August 8, 2013

I have not posted in a few days now or from last week (oops!) Sorry about that haha! This week was pretty much the same old, same old. I had Ulpan everyday and then basically went to the pool or the beach everyday and relaxed there. Last Friday, Sarah and Paige and I went to the shuk downtown and saw all the jewelry and art. There were some really pretty necklaces, bracelets, and rings. I found a really pretty Hamsa necklace (the hand) that I bought. It was fun bargaining with the dealer and trying to get a good price. I think she realized that I was American because as soon as I started speaking, she changed the price for me and said the necklace was actually more expensive than the original price. Sarah got a really cool Hamsa necklace too! I want to go back to this shuk because I loved everything there! That night I went to dinner with my cousin Abra. We went to a really good sushi restaurant called FU and then we walked around downtown on Dizingoff street. There are a lot of really cute stores there and I want to go back and go shopping there. The next day I went to the beach with Paige, Sarah, and Alona. Before the beach, we went to a really good restaurant on the sand called London. After the beach we discovered the best frozen yogurt we have ever had in our lives! It was called Tamara and was just incredible; great froyo with great toppings. The rest of the day and the weekend I just relaxed and hung out with friends a lot.

Hebrew is getting really really hard. I have had a very  difficult time learning the language and actually understanding it. This week my class finally finished learning the Hebrew alphabet, all 26 or 27 letters. We also learned a ton of verbs and how to conjugate them in the masculine form, feminine form, singular form, plural form. I had a test last Monday and it was basically impossible (i did terribly!) Today we learned about irregular vs. regular verbs and how to conjugate and recognize them. This Ulpan has been sooo hard for me and I do not understand Hebrew at all. I cannot wait for this Ulpan to be over haha! It is so annoying because I wanted to become fluent after the Ulpan and living here for 6 months, but as of now, I feel like that is not even possible and not an option!