Vacation

I'm sure glad this week is over. It took 6 trips to the visa office to get our tourist visa extended. It wasn't "automatic," as they told us in the U.S. that it would be.

Anyway that's over with. And I hope I'm done with unscrupulous taxi drivers. They'll charge you an arm and a leg if they can get away with it. And lie to you.

I need a break from Ulpan, too. It went reasonably well for a while, and I got 100% on my last test, which many thought was difficult. But then everything started to slide. I spent quite some time today reviewing the things I was supposed to have learned but didn't. It's starting to come clear again, but I want to get ahead a little before class starts up again.

The weather is cold again.

This dark red rose was so fragrant I could smell it from several feet away.

This is me. Or it would have been, except I was the one holding the camera. Nice backdrop, though, wouldn't you say?

This is a poppy.

And these are poppy anemone. They don't take a very good picture. They look like red blobs. Maybe I need different lighting.

One solution is...