First Weekend in Jerusalem

I just posted about my experience of my first field study through the Old City. It may have been kind of upsetting to you... I'm sorry i don't want to destroy anyones expectations of the holy land. Anyway. In this post i just want to tell you about jerusalem and my college campus.

All the doorways are very small, narrow and short. So i've managed to hit my head a few times now.  I also electrocuted myself while plugging in my charger.  Everything is stone here so i was well grounded, which is bad. lol.  Like i said before, Jerusalem is very hilly. If you want to go anywhere, you most likely will have to walk down and then up.  There aren't much in the valleys besides roads, so no matter where you are going, you have to go down, to go up.

The fruits and vegetables here are spectacular, just as i expected.  The meals are quite tasty too.  I dont always know what i'm eating,and i don't take time to try and figure it out. i just get my portion and eat it or else i'll go hungry.  But really everything has been really good.  There is also a snack bar that is always open.  They have bread, jelly, peanutbutter and nutella...(the chocolate hazlenut spread). Jess - i was making myself a nutella toast and thought of that time when we were eating nutter butters at dads house, and i said i could eat 10 of them. haha. i was laughing out loud to myself.

The New City of Jerusalem is like any other city.  Lots of people, cars, construction, and of course, places to spend money.  It is also, i think, very safe. One difference is,  as you walk around you will encounter squads of Israeli Military Personnel.  THey are all armed with machine guns. You can count on seeing couples of them throughout the city on heavily populated street corners or groups of them just walking around.

The weather is similar to summer weather back in Indiana.  It has been in the high 80s since i got here. But there is one difference, the air isn't hot and sticky and nasty.  There is always a pretty nice breeze and if you are in the shade then you have nothing to worry about. But being in the sun it gets pretty hot.  Its been very sunny these past two days, not a single cloud in the sky.

This college campus is soooo awesome. Instead of describing i'll just post some pictures on facebook. One cool thing is there is a garden right outside my door. I can go and pick grapes and pomegranates whenever i feel like i want one. lol.  And like i said before, the school literally is on Mt. Zion. Not just present day Mt. Zion, but the historical Mt. Zion that you read about in the Bible.  So that is pretty amazing.  If you want, you can search for the word "Hinnom Valley" in the Bible. the school is right above that valley, east of it, and west of the old city wall.

Well that is all i can think of for now...ask questions on the comments section. that'll help me think of more and observe more.