Yesterday I ate a ham sandwich and watched Family Matters. Today I ate hummus and watched thousands of religious Jews pray at the Western Wall of the Temple Mount to begin the rituals of Shabbat (Sabbath) with the Dome of the Rock looming overhead and the Muslim call to prayer sounding in the distance. So I made it to Jerusalem all safe and sound...hopefully my baggage will soon too. I met seven other students from the school on my flight, so that made it a little less stressful making my way from Tel Aviv, where I flew in, to Jerusalem. Campus is beautiful, it looks very middle eastern with a garden growing pomegranates, olives, and grapes (which I am allowed to steal). Jerusalem still feels larger than life...the fact that I'm actually here after so much anticipation might take a while to sink in. Tomorrow is orientation and registration, then classes start on Monday (which is apparently NOT Labor Day here).
5 comments:
Hi Jon,
I am glad that you made it safe and sound, I hope your luggage does the same.
Oh thanks, I actually got one of my bags just a few hours ago. I'm only missing one now, which isn't bad, some still have nothing.
jon, that picture is incredible. glad to hear your trip went well. jerusalem sounds amazing.
Free grapes!?
So you're saying that you watched Urkel in Urkel?
(Ba dum bum)
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