Eight Weeks

For the past eight weeks, every weekday (remember that’s Sunday through Thursday here) I’ve been studying Hebrew for at least two hours (for six of those weeks it’s been for three and a half hours) every day. It’s been intensive and I’ve learned a lot. But I’m really ready for a break and, fortunately, we get one. Anna and her husband, along with fellow students of her husband, are going to a resort near Barcelona for the week.

Nice, huh? Well, we get our own vacation of sorts out of it – a week off from Hebrew! Yay! Jen and I are planning to visit many of the sites in town that we haven’t yet seen. Yes, folks, we’re going to Jerusalem for our vacation!!!

For instance, today in Hebrew class we learned about the local zoo in order to learn the Hebrew names of various animals. We still don’t know how to say "cat," however. Nonetheless, we have homework to do and we have a lot of vocabulary to catch up on (about eight weeks’ worth!) You should see my piles of unused flash cards. They’ll hopefully get a workout in the coming week.

We start Hebrew back up a week from Sunday, just a few days before the yeshiva starts for the year. That’s pretty soon!