navigating the internet in hebrew

i have been in jerusalem for 24 hours now and am just beginning to feel a bit settled in. i wanted to post to my blog last night, but everything continuously came up in hebrew... so i ended up writing a couple of posts on my computer instead and will copy them into the blog soon.

for now, just now that i am in a maze of winding corridors littered with arab shops filled with spices and sweets, meandering groups of religious pilgrims, and israeli soldiers. the muslim and christian quarters provide sensory overload; each time i walk down the same street, i see something i hadn't noticed before, making me think i am somewhere new and wondering if i have gotten lost. but then i just continue on, knowing i will end up somewhere familiar.