shalom, my long lost friend (blog). 

i returned from the trip to the north late saturday night and worked monday, tuesday, wednesday so there hasn't been much time to sit back and reflect, write, dance (shocking), etc. 

the trip to the north was packed in a good way. we hiked a lot of the time, went rafting one day, listened to a lecture on the lebanon/israel border, went to tzfat, star gazed, ate a lot of hummus, took a 3 hour nap in the middle of the day after a morning hike due to the sun sucking the energy out of me,  and had a great shabbat. oh and i also fell asleep on the grass outside our room one day (after another hike) for 30 minutes and woke up with drool coming out of my mouth. reaaaal attractive. wouldn't be surprised if half the program walked by during that time.

anywho, here are some pictures...

you cant really tell but that is four of us standing on the rainbow bridge

Tzfat

Hezbollah occupied area of Lebanon

on the way to the banyas...

banyas with arik, one of the security guards for the group

Work on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday was just ok. There was a huge seminar focusing on the ever so exciting topic of bio-technology. Aviva and I (aviva is the new girl from career israel for the summer) walked around a lot, ate SO much food. Honestly, it was like our main goal during this conference since it was so boring was to try and sit as much as possible and eat as much as possible. there was dessert everywhere, and daniel would keep giving us menial tasks so we would keep finding random spots to go hang out at and talk to attendees. i think i need to detox after this week at work.

one day we bar-tended at the outside reception. it was great for a few reasons 1. i didnt have to wear my suit jacket and wore my sunglasses b. i was able to pour some wine into a water glass and drink it out of a straw c. it made time pass much quicker than usual d. i was able to practice my hebrew such as "yine lavan" (white wine) or "yine odom" (red wine).

After work today I met zo and mia at our favorite cafe to search for jobs and then i went to the gym. i am EXHAUSTED from work this week but i am going out tonight with the girls and friends from the program to a bar for reggae night. i feel like i should go out every night until i leave because time is running out here. 

i've been having these awful emotional spurts of realizing that my time here is almost over. thats another entry though. i need to go and get ready. peace and love.

yalla bye.