The Laughlins

Here are some pictures from all over town, mostly at night. Mark and I went with our ulpan classes to see a play at the Chan Theater, and it was the first play that Mark has ever liked. He even wants to go back to see another one sometime (and that is really saying something). They had screens on either side of the stage with English "subtitles," but they went through them quickly (and sometimes got behind), so it was hard to catch everything. Plus, it is a lot different to watch a movie with subtitles right there on the screen. With the play, you have two options: watch the play or watch the screen. Anyways, it was fun, and the next morning I woke up with songs about missiles in my head. "Tilim, tilim, tilim, tilim..." There are some pictures of Mark and I walking around the park near Yemen Moshe and the Cinemateque, as well as a few from the City Center.

Today was our last day of intensive summer ulpan classes!! We had our final tests today. Mark took the Bet Level test, so hopefully he will pass so that he can start Gimmel at the end of October. I signed up for Ulpan Milah in the City Center, where I will be finishing the Bet Level class (two nights a week - about five hours a week). This will be a big change from doing ulpan for five hours a DAY. We are both very happy that we did the intensive ulpan for our first summer. It gives us a very good base to build from and the necessary exposure that we needed with speaking and listening as well. Mark registered for his classes this week, and he is starting to get re-excited about taking classes that he is really interested in. He does have to take a Biblical Hebrew placement test in mid-October when we get back from the U.S.

We are going to the beach at Netanya tomorrow, so I will have more pictures soon. After this weekend, we leave for the U.S., so it might be a while before I am able to post again (since I don't have the Internet access that I would need to post pictures). To my ulpan class - much love. It was a fun summer :) I'm sorry that I missed the group picture :(