Free Day!

Today we had a free day with no classes and the freedom to do whatever we wanted! It was awesome to just get to relax without and schedule and wander around as we pleased. In the morning a bunch of us went to Christ Church, just inside Jaffa Gate in the Old City. It was so cool. It was all in English, some of it was more traditional while some of it was very contemporary, and I'm pretty sure the pastors were Americans or Canadians because they didn't have an accent at all. It was really cool though singing worship songs in both English and Hebrew.

Then we trekked into the Jewish Quarter to have some authentic falafel, which, let me tell you, is no joke. Seriously. It's legit :)

We spent the afternoon wandering the Old City learning to barter with shopkeepers and buying fun things for family and friends (and ourselves...). We eventually headed back to campus to do a little studying (exam tomorrow...) and eat some dinner. Then we went back into the Old City to watch the Brazil/Ivory Coast soccer game which was so so fun. I don't even follow soccer, but it was a great game to watch and we had such a great time just sitting around eating and drinking coffee and hanging out.

Now it's time for sleep. Breakfast at 7am, then we have a free morning which basically translates to studying until our exam at 1.