Kathrin Egger

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Kathrin Egger

From August 2010 until January 2011 I am studying at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem as a visiting graduate student. During the first two months I'm attending classes in Modern Hebrew. In October the winter semester begins during which I'll be studying Aramaic and Biblical Hebrew. Apart from studying I want to get to know Israel better and visit the Westbank and Jordan.



Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem October 22nd 2010

Time is flying… I haven’t written for a long time and therefore I’ll write about my traveling in two separate entries (otherwise you’ll fall asleep or get bored :)). The ulpan (language course) ended towards the end of September and was followed by a three week long very nice break. Compared to the beginning of the ulpan, when basically every word that came to me was in Hungarian (after having spent a week in Budapest right before coming here), I recovered most of what I had forgotten and learned a lot of new words. Speaking, my biggest weakness, has also improved, and by now it’s not difficult anymore to have a conversation about every-day things. Practicing with the other Swiss girl in my class has helped a lot. Thanks to her being from Geneva and therefore ... read more
Ramallah
Ramallah
Jerusalem

Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem August 28th 2010

It’s already been more than one month since I left the Netherlands. Even though I was very much looking forward to studying in Israel, leaving was hard. Most of all of course because I had to say goodbye to my boyfriend Markus, but also because during the last three years I got very attached to living in the Netherlands. Before starting the Ulpan (Modern Hebrew language course) in Jerusalem, I made a one week long stopover in Budapest (luckily, Malév is one of the cheapest airlines for getting from Amsterdam to Tel Aviv) in order to visit friends, to meet my sister Mirjam who came for a few days, and to brush up on my rusty Hungarian. After the first hour, which Mirjam and I spent trying to find our way through the night bus system ... read more
Other buildings that are part of my dorms
Helicopter landing place
Dome of the Rock and Old City




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