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The Life of Brooke and Natalie in Jerusalem

Monday: Field Trip day. This day we make little travels to different sites around Jerusalem. It's pretty great because it's class outside of class

Tuesday through Friday:

1. Wake up way earlier than we did at college...we set our alarms for 7 cause we can usually get ready in under 30 mintues but we were blessed with roommates that wake up at the crack of dawn so we are usually woken by 6:30ish. And that's if we aren't woken by the call to prayer at 5 in the morning....those Muslims...wow!

2. Breakfast is every morning from 7-7:50 so we usually get there by 7:20 and eat deep fried french toast which is the staple breakfast item. There is always yogurt and pita and some odd cereals so we are fed but it's getting pretty monotonous.

3. 8:00 am Old Testament starts. Really good class. From 8 to 11 we have a variety of classes. Somedays we will have Modern Near Eastern Studies or Islamic Studies or Jewish Studies or Arabic class but pretty much we have class from 8-11. Then we have an hour break until lunch which is served at 12.

4. Okay...food here....really pretty good. And that's a bad thing cause one it makes us eat way too much and b its really good. We have all become lovers of Pita. The makers of Pita were so smart. Oh side note, you will all be happy to hear that Brooke has become a way more adventurous eater.

5. After lunch we have free time which means we can do whatever we so please to do. So here's our options. 1) go out to the Old City and wander around try and find the cheapest candy places or find the cheapest sandles or where the best pastries are. And then we usually will hit up a historical site or two. However, there have been days where we will just stay in becuase we have SOO much homework here. Okay, at least for me it's a lot becuase I'm used to averaging three dance classes a day where there is no reading. Brooke says it's her usual load...poor girl.

6. Dinner is at 6. Once again, we are eating. I feel like all we do is eat, sleep, explore and read. After dinner we either have fhe, homework time, dance parties or something of the kind. Come 9:00 pm the bikes in the weight room start to fill up because many of us have found that the only way we can stay awake and get through the reading is to jump on an exercise bike and pedal. Kinda killin two bugs at one time.

7. Bed time comes at various times for different people. There are some that hit the sack at 8pm and some that stay up way late. Brooke and I have the tradition I guess you could say of going to bed at the same time and if one goes before the other, it's like some kind of magnet becuase the other is soon to follow. So that happens around 11/11:30. And pretty much when we hit the pillow, we are out. No late night talks for us becuase we a) we are so tired and two we have other roommates and I don't think they would appreciate our late night talks we so often have.

Saturday or the Sabbath or Shabbat as they call it here:

This day is our church day. So church starts at 10. Church here is amazing! We meet in the center in the Auditorium which is this big room with one of the wall completely glass so we get to sit there and look out at the Old City while being enlightened. Then we have more free time where we usually do something spiritual like walk down to the Garden Tomb or to Gethsemane. But it's wonderful because it time for ourselves where we just read or write in our journals. Then the rest of the night we either have a forum or just have time to ourselves.

Sunday, which is technically like Saturday is a free day and we do whatever we want for the whole day.

So that's pretty much what Brooke and Natalie are doing in Jerusalem! Love you all!