Back to School

So class started yesterday. There's about fifteen of us in the beginning class, and we go for four hours with a small break after every hour. Basically they tell us things in Hebrew and demonstrate until we begin to grasp the meaning and can do what they want us to do. Then they slowly back off on the demonstration and just tell us things. After we seem to grasp what's going on they start to give us other things and build on what we seem to know. It's working pretty well. It's a great way to learn a language. We also have a couple hours or so of homework every night, but class is done by lunchtime, so there's plenty of time for other things. There's an old crusader building on top of a hill near here, so I think I'm going to go check that out today.

**Update**
There's now pictures from the crusader castle on the More Pictures in Israel album. It was really neat. I don't think there's ever been an archaeological excavation there, so there's no barriers and you can explore the whole place. I'll probably make a few more trips up there.