Hi all! I realize that I am extremely bad at not only email, but keeping anyone up to date on the goings-on in my life at all. I am not promising that I will post on this, daily, weekly, or more than just this once (just being honest) but I thought it would be nice to share some pictures/commentary on those pictures so buckle up. Here goes:


First and foremost: The food. Israeli food is good, Mechina food is awful. Every day, a different member from each kvutza (our kvutza is called GAP) gets to go be on toranut (kitchen duty). Food normally consists of rice, lentils, and Israeli salad. We are a little bit hungry but Israeli snacks are to die for and I have probably gained 300 pounds from Israeli food.



The apartment: small. Very small. Here is out living room, a beautiful panorama of our bathroom (credits to Sam Bakal for all of these), and a very blurry video. I would show you my room but I do not want my mother to have a heart attack.



The roomates: We are perfect for each other. Naomi(far left) is from Hamburger, Germany. Samantha(center) is from Chicago. We are all disasters.









The people: We like them! A LOT! People are from: Chicago, Rhode Island, San Francisco, Australia, Germany, New Jersey, Shanghai, North Carolina, New York City, Canada, Michigan.






Exploring Tel Aviv/Jaffa: It's beautiful here. Almost as beautiful as Sophia:

Just kidding. She's beautifuler. We call her Poop.
No it's amazing here and so different than Palo Alto (Thank the lord)
Ok that is it for now. Thank you for bearing with me.
I will try my hardest to post soon, but again, no promises!
Much love,
Lauren Maxine