Food: One of the universal languages

First mission: shopping for groceries before stores closed for Shabbat (Sabbath) - not much English on the packaging to go by, so I stuck with things like pasta that I know how to cook. Happy to report I already found a cereal I love (see photo). The little package with the cow wrapping is butter!

I managed to stay up all day yesterday despite the jetlag - nearly nodded off when I was trying to push through some reading assignments. I got to meet a lot of fellow students, and they all seem pretty friendly. I stayed up late talking with my American roommates, and I think we'll get along well. We also have two Israeli girls sharing the apartment with us, but I haven't seen much of them yet.