A week in New York
Jul. 2nd, 2009 08:12 pmWow. Coming to New York directly from Sweden is killer culture shock. Plus this is almost the first moment I've had to do anything other than vitally urgent admin since I got here a week ago. I've been planning to record my immediate impressions for ages, even though they're perhaps not so immediate after a week.
( we're not in Stockholm any more! )
The learning so far is really wonderful, especially the Talmud class, which is just at my level. It's a very steep learning curve, and I'm finding that at the end of each morning I can do things that I couldn't have imagined being able to do at the beginning, which is the most incredibly satisfying feeling. The teacher is really superlative, plus![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
hatam_soferet has been helping me prepare and revise the material. Just amazing. The other classes are a bit more mixed but I'm learning interesting and novel stuff, so it's living up to my expectations.
My schedule is a bit unreasonable, though. We're leaving the house at 6 to make sure thathatam_soferet's local community have a quorum for morning prayers, then an hour's commute into the city, learning either from 9 to 5 or 9 to 7:30, and in the evenings trying to snatch time to hang out with Jen and revise the material and do any essential chores and admin and prepare food and still somehow get to bed in time not to be incredibly sleep deprived. If anyone's in the city and wants to meet up, I have lunch break from 12 to 1 and I'm free Monday and Thursday in the early evening.
In theory my American mobile number is 646 709 5546, but I am not certain this new system is actually going to work!
( we're not in Stockholm any more! )
The learning so far is really wonderful, especially the Talmud class, which is just at my level. It's a very steep learning curve, and I'm finding that at the end of each morning I can do things that I couldn't have imagined being able to do at the beginning, which is the most incredibly satisfying feeling. The teacher is really superlative, plus
hatam_soferet has been helping me prepare and revise the material. Just amazing. The other classes are a bit more mixed but I'm learning interesting and novel stuff, so it's living up to my expectations. My schedule is a bit unreasonable, though. We're leaving the house at 6 to make sure that
hatam_soferet's local community have a quorum for morning prayers, then an hour's commute into the city, learning either from 9 to 5 or 9 to 7:30, and in the evenings trying to snatch time to hang out with Jen and revise the material and do any essential chores and admin and prepare food and still somehow get to bed in time not to be incredibly sleep deprived. If anyone's in the city and wants to meet up, I have lunch break from 12 to 1 and I'm free Monday and Thursday in the early evening. In theory my American mobile number is 646 709 5546, but I am not certain this new system is actually going to work!
