First glimpse of Jerusalem

Yesterday we got our first view of Jerusalem during the daytime. We walked about 20 minutes to a park where we could see all of Jerusalem. It was such a beautiful view. We then had our opening ceremonies and came back to the apartments. After a little down-time, we learned how to keep kosher in our apartment and how to budget the apartment and we went on our first shopping spree....Obviously we didn't learn very well how to budget; we spend over 1000 shekels (over $250) on our first week of food. Hopefully it'll last us longer than a week. I've decided that while I am in Israel I will be suspending my vegetarian ways and eat turkey and chicken again. It just makes sense so it's not a hassle on the apartment and just to be sure I'm getting enough protein every day....Anyway, after shopping and surprisingly managing to find our way home we ate dinner, had another orientation seminar and then most of us went out to explore the city at night. A couple of friends and I took a bus to Ben Yehuda street. Even though it was a Tuesday night, there was still a lot going on. We met up with a lot of the other Year Coursers and just hung out on Ben Yehuda street till we finally caught a cab ride back home for some well deserved rest. More updates soon! Hope everyone back home is doing well and I miss everyone back home.