Goodbye!

It is 2:37am right now, and we are leaving for the airport in 20 minutes! I just wanted to post one last time before I leave Jerusalem.

Over the past few days, we've been taking things slow, packing, staying up really late, and tying up loose ends. Today (yesterday, technically) was our last free day. I went with my roommates and a few other girls back to the Garden Tomb again, and we just sat there for awhile. I got to talk to a man in German for a little bit--he tried to ask me the time in three different languages before he got to German, and then I responded and we were able to have a short conversation! It was really cool.

Then, Bethany, Jessica, and I went into the old city for one last time to do some shopping, and then we came home and packed!

It has really been a wonderful summer. I'm so grateful that I was able to come here and see what this area looks like and feels like. It has been westernized in any ways, but it still has a unique aura--with the limestone everywhere, miniature scale landscapes, and rocks incorporated into buildings.

I have to go catch the bus!