Size Conversion

I am finally begining to learn the metric conversions here. It is funny how size relates across the world. I am dieting for instance and it's nice because my weight is a smaller number in metric. lol. And for a woman and her weight... The smaller the number the better!
The size conversion relates elsewhere too. The men here are typically very short and the women are often taller than the men. The vegitation here is oddly misproportioned too. They have the most beautiful roses here and they grow to the size of an American grapefruit which here, grows to about the size of your head. Now that's what I call a breakfast food.
It is so interesting to see how food, time, people, everything here differs from back home. This country truely holds warm in my heart. Dispite occassionally having my issues with it, this place makes me never want to go home.

I'll try to post a picture of the gargantuan roses.

P.S. I'm in the holy city for the week so look for a Jerusalem post and lots of fun pictures.