On thursday we went on a group trip to Haifa. Together we went to the Rothchild gardens and hiked up the carmel mountain. Then a bunch of people wanted to stay in Haifa for the night, so they dropped us off at Haifa university and we had to find our way to the port( where our hostel was.) I took the bus with Melissa Coby and Danny to the hostel, where we met Eric and Sean. We got settled into our rooms, there was 9 to a room so Melissa Danny Coby and I were in the co-ed dorm with 5 strangers, and Eric and Sean were in the boys dorm with 7 strangers. Eric went to sleep for a while, but I met Sean Melissa Coby and Danny downstairs, and we went to find some food. After searching around for awhile, we finally found a shwarma resteraunt. We couldn't go in because they were having a bachelor party, but the guy took pity on us and sold us these HUGE baguettes for 20 shekels( 5 dollars) each. I was really cranky up to this point, a mixture of being over tired, being muddy from the hike, and being starving. But the shwarma cured me. After we ate, we called Eric, and he was up, and we met up with him. Danny Melissa and Coby decided to go back to the hostel, but Sean Eric and I went out for a while. We went to a chinese place( Eric hadn't eaten yet) where the guy spoke hebrew with a chinese accent, then we went out for ice cream, then to a bar where we got 25% off because we were staying at the hostel. I have now been here for about 2 and a half months, and Eric and Sean have only been here for about a month, so I know a bit more hebrew than they do. Because of this, I was the translater for the night. I spoke with the waitress in hebrew. And I actually understood her! Aftrer the bar we went back to the hostel to get some sleep.
On Friday I woke up at 7:19, and got dressed and packed and all that. Eric Sean and I had a plan to meet downstairs at 8, and explore Haifa, Melissa Coby and Danny were going to continue to Svat for shabbat. Well, Eric and Sean were late, so I talked to the hostel receptionist( in hebrew!) about bahaii garden tours and how to get there, and then I had breakfast and listened in on other guests conversations. By the time Eric and Sean finally got downstairs it was 9! I sat with them while they had breakfast, and had a nice conversation with a german couple who was also staying there. At 10 we left for the Bahaii gardens, we were planning to join a tour at 11:30( hebrew.) We fount the carmelite subway, which took us to the top of the Bahaii temple( where the tour started.) When we got there, I had to ask people what to do. My Hebrew lessons came in very handy. The Bahaii gardens were beautiful, we took alot of pictures! After this, we took a cab to the train station, where we took the train back to tel aviv, then I took a sherut back to ness tziona. At this point I was past exhaustion, so when I got home I ate, took a shower, lit the chanuka candles, and went to sleep. that was at 3. Bar called me at 730 and invited me over for shabbat dinner. I went to his place in Maskerat Batia, and I stayed the night there.
On Saturday, Bar and I watched a movie, ate lunch, and then he drove me home. Meredith was here when I got here, and Sarah came over. We played Dreidel(סביבון) and lit the candles. Then I cleaned the bathroom, made spaghetti, watched a movie and did hebrew homework. And now I'm writing on here. Tomorrow I'm going to be'er sheva. Update you on that when I get back on tuesday.
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