Eilat Hotel Tel Aviv

... a time that I was just feeling my game finally starting to improve. And my return in July was just as I was getting bogged down with the final sprint to wrap up work, to pack up my London and to prepare for this trip. So I'd effectively lost a golden opportunity to whip my ass into shape before the trip, and had apprehensions of embarrassing myself in front of the Israeli Capoeira groups. The limits on my endurance, technique ...

Hello well heres how things went at first<br>basically, we go to LAX and let the drama fly...i was really really hyper, and being really crazy. my aunts Casey and Britney and grampa Sol were there. we got on a plane and went to New Jersey where we met up with Richie (Casey was a counselor at a camp for people with Williams syndrome and Richie was a camper) he lives in jersey, so we had lunch with him. actually, to be honest, i dont know if we were in new ...

... 305;s may just be our perceptual b&#305;ases show&#305;ng. I thought of my fr&#305;end Ph&#305;l's words, when he told me that there are some v&#305;llages that you DO NOT dr&#305;ve through. Fortunately, I d&#305;dn't know wh&#305;ch those were, and our dr&#305;ve was completely uneventful &#305;n that regard.<br><br>We ended our day &#305;n Ha&#305;fa w&#305;th the ant&#305;c&#305;pat&#305;on of meet&#305;ng Bonn&#305;e's cous&#305;n Reuven and h&#305;s fam ...

... Seems I lucked out getting a bunch at a kiosk in Jaffa, because now it seems none are to be had outside a post office, and Kevin needs a slew of them. We walked and walked up Dizengoff to find the cramped, little post office (literally, no bigger than an office) with a ticket dispenser (like a deli--take a number), but no stamp vending machines. They certainly don't make it easy to buy postage. Eventually ...

... one of the friends of our group leaders in the souk (the souk is very crowded and crazy, it's amazing he found us), and he wasn't alone. He brought a Hamas police with him!! Armed with a huge gun, he rounded us up, yelling and pushing us with his gun back to the taxi. It was really ridiculous, a bit scary, and totally unnecessary. So these are some of the things I did in Gaza. There's just so much to tell and so much to discuss, like what ...

... and into the open air market on Allenby street. Making deals on cheap earrings and bracelets! It was fun to shop, but I spent too much money. Then since it was Friday everthing closed down early for Shabbat. Saturday we checked out of the hotel and didn't have to leave back to BS yet, so we all sat on the beach for three hours! It was sunny and perfect, except Alan wasn't there. He would have loved it too! There is no beach in Atlanta. Kids in wetsuits with little surf boards ...

... where they had about 50 plaster dinosaurs that you can sit on, decorated in all different designs and colours. Unusual public art, but it's more than I can say about Sydney's "**** on a pole" sculptures in Kings Cross.<br><br><br> Israel's biggest security threat? <br><br>We met up with Joel's friend Jesse from NZ, who wears tzitzit and all the other religious gear, minus a cippah - because cippot are part of the oral tradition ...

Yad Vashem For our de-briefing, we discussed a number of things from our trip, including: * What happened to camp survivors as soon as they were liberated? We were shown a clip from Band of Brothers demonstrating how hard it was for the survivors to cope on their own without constant instruction, and to find survivors in their families * Whether our hopes and fears from the start of the program actually happened * Would there have been a Holocaust if Israel ...

... kind began when I first went to pay for something- prices in shekels are pretty high, making Tel-Aviv super-expensive. want a beer? it's probably about 18-24 shekels, 6-8 US dollars. want a cheap snack? good luck. This didn't hamper our fun, however- we spent the days exploring the city and the nights taking drinks on some of the beach front lounges:) ahhh I miss it already:) I'll write the entry for haifa and nazareth soon:) hope everything is good with you guys!

... over to the newest night club with her friends near Rabin Square.  It was crowded with 20 year olds, loud music.  We had one drink and left.  Ellie was surprised I hadn't collapsed from jet lag yet.  8/31/08 Sunday. Ellie's friend Nicolai gave me a morning tour of the Bauhaus architecture in Tel Aviv.  I learned at lot about the buildings.  They are functional, have balconies to encourage socializing.  They also have ...