There's the ocean behind us. It's me and Lauren in this pic, and I don't know if you can tell, but there were some monster waves. We tried to go body surfing, and the ocean would just pick us up and toss us around and around. I felt like a tumbleweed.

This is when we all paid for a cab to go to Tel Aviv for the day! It was the most gorgeous beach I've ever been to! The water was totally warm, the sand was soft and white, and we had the best time playing in the water.

This is from a little field trip we all took to King Herod's tomb. The landscaping there was really pretty--it almost felt like we were back home!


This is part of the ramparts walk we took around the Old City. You can actually walk around the top of the wall that surrounds the city, and it took us about an hour or so. The building with the gold dome is the Dome of the Rock, a Muslim mosque.



The picture above is the view from my room's balcony. That's part of East Jerusalem, and you're looking at a Palestinian neighborhood. The kids are little punks. They throw rocks at you when you pass them.


This part of the Old City--that's the walled area that was around during Jesus' time. It has a Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Armenian quarter. I really like the Christian quarter (which is what you're seeing right here), since it's a lot cleaner than the Muslim quarter and the people are friendlier than in the Jewish or Armenian quarters.


Here's me and some friends--from left to right, it's me, Lauren, Victoria, and Ali. Just behind us on that big hill is the Jerusalem Center! We're headed home right here after a really long, hot day shopping.

Yeah, so I snuck into Hebrew U and totally stole their internet for, like, an hour to give you this. I know it's not much, but if you wanna see more, I'm posting a ginormous photo album on ye olde Facebook, so the rest of my pics are there!