This past weekend we had a puente (Spanish for "bridge" and "long weekend"), so my friend Molly and I decided to head off to Venice for 3 days. Well, first, on Saturday I took the LSAT, which was just loads of fun. We'll see how I did when I get my scores in January, but as a reward, I went to Venice the following morning. We slept in the airport to avoid taking a taxi, and there was a child there who insisted on screaming for almost 2 hours. So that was less than fun, but we arrived in the Milan airport in the morning. We then took a beautiful train ride through northern Italy to Venice. From my window I saw the alps and we passed through a bunch of vineyards and small towns. Then we finally arrived in Venice.
Venice is beautiful. We basically just walked around the city for 2 whole days. We went to a couple of museums, ate a ton of pizza and pasta, shopped for souvenirs, and got extremely lost. Since Venice is basically a bunch of islands very close together and there are no cars, the streets wind and it is almost impossible to find your way around. We saw almost the entire city by just walking, and although the weather was cold and rainy, I really enjoyed Venice.
Back to my original point. There are jewish people everywhere. In Venice, there is a part of the city called the "Ghetto Vecchio" which means the old ghetto. It is the Jewish part of the city with synagogues, a chabad, and many judaica shops. I wanted to buy a menorah, but I think the shop disappeared. It was extremely odd.
Then tonight in Madrid, I went to a menorah lighting near the royal palace. I didn't think there were jewish people here, but apparently there are. It was awesome. The mayor gave a speech, as did the head rabbi and a bunch of other important jews. I got a FREE t-shirt that says "Comunidad Judia de Madrid" on the back. It's like a team jersey.
Nothing else too exciting here. Just the usual. Speaking English to kids who draw pictures all class long. Anyway, that's all for now.
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