Is There Something Going On in Egypt?

Here I am in my new home, Kibbutz Ramat Yochanan! Our ulpan (a period of study consisting of intensive Hebrew, coupled with labor if one is on a kibbutz) begins tomorrow. About half of us have arrived and gotten settled already.

This lovely puppy is the unfortunately-named Gucci. She is a 5 Month old German Shepherd. She likes a lot of attention, being fed treats, and annoying all the other dogs on the kibbutz until they bite her. A person in the last ulpan found her, but then had to leave the kibbutz. Gucci became one of many kibbutz dogs that wander the property. I'm in heaven!

I'll explain more about the format of the kibbutz tomorrow and will write about all the people and dogs here, but right now, it's 1AM and Gucci and I have to go to sleep. We have our Hebrew test tomorrow that decides which class we get put into. I will probably be in the beginning class (Aleph), and the proctor will probably decide that Gucci is a dog and isn't allowed to take classes that don't involve "sit" "stay" and "stop biting my shoes."