On Friday we took a field trip to Jerusalem. To get there, we walked to Efrat (about 20 minutes away) and took the 167 bus to the central bus station. There, we got “rav-kav” cards, which you can load with money to use on the busses and light rail. 

After that, I walked around Jerusalem with my friend. We did some book shopping in Meah Shearim–I bought Rabbi Solovetchik’s על התשובה (On Repentance), which I am currently learning (along with half the school).

I then went to Immanuel with her (which is a two hour bus ride away from Jerusalem, in the Shomron), and spent shabbos at her cousins’ house. They were such a nice family, and I had a fun and restful shabbos.

(They had this gorgeous mural painted in their house. I asked about it, and they said that it was there when they moved in.)

Saturday night, we went back to Jerusalem and stayed with another family–good friends of my friend. The idea was that we would be able to catch an early bus back to school out of Jerusalem, and make it back for the start of class. We ended up just missing the bus. At least it was a beautiful morning: