I've arrived

After a busy day in France, seeing all the sites I had wanted to see and meeting up with a new friend who is also a friend's friend, I left tired and groggy for Israel. I arrived in Beer Sheva, and, just as I had feared due to all my connections (my routing was originally with miles from ORD-BWI-JFK-CDG [but was changed to ORD-JFK-CDG after check-in took so long on my bags] and then paid for CDG-VIE-TLV), they lost my baggage somewhere. I flew AirBerlin/Niki from CDG-TLV, and while nicer than more AA or United planes, the customer service here in Israel is a nightmare, simply because I can't get in contact with them. So, as stands, I am borrowing my temporary roommate's things, and will go from there. Hopefully my things will arrive eventually.

Beer Sheva is quite a nice city, and while I'm still dazed, I did accomplish opening a new bank account with Bank Hapoalim, the bank of the campus, which took a lot of Hebrew (I was good except for the words for checks [I switched המחאות with מחמאות] and scholarships [or at least that's what she said it was, but I don't think she said מלגה]). Anyways, I also ordered a new SIM card from the new Golan Telecom, so my Israel number will be posted to Facebook soon.

Time for bed! I look forward to updating again soon.

Shabbat Shalom,
David