First full week of being in Tel Aviv has come to an end. I spent the week doing a lot of exploring and walking. I think I have walked the entire city.
I also started Hebrew lessons this week (Ulpan), which is much needed. It's really strange to be functionally illiterate in the city where you live. I may be able to read everything but I have no idea what it means and I can't have a conversation with people.
We started visiting volunteer placements this week. We get to visit everything before we make a decision. There are some pretty great options for my year of volunteering.
Yom Kippur just ended too. Normally 20% of the population is observant and 80 is not. On Yom Kippur it flips. The entire country stops for a whole day. All the shops close and there are no cars on the street. We walked around the city last night, and it was like one giant block party. Everyone was out and about and there were kids on bikes everywhere. It was pretty awesome. Everyone walks in the middle of the road 'cause they can. It was pretty great to walk in the middle of the road. It was like that all day today too. I have never seen anything like it. Other than that it's pretty much the same. Everyone fasts, then everyone eats a lot.
Great first week
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