...שלושה חודשים

I know, it's been a while. If this upsets you, please direct your attention here. Wow, so it's been about three months since I've posted, and A LOT has happened. Some minor highlights in no particular order: took a hiking trip to the South with school and stayed in a (rather large, semi-authentic) Bedouin tent, went to the West Bank for the first time for lunch at a teacher's house, had a nice Hannukah break, got sick, had an aliyah at a Sephardic shul in Dimona, straightened my hair for New Year's, ran into old camp friends, saw a group here from Ner Tamid, went to Tzfat with friends, went on another trip to the South with school (stayed on a kibbutz), and that pretty much brings us to now. This is the last real day of my semester break (we only get a week, where most Israeli universities get about 4 weeks, oh well). We have been doing a ton of cooking as well, and just bought a blender for soups and milkshakes. We spent way too much on it so I hope it works.

In sum, things have been progressing quite nicely here; I am of course used to the long school days and working weeks that start on Sunday, and I feel like I have really settled in and am comfortable in Jerusalem. My goal for the blog from here on out is to update much more frequently, with shorter, more inane posts for your reading pleasure. I will now proceed to show you some pictures that have little to do with anything I just talked about, but that I like nonetheless.

Shabbat Shalom,
Sam

P.S. Please check out my other website, Samblumberg.com for some more pictures of my adventures.

The Shuk, my home
















Amos, Old City shopkeeper
















Friends and food downstairs in our apartment
















Huge flash flood in the South- normally there is no water here
















Intense wind on top of a mountain, overlooking several Kibbutzim near Eilat