Out and about.

Last night i went to Tel Aviv for the evening with my friend Marni. We got a ride in and hung out for a bit before heading to the beach where we got to see the last flickering rays of the sun shimmer across the Mediterranean. Soon after there was a free movie that was showing on the beach (the reason we went in). The movie was an Israeli film called "End of the World, Left" (I think:). Whatever the title was it was probably the best Israeli film I have ever seen. I was so impressed with the quality of the acting, filming, plot, dialogue (from what I understood of the mix of hebrew, english and french). I highly recommend it.

Today after ulpan My friend Mo and I met up and went to lunch in the shuk (market). There is nothing i have witnessed, smelled, or experienced that is quite like the shuk. It is a Jerusalem staple that I have only recently been familiarized with. There is vendor after vendor with anything from clothes to fish to kitchen stuff to spices. It is unreal. It is the cheapest (and at times, like friday afternoon I hear, the most stressful) place to shop in jerusalem. There is something really special about these few square blocks of Jerusalem.

After, we walked to the old city and popped a squat near the kotel and watched people pray and listened to the Muslim call to prayer. We also perused the Arab shuk and i received my first house warming gift - a hooka! I just got my key yesterday for my long term place and i can't wait to move in....TOMORROW! Last word about my day - we found, as we were leaving the old city, a little treasure just outside the Zion Gate. A few doors after the gate there was a door that was a jar...so our curious selves went in and we found a plot of olive trees, pomegranates. There were grapes that were so lush on the vines we just had to have a few...here are some pictures from my day. hugs.