Living the Dream

Today was (finally) a pretty relaxing day. We had Hebrew in the morning and then went to the shook to get some vegetables. Trying to plan and execute meals in a foreign country is not an easy matter- especially when you have to light the stove with a match and were not provided with any dishes... Anyway- at Hebrew today I learned that he means she, me means who, and dog means fish. This is all really true. I mean COME ON! As if it isn't hard enough already. I am practicing a lot though and have made some flash cards. Its fun writing the cursive- kinda like doing art.

The other funny thing that happened today was at the shook. My friend Jenny went into this stand with rice and couscous and lentils and things of that nature. It was hard to tell what everything was, so she just got a little bit of a couple of things to try out. There were two men in the stall: one taking money who spoke English and another man working, who was speaking Hebrew to the first guy. When she went to pay, the Hebrew guy said something and started laughing. She asked the first guy and he said, "He wants to know if you are feeding a Barbie." She said no, she was just sampling stuff. "He says you look like a Barbie." She kinda smiled and then he leaned over (very seriously) and goes, "Don't worry. I don't think you look like a Barbie." We couldn't really decide who was being nice and who was being insulting. But it was pretty funny- it's better when you factor in the accents and the fact that hardly anyone else gave us the time of day.

Oh! I almost forgot- this morning I was woken up by the Muslim call to prayer. It is just this man being broadcast over this HUGE loudspeaker, yelling something in Arabic. It is so so cool. I took a recording of the sound when it happened tonight. I'm trying to put it on the internet, but you might just have to wait until I get home- but it was really really amazing. Made me feel like I was in Aladdin or something. 

Well, tomorrow I have four hours of Hebrew, so I am trying to get some sleep. Hope all is well.