot, and the work week begins again on Sunday. So overall, it has been a fantastic week with very fun days but I am so antsy to begin the volunteer work.

Yesterday, a group of us got a taxi to the nearby city to have a fun day on the town. Most of the stores close down pretty early because of Shabbot so we just kind of walked around for a bit and then went and checked out the beach for a while too. It was way fun and I was finally able to get an actual cup of coffee in this country at a fun coffee place called Aroma. Oh, it was so delicious.

Aroma!

Arron (the Brit), Jackie (my roomie), Emily, and Elana on the beach!

The girls on the beach.

We also went to the local pub last night as well and had a bit of fun...

Today was fun as well. We hit up Banana Beach again and had a good time soaking up the sun. It is so weird that we are well into October and it still feels like summer. The Israeli's keep telling us to just wait, it'll get cold. Their definition of cold and ours is quite different though. I did quite a bit of reading and listening to the iPod on the beach and also got way too excited for my own good when I spotted a family with a dog that looked way too much like Mandy. So of course, I had to go over and ask for a picture.

I'm pretty sure we will be having a meeting soon to discuss our options for the volunteer work that will be started the beginning of next week. I'm pretty sure I will probably be teaching English in the local high school and I also want to ask if I could help with event planning of some sort here on the Kibbutz. Since there is that giant fortress/castle here on the grounds, many weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, and even parties take place right here. So that could definitly be fun...

That's all for now...I think. :)