First Day of College!!

I have a lot to report!!

First of all, I forgot to mention in my last post that on Friday my friend Ariella gave me a hair cut!  She cut off about an inch and she did a very good job.

So today was my first day of real college classes!  My first class wasn't until 2:30 in the afternoon so I slept in until noon.  I've been getting a lot of bug bites, so somehow I convinced myself that I had bedbugs.  I made one of my staff members, Eyal, come up to my room to check for them.  He said that he didn't see them, but to make me feel better he told me to spray air freshener on my mattress to suffocate any bedbugs who might be there, and then I changed my sheets and pillowcases, so we're all good.

At 1:15 I took the bus to Hebrew U.  My first class was Israeli Art History.  I loved it.  My teacher is really nice.  Today she gave us an overview of what we will be learning, such as how does Israeli art reflect what is going on historically and in modern times, and how does Israeli art fit into the international art scene.  She introduces a few famous Israeli artists and showed us some samples of their work in a slideshow.

My second and last class of the day was Foreign Policy in Israel, a class I was very excited for.  The teacher is really smart, and he was the foreign policy advisor for Golda Meir when she was prime minister!!  He gave us a very broad overview of everything we would be learning, the different tensions in the Middle East that play a role in Israeli foreign policy such as conflict between the US and Russia, the West vs. Islamic Fundamentalism, Arabs vs. Arabs, and of course Israelis vs. Palestinians and Israelis vs. Arabs.  It is definitely going to be an informative and enjoyable class.

After class,  I went to the Hebrew U gym with a bunch of friends.  It's a really nice gym, and I got a good workout.  They offer a lot of cool classes, so I will keep you updated on which ones I do.  I had a delicious dinner at the healthy cafeteria at the gym.  Now I'm going to go to bed because I have Hebrew first thing tomorrow morning!!

Goodnight!

-Sarah