Shnat so far...

This first week has been Orientation Seminar at Beit Shmuel, and it's been amazing!  We've done everything from building a sukkah to exploring the Old City to leading our own services to going out at night.  Two other shnatties and I led Havdalah tonight, and it went really well.

Everything here has been amazing.  The falafels and the architecture and the history and the people and horrible drivers and street life and parks and food and just everything is perfect!

Yesterday we went to the Kotel (aka: Western Wall, Wailing Wall, etc).  All the girls had to wear long dresses or skirts and cover up, but the guys didn't even have to change out of their Bob Marley t-shirts, and the genders were separated by a wall (the girls in the smaller section, of course).  It's really unfair, but it is technically an Orthodox synagogue, so I guess they make the rules.

Tonight, we split up for dinner.  The group I went with had pizza; they were gigantic pieces of delicious pizza for only 12 shekels each (around $3). Most everything here is better and cheaper so far, especially food.

I'm sorry if this is disjointed and out-of-order, but it's 2 am here and I really should get some sleep.  But the night life in Jerusalem is definitely worth staying up for!