The Life of a Rasta

Now that I've finally finished Ulpan, I can successfully say that I am fluent in Hebrew, okay just kidding, I'm not really at that level yet, but I'm a lot better than I was when I started! It's a cool feeling, being able to understand when other Israeli's talk and I've even been trying to talk to Israeli's that I meet, רק בעברית (only in Hebrew...it's not going too well, but I'm working on it). Anyway, this week was a mishmash of events. I'm finally starting to feel better, I've had a bad cold for basically the entire time since we've been here and I'm beginning to feel more cultured in Israel. Crazy enough, we've been here for just a little over a month and I know that the short month of February is going to fly by! Anyway, since I've finally been feeling better, I figured why not go out and start a cycle of getting sick, feeling better, then going out...it's pretty messed up if you think about it, but I guess that's just part of being abroad? LOLZ, no judgement plz. Last night in honor of the best holiday ever, Valentine's Day, we decided to go to this big Valentine's Party on the Nemal (the port of Tel Aviv) at a club called Hangar 11. The party was poppin' and the venue was cool, the club was both inside and outside and crowded with people. There were a couple girls studying at Haifa University who came to Tel Aviv for the weekend and I ended up meeting up with an old friend from pre-school! Hey HZT, there are three of us here in Israel...such a small world, but really cool too. I'm spending the weekend here in Ramat Aviv, staying local. We start real classes next week and one of my classes is an internship as well, so I'm excited for that to begin. Next weekend a couple friends and I are thinking about going up north to Tzefat or Haifa or both. Welp, that's my life, this past week it hasn't been 2exciting. I promise, I'll make up for it next week. Can't wait to not have Sunday classes and be able to be more relaxed rather than always feeling "on-the-go". OH BTW everyone, I got a hair wrap at this little joint called "Kundala Rasta", it's gold and multi-colored! And I made homemade chicken soup on the little hot-pot stove in my room to cure my cold. Anyway, hope everyone back home is staying safe in the crazy snow, ya'll should come to Israel, the weather's gorgeous. Tata for now, שבת שלום!