Day 8 - Holiday

Woke up early for work. It's a half day because Shavuot starts at sundown, so I wanted to get some stuff done. Worked a little on writing a script in Origin to do what I want, then gave up and began doing it sort of by hand.

Around 1, when everyone was gone, I decided it might me ok for me to leave as well. Noa was just leaving too, and she invited me to her grandmother's for dinner with her family! She warned that it would be tight, but said I was welcome. She came with me to help pick out a bottle of wine so I had something to bring, then we set up a time to meet so I could grab a ride with her parents and her.

Until then, I chilled out in the dorm, where there weren't any people so I got bored out of my mind. At one point I went and bought an ice cream, and sat outside and enjoyed it as I watched people go by. I came back after the bugs started to annoy me to wait out the rest of the time.

Noa wanted me to be at her place just before 6:30, but I had no idea how long the walk might be, so I left at 6, which turned out to be plenty of time. I got there early and came up to wait. I met her roommate and got to see her apartment, which is huge! Soon we went back down and got in the car. I met her parents and sister, then we drove to her's grandparents' apartment.

I met the rest of her family as they arrived. Her grandparents, uncle, great uncle, cousin and his two kids, and another few cousins. Dinner was dairy, and therefore delicious. I can't even describe to you the dishes we had, mostly because I don't know what they are called or what was in them, but I will say I was stuffed before the second half of the food started coming out, let alone the three courses of dessert. Everything was staggered so as to let you digest, but all it did to me was reveal my poor consumption planning.

After dinner we chilled in the living room for a bit, and people gradually trickled out. We left around 10:45, and Noa's parents dropped me off right outside my dorm (Noa lives just down the street, and not far, as I discovered earlier).

I changed into jeans once I got back to my room and then went in search of people. I found Joel and Jonathan at the third bar in the row of bars a block away from Beit Clore. The music was very loud but was an interesting mix of Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine, Ludacris, Kanye, and others. After a bit it turned into a (smoky) dance party. All in all, a good way to end the night.

There weren't many picture-taking options today, so enjoy pictures of the cat that haunts the dorms!