driving

I'll start off with a few photos I took while driving the van. Driving in Jerusalem is not so bad, but everyone is super aggressive and impatient. Lanes seem to be optional once traffic is moving, but I obey them for fun. It's especially hilarious in turns - traffic necks down from two lanes to one, not because there is an actual reduction in lanes, but so that everyone can place the center of their vehicle exactly over top of the dotted white line. (alas, no photo of this phenomenon)The photo above is as we near the MEET office in East Jerusalem. We have been going there almost daily for meetings, workshops, etc.
And I bet you've never seen a light that turns yellow and red before turning green. It's so the impatient drivers can throw the car in gear and get ready to go before the light turns green. Except everyone just goes the instant it turns yellow/red. Haha.

We've also been having quite a time with security at Hebrew University. In theory we should have a pass that gets us in, but, no. We seem to meet a new set of guards every night. We attempt each time to convince them that we are legitimate. Depending on how many attractive girls we have in the car, we may or may not require a trip to the main security office for a one-time entry permit.

A group of high school students in a summer program is staying in the same building as us. I've been playing soccer with them and watching the youTube videos they want to show me. They're a riot; I've been having a blast.

I'll leave you with a photo of one of the most inexplicable things I've seen in awhile. I guess the translation from Hebrew to English didn't go so well??