A fun night last night---went out into Haifa to scout out what we could see. A lot of fun. After going to dinner with almost 25 people, hanging in the bar, and having most of the group leaving, we asked our waiter (named Barack!!!!!) where a good dance club was. He introduced us to his friends who were in the restaurant and go to U Haifa. We talked for a while and got the scoop on where to go. Today I actually ran into one of them while walking around campus. Our first israeli friends!

Speaking of being international, I figure I should mention that although the majority of the students in my class are from America, we have students from Germany (several), Vienna, Japan, and Korea. Seth and I also spent a while talking to our Israeli roommate today, which was great.

This afternoon after class we went on a beautiful hike, which we were able to leave for right from school. Following are pictures.


Midway through the hike, we stopped to frolic in a beautiful field.
The view of campus from the neighbouring mountain. The thing on the lower right are the dorms.

The view from the top of the mountain.