The Big Souk

I checked out the market after Ulpan, it's supposed to be a bigger market because the vendors from Lod come as well to Ramla.  I went over hoping to get some awesome bargains, and ended up leaving with food that is about the same price as the supermarket.  At the super market I can use my credit card, which I prefer (then I get the points!)

I made some onions, peppers, garlic and mushrooms for lunch - browned the onions and then saute'd the remaining vegetables in olive oil.  We haven't gotten a frying pan yet, so I make it in the bottom of a pot.  It's deceiving to cook like that since you can't see the color of the stuff you are cooking, it all looks darker.  There is also very little light in the kitchen, which makes it more complicated to cook in general.  The light in the bedroom flickers as well (and I just went out and bought a new bulb, hoping that would be the solution, but I guess not).

Because of the holiday, we had a shortened first week of intensive ulpan, and there was an attempt to cut this week's ulpan short as well.  However, we made it clear that we wanted the ulpan over a tour of Ramla for Thursday.

My ability to write in hebrew with the alef bet in cursive is dramatically improving, however, I am finding that my ability to spell things correctly is not as good.  Michal, our ulpan teacher, has told me not to worry, but when there are no vowels, I foresee this problem becoming a real problem.  Right now, you can read it phonetically, and understand what I write.  I am also very curious about the vowels, and rules around them.  But, these are topics beyond the scope of the ulpan.