The beach in Haifa is wonderful. I went there this afternoon with some friends from the International school. The water is neither too hot or too cold and the sand is not rocky at all. The sun didn't shine very much, so I didn't have to worry about getting sunburned. After frolicking in the water for about an hour, my friend from Switzerland tried to teach me some Swiss card game that confused me. Really confused me. It seemed like he was making up the rules as he went along. After that, we went to a pub on the beach, got some pints and some snacks and watched the sun go down. It was a sight. The sun went down right over the water and the sky lit up with several shades of orange. It was pretty to say the least.
This afternoon I went to the mini mart on campus and bought some groceries. In my cart were two parts of America that are pretty tough to live with here: peanut butter and Tabasco Sauce (I don't mix them together). As great as the exotic hot sauces and relishes are in Israel, nothing can compare to the vinegary taste of Tabasco sauce. As far as peanut butter, who doesn't love peanut butter. I actually gave a student from Germany her first peanut butter and jelly sandwich after we got back from the beach. She won it off me because I bet that it wouldn't rain. But it did. A little. It wasn't Pittsburgh rain. I feel like I accomplished something significant by spreading the deliciousness of peanut butter and jelly to my fellow man. I just hope that she isn't allergic to peanuts. I tried to write the technical term for peanut allergy, anaphylaxis, but Mozilla corrected the spelling to the technical terms for condoms and tefillin.
There's cats all over this campus. One just walked right past me. Sometimes they come into the building and make a bunch of noise. Last night while I was working on my homework, two of them were fighting outside. It was loud. And funny. I think one of the cats is seriously wounded or dead. I really don't know. And I really don't care. Stupid cats.
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one time in jerusalem i couldn't sleep because the cats were being uber loud outside. but i think they were copulating, not fighting. call it what you will.
also, interesting to note, israelis don't really eat peanut butter. maybe they replace it with chocolate spread?
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