Obama!

Guess who I voted for?!

All the Fulbrighters in Israel were invited to an election party thrown by the US Ambassador this past week in Tel Aviv. They held the party on Tuesday night (before the election results came in) because the Ambassador, Dan Shapiro, is appointed by the president and if Obama didn't win, then Shapiro could be out of luck. So they held the party before the results were announced.

Jess (who hosted me for the night), me, the ambassador, Amelia (my friend from Sde Boker)

I brought a friend from the midrasha to the party and we stayed in Tel Aviv for the night with one of my Fulbright friends. The party was painfully stereotypical American with hot dogs and burgers, when I was expecting this to be a nice, elegant gathering, haha. Oh well. The company was great - as I get to know my fellow Fulbrighters in Israel better, I appreciate their immense knowledge about all sorts of topics and I am always entertained by certain characters in our group.

It was a fun night to get out of Sede Boker and head to Tel Aviv, and I'll get to see my friends again soon for Fulbright Thanksgiving!

Fulbrighters!

Live band with balloon decorations!