and there were little bits of mosaic put all around in the stones that made up the pathways. and there was mirror mosaic-type stuff on some of the walls. it was really a beautiful house.and karmi'el is a beautiful city. it is very well kept up, clean and the gardening is beautiful too.
on friday night sarah, marsha, and i went to services. she introduced us to some of the people there (most of them spoke english fluently) the rabbi asked if i spoke russian cause ella is a russian name. it was kinda awkward, but he was nice. the service was all in hebrew which was hard, but we picked out a few things. there was a sign hanging which i found particularly profound. it said 'da lifney mi at omer' which means 'know before whom you stand' it was very beautiful.
after the service, we went to marsha's friend's house for dinner. her name is marcie, and we had dinner with her, her husband simon, her 3 kids, her daughter's boy friend, jordan, and eli. one of marcie's kids is named natan. he looks EXACTLY like charlie from Lost. EXACTLY LIKE HIM!!! and none of them except for sarah knew the show, so we couldnt share our exciting news with them. but they were all very nice. marcie is from america and simon is from london, so their whole family is bilingual, as is marsha's family. so it was great cause we had a nice english speaking HOME COOKED MEAL. it was delicious! so many different kinds of salads, and potatoes, and other veggies for me to eat (of course they all had meat as well) then we talked for a while until sarah and i were falling asleep in our chairs.
(this is at a park in karmi'el. it was a lot of fun there! )
the next morning we woke up around 11 and marsha showed us around karmi'el and the surrounding villiages. we went to a really cool little store in the vegetarian community (all these little settlements were set up on mountains to over look the arab villiages, although its not a big deal cause the arabs here are generally very peaceful. but anyways, each settlement started out with a general theme, like vegetarian or a special type of meditation, or that sort of thing) then we went to have coffee at a beautiful community where i bought a very nice sholder covering thing. i thought i should have one in case i needed to go to services again, cause i had to borrow my friend's shoulder covering for the services on friday (for some reason all my dresses are sleeveless!
(this is a view of the kineret from one of the settlements we went to)after that, we met up with eli and jordan for lunch in an arab villiage and had some of the best humus i've ever had. and guess what. IT RAINED. it is officially winter. there was a rainbow and everything. it rained for about 10 minutes. and ever since it has been raining for 2-5 minutes every so often. its kind of exciting. that evening, some of marsha and eli's friends came over for cake and coffee. this was a little less english, but it was still fun. it was nice to hang out with older people who had real lives right now to live, and not be in this fantasy life here on yagur in the ulpan. the food was good and the bed was big and comfy.
this morning, we got up relatively early, and marsha took sarah and i to the golan.
we went to an artist villiage, and sat at a cafe over looking the kineret. it was really nice. then sarah and i took the bus back to yagur and i am back in fantasy land with a test on 20 new words tomorrow that i have yet to study for (dont worry ill study later and get an A++ since i will try to learn all the words and be fantabulous!)
(this is at the cafe overlooking the kineret)thats about it for now.
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