Rewind: Birthdays

I apologize for not writing more often, but things got pretty busy here very quickly.  It's hard to believe I've already been here for over 5 weeks!  


At the beginning of our second week, we celebrated Ruth's birthday.  Most of our group joined her for dinner at Caffit, a dairy restaurant on Emek Refaim.  The food was DELICIOUS!  I had the Asian Oreganatto which was a mix between a salad and a stir fry.   I can't wait to go back again!

Yummy Asian Oreganatto

Ruth's Birthday Dessert, Josh looks longingly at the cake

After dinner, I joined Ruth, Josh, and Marlowe for some drinks at a nearby bar/restaurant, Selena, to continue the birthday celebration.  Ruth and I have the same taste in drinks- we love the sweet stuff- so we shared a delicious bottle of Moscato wine!  Josh had already become best buds with the bartender, Yehoshua (Hebrew name for Joshua), who gave us free shots of whiskey.  Needless to say, Josh drank them for us.

Later in the week, we threw a Jersey Shore themed party in honor of the multiple birthdays that all fell within a few weeks of each other (Seth, Ruth, Avi, and Vera).  For any of you who are familiar with the TV show, I think the following pictures will suffice for giving you an idea of what this party entailed... including lots of fist pumping!

Nicole mixing up some "Ron Ron Juice"

Ruth, Me, Olivia Jersey Shore-ing it up

Avi's birthday was at the end of September so we all went out to Spaghettim (Hebrew word for the plural form of Spaghetti).  Can you guess what their menu included?  I had a delicious salmon pasta dish as well as a white chocolate mousse dish for dessert!  

Isaac, Me, Birthday Girl Avi, and Olivia

Afterwards, we attempted to go to a dance club but had difficulty because they were only allowing people in who were 24 and up.  A decent amount of people in our group are 22 and 23, so we were told to come back on a different night.  Turns out dancing wasn't even going to start until midnight so we weren't missing out on anything at that point anyway.  Instead, we went to Mia Bar.  This bar has a chill vibe and an older crowd.  We were introduced to this bar earlier in the week when our counselor, Yonit, took us on a bar crawl to show us all of the cool bars/clubs/music venues that cater to an older crowd.  

More adventures coming soon...