Graduation day

I am proud to announce that as of this afternoon, I am a proud graduate of Ulpan Or's two-week Sabra course. I now know about 700 words, the present and future tenses, and how to order an almond croissant (available in pretty much every café here). I'm planning to study on my own to fill in some gaps and move forward, but I might sign up for a continuation program at some point — though I don't think it will be full-time.

For my last session, I didn't have the energy to hike around a new neighborhood (it would have been Yemin Moshe, the neighborhood created by Moses Montefiore in the 1890s to encourage Jews to move outside the Old City) so instead Ben joined my teacher and me for a waffle and ice cream. I did the ordering.