I've been pretty lucky so far in Israel. My housemates are fantastic. There's another Arabic Immersion student from England and two other Jewish Israeli girls and me. Additionally, I've already sort of found home in another apartment as well. The lack of Internet tends to bring people together in the only location near our apartment complex that has wifi. In one of the apartment complex buildings there is a rather small room with free wifi. There, only a few hours into my stay in Israel, I found myself accidentally surrounded by some of my favorite people in Israel so far.
A combination of jet lag, lack of understanding of Hebrew, and a distinct lack of knowledge of our geographical region led us to find food in the only way we knew how... the mini mart next to the computer room. A few bags of chips, popcorn, and containers of hummus later, we were gathered for our first meal in Israel.
Gathered around our first official "meal" in Israel.
From the left is Shemei (from California), Luca (China), Sara (Italy), myself (American nomad), and Noah (New York and pretty much everywhere else).
Since then I've found myself gathered around that apartment and those people pretty often. In fact, I'm currently gathered in the only other place we've been able to find wifi... right by the elevators outside Noah and Sara's apartment. What can I say? Life is certainly interesting!
Sarah, Noah, and I in the semi-dark hallway trying to get our Internet fix.
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