I then went with my friend Abigail to Ben Yehuda street because I didn't really have anything else to do. We walked to the train and got on. After about 15 minutes Abigail said that she thought we missed our stop. We checked and we did, so we got off and got on the train to go the other way. We didn't actually know what stop we were supposed to get off at and we didn't actually know where Ben Yehuda street was so we were kinda just walking around a lot trying to get directions, but following directions from Israelis is not the easiest thing to do. Then my friend Giselle called me because she was also going to Efrat and she wanted to meet up with me so we could take the bus together. As we were walking towards where I thought Giselle was, we saw the camp people that I had lunch with earlier. They told me that there was a surprise party for my friend Noga's birthday that was about to happen. I really wanted to go because it was really close but I already told Giselle that I was going to meet up wither her and I didn't know where she was. I eventually gave up looking for her and we decided to meet at Big Apple Pizza which is where Noga's birthday party was happening. I didn't know where that was either but I happened to see Brenda and she knew where to go so she started walking with us. As we were walking, I happened to look across the street and I saw Renna and Ali. I was so excited to see them that we stopped walking and crossed the street to say hi. I kinda felt bad, but I think that this was the point where Abigail left me to figure out where to go by herself. Brenda and I finally got to Big Apple Pizza just in time to say 'Surprise!' as Noga walked in. It was so much fun because almost all of my camp friends and school friends who were in Israel were there.
I had to leave after about 15 minutes to catch my 2:45 bus. I went with Giselle and my other friend Miriam on the train to the central bus station at about 2:25. We got to the bus just in time at 2:45. I got off the bus at the first Netzach Yerushalayim stop. I knew that their house number was 63 so I saw that the first number on the block was 22 so I started walking down the street. But as I walked down the block the numbers were going down. I walked back to the bus stop and saw a set of stairs going down. I then realized that I remembered from the last time that I was there, about 7 years ago that you have to go down the stairs to get to the rest of the houses on the block. Once I realized that I quickly found their house. When I went inside, everyone was so welcoming. Yehuda and Millie are the parents, and their kids are Gili, Avihu, Yehonatan, Matanya, Hadar, and Naama. Savta was there too. We sat on the couch and talked for a little bit. They started out speaking to me in English but once they saw that I understood most of the Hebrew and could answer them, then the rest of the Shabbat they spoke Hebrew. We got ready for Shabbat and then the boys went to shul and the girls stayed home. Naama took out a deck of cards and asked me if I wanted to play. I said yes but I didn't know if we knew any of the same games. Turns out that I knew all of the games that she knew. Mostly we played president and Hadar kept winning.
Once everyone came home, we sat down to eat. We had this really good fish and chicken soup. After the meal, one of Hadar's friends came over and she invited me to go to one of their friend's houses. I went to their house for a little bit but I came back early at around 11:00 because I was pretty tired. The next morning I woke up at around 11:00 and I was so surprised that I slept for so long. After I finished getting dressed, Naama wanted me to play more games with her, so we played Trouble. We then had lunch and then afterwards everyone went to take a nap. At around 3:00 Giselle and Miriam came over to hang out. We were just sitting on the swing outside talking and then both of them fell asleep. I sat there for a while watching them until they finally woke up. We talked a little more and then they had to go back to the people that they were staying with. The rest of shabbat was very relaxing and the family was just hanging out together.
After Shabbat, Avihu was taking Savta home and since she lives near me, he took me back also. I got back to my dorm at around 9:00 and then went out to eat with my friends. I was really tired because I didn't get my Shabbat nap so I went to sleep early at around 11:30 which was before either of my roommates were back. I slept pretty well last night and now it is time for me to go to sleep again. Shalom V'lehitraot!
Once everyone came home, we sat down to eat. We had this really good fish and chicken soup. After the meal, one of Hadar's friends came over and she invited me to go to one of their friend's houses. I went to their house for a little bit but I came back early at around 11:00 because I was pretty tired. The next morning I woke up at around 11:00 and I was so surprised that I slept for so long. After I finished getting dressed, Naama wanted me to play more games with her, so we played Trouble. We then had lunch and then afterwards everyone went to take a nap. At around 3:00 Giselle and Miriam came over to hang out. We were just sitting on the swing outside talking and then both of them fell asleep. I sat there for a while watching them until they finally woke up. We talked a little more and then they had to go back to the people that they were staying with. The rest of shabbat was very relaxing and the family was just hanging out together.
After Shabbat, Avihu was taking Savta home and since she lives near me, he took me back also. I got back to my dorm at around 9:00 and then went out to eat with my friends. I was really tired because I didn't get my Shabbat nap so I went to sleep early at around 11:30 which was before either of my roommates were back. I slept pretty well last night and now it is time for me to go to sleep again. Shalom V'lehitraot!
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