Good news! I have a place to live! Well, I do come March, anyway. But it's BEAUTIFUL! I love it. I'll be with two other girls, one from Finland and one from Sweden, who are fashion students. They don't go to NABA and are older. They were really nice when I met them and the girl who's moving out, Ruth, is also incredibly nice. They said I ( Read more... )

Went to Chabad for dinner last night. Very nice people who made an effort to speak in English. It was hard to follow their conversations overall as the languages switched between three (English, Hebrew and Italian) and I only properly understand one. Mum, however, could follow both English and Hebrew. Fell asleep at the table multiple times as ( Read more... )

So the flight over, totally empty. I had a freakin' row of three seats to stretch out on and sleep. Twas nice. Mum found her own row to sleep in, like most of the other people who had ended up in the two-seat rows. Yeah, it was nice. Pity it was old plane so the entertainment stuff was lame (The Mummy 3?? Come on USAir...you can do better). ( Read more... )