Friday, July 29, 2011

Different Way of Life

After about 22.5 hours of flying, waiting, delayed flights, and flying again, I've finally arrived in the holy land: Jerusalem, Israel. Let me tell you from experience, it is different here. I absolutely love the culture, until night fall. The noises never stop, and people don't go to bed. As I'm writing this post from my living room, I can hear the unending voices bouncing around in the city as it makes its way through the open windows into the apartment.

Just as the voices never end, neither does the heat. Tomorrow (Saturday) it is set to get into the 90s. The humidity is pretty sticky too. Here are a couple of updated photos taken today at the time of this post.

Nice view just outside my apartment.

Clal building where my school is located.

Jaffa Rd. facing South East.

Two big buildings.

Hmmm. Isn't it though.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Vacation!

So our family takes a vacation to the coast just before I leave for Israel. It was really fun. We hiked a 2.25 mile trail into our campground. Here are just a few pictures Nate (brother) and I took.


Eating out at DQ for lunch. Reedsport, OR

Taking a break during our 2 mile hike to the campground.

Enjoying snacks at the campground.






Enjoying a camp fire. Muhaha!



Accidentally bought a kids tent for two people.

Packing up.


Heceta Head. What a view!