Etrog's thoughts continued

Greetings from Jerusalem!!!! This place is awesome! Yesterday was very busy even though we were on the bus for several hours. We volunteered at an underprivileged children's home, where we learned about their school and played with them. Those kids never stopped running around!! They were really impressive, even though they were 8 years old they could beat us all in basketball and soccer. The only one who stood a chance was Dan, you know, The guy who is 6'8. I was able to hear phrases like "gimme" "gimme" and "move, I want to ride the giant!" We watched them have their karate and bongo classes which was pretty hardcore. One of the kids was not paying attention during karate class and the instructor slapped him a couple of times.

Afterwards, we booked it to Jerusalem. We broke off into groups and had dinner on the town. My group went to a sushi place with Ariel, The Israeli soldier who speaks the least amount of English. This is the same soldier who I spent 10 minutes trying to explain what a chia pet is. If you think explaining this in English is hard enough try to do it in a foreign language, especially one you barely know. They did not have an English menu so we just ordered adventurously, and it did not turn out to bad, although it had a bit more citrus than i am used to.

Next, we wondered around the city where we found a cigar shop. Israeli's have no beef with Cuba (or beef at all inside Israel as I have only seen a hamburget) so we were sample some. It is getting harder to speak in a mixture of Hebrew and English (Jason is getting upset with me). The people who can not speak Hebrew in my group (read: Everyone but Stephanie) were able to practice their French with some of the kids at the home. Kerry, Warner, Shapiro, and I were having a blast.

The breakfasts here are killing me. Feta cheese, coleslaw, & tuna fish do not make a good breakfast. Also I have not seen any ketchup since coming here. I have a serious case of the shakes, because Jerusalem is the only place here that has an actual winter. PS: The Cell Phones are useless.

Matt "Etrog" Schiller