New Years!!!

Hey guys,

New Years here was pretty interesting. For the first time in my life, I didn't see snow before new years. yea its not that big of a deal but it was strange to go out from home on new years in just a Northface jacket. Adam, Seth, Tyler, Hadley, Shira, Rachel, a bunch of other people and I went out to downtown Jerusalem. Shira, Rachel, Tyler and I branched off for a little bit to meet up with Shira and Rachel's friend Mark from school. That took us until around 11. It was soooo late already! I was so used to new years with friends or family, where festivities start around 9. the fact that at 11 we made the decision to meet up with everyone was really strange to me

Around 11:15, we met up with a bunch of other Nativers. We were planning to go into Hertzl (like we always do), but it was a 40 shek entrance fee and by that time, it was almost already new years. Almost everyone showed up (besides Seffi, Gabe and Ariella who insisted on walking through Mamilla mall). Besides them, everyone and I mean EVERYONEEE was there.

I've never seen so many people in downtown Jerusalem before! There were literally hundreds and hundreds of people! It's tourist season so it was veryyyy crowded.

We walked to the bottom of Ben Yahudia street, and instead of the normal "Rabbi Nachman" van there blasting music, there was a DJ booth and a Rabbi Nachman guy DJing through some speakers. it was alike a mini dance club in the middle of the street. it was awesome

Today, I had my Silicon Wadi final. It was soooo much writing. It was a 5 question exam, but some of the questions had multiple parts. You know how that goes. Afterward, Joey, Aaron, Jesse and I decided to walk back to base. Mount Scopus isn't in Jerusalem, its right outside. It was a fantastic 58 minute and 47 second walk (I timed it). I'll post pic's later.

NBA Finals tonight!!! Get stoked.

For all that were at IC, hope it was amazing!!

Josh