Hanging in the Holyland

Yesterday I spent the day in Rome by myself. It was my first "trip" alone. Since I have been to Rome in the past I wasn't stressed about missing anything. I had seen it before. I just walked around the city and visited the antiquities, some of the piazzas and St Peters and then I took myself to dinner. (I also had a fair amount of gelato as I was walking around- we'll call it lunch). It was a beautiful day and I had a really great time. I dont know that traveling alone would be my first choice but it is good to know that I can enjoy it.
It's great to be back in Israel. I met Aurora for lunch today and we walked around Jerusalem a bit. On Sunday we are going to soup kitchen and children's home. I hope to be able to see most of my friends while i am here. I know it is going to go so fast. I also want to go to Yad VAshem as Erin recommended it and I haven't been in years.
On the man front- I have a date with Kirk scheduled for the night I return. I have been flirting with Pacey but I don't intend to do anything about it. I start communicating with Lionel from Jdate and Marty and Norm from Eharmony. I communicated with this guy I went out with years ago through facebook (it is my newly discovered procrastination tool). I set up a friendly outing with Daryl and I hooked up Isidore's friend (Izzy and I are still in touch but nothing is happening there) with Sam. And I canceled my jdate subscription- I wasn't meeting any real prospects and if I just want play I can call Pacey. I'm going to try to focus on actual contenders.
Tomorrow is my 30th birthday- whew, I am not sure that I feel 30- I feel much closer to 25.