Mount Carmel Haifa

... War sehr lustig. Um 19.00 Uhr kamen dann Tami und Mussa. Wir waren alle mit einem weissen T-Shirt (auch Tradition) und setzten uns zum Apero (eben diesen Äpfeln). Tami fand, in unserer Wohnung sei es viel zu heiss und deshalb müsse Mussa für Oren einen Riesenventilator kaufen (nachdem wir ja schon 2 haben). Irgendwie klingt es immer so, als ob Oren mausarm wäre (bei seinen Eltern meine ich). Keine Ahnung wie sie darauf kommen...Das Essen war super...aber kurz ...

... und einiges mehr wert, als dass ich ihn in einem israelischen Geschäft in den Abfall geben würde...Mission also gescheitert...wir warten auf bessere Vorschläge.<br><br>2) Fussball in Israel<br>Nachdem wir letzten Freitag das Spiel Israel-Latvia bei Orens Eltern gesehen haben (und die Israelis verloren haben), war die ganze Woche die Zeitung voll: "Was für eine Birnenmannschaft", "Israel vor dem Aus", "Ausgeträumt Copa Mondiale" etc...nun (seit letztem Mittwoch) steht: "Wir können ...

... nun 3 Stunden bei einem Goldstarbier und sprachen über die Leiden der jungen Schweizerinnen (neuer Goetheroman) :))) Das Ende unseres Treffens: Wir werden jede Woche einen Tag zusammen lernen, sie kommt morgen mit uns an den Strand und dann im Oktober mit mir ans Theaterfestival in Akko. Da fühlt man sich doch schon gar nicht mehr alleine...<br><br>meine Lieben...die persönlichen Mails folgen wieder...für den Moment ist das mal alles an Neuigkeiten...ich vermisse euch alle sehr!<br><br>

My new home is in the French Karmel of Haifa, one of the mountains belonging to the Karmel. From where we live we can see the sea and close to here also Rotem and Shaked live, there is a shopping area close by, called the Karmel center where there are also many restaurants...the Panorama Way (where you can see all the way to Lebanon) and Stella Maris, another sight seeing ...

... and run N-S, and E-W. In Jerusalem, we got lost several times and ended up going down all the small city roads until we found a major street and could get our bearings. But we twisted, turned, and loop-de-looped our way all over that city. Haifa was a little bit better though...<br><br>The view from the top of the Gardens was spectacular. We couldn't go any further down than the first terrace, and we'd missed the tour to ...

... observing all my surroundings, how Israelis drove, how the streets are built, how the same old shops are still running by the same people after 15 years and basically how nothing has changed. ( this is all according to borik, b/c he remembers it, so im going by what he says) I came across an intersection. Around me was a petrol station, a round-about, and a downward hill to the right of me. I looked that way and thought that it could be the right one so i thought, hey ...

Seriously, if the best things in life are free, then it logically follows that the pretty good things in life should be relatively inexpensive as well. But that does not seem to be the case. When asked where I'm from, I never hesitate to say "America," and have never received any backlash from that. However, touts and vendors definitely raise their ...

... find pieces of animal bone, and sometimes teeth. We find flints, used for different household tasks. Sometimes we find "pounders" (stones used to, logically enough, pound things) and pumice grind stones. On very happy occasions we find beads or other kinds of jewelry or ornamentation. Those are rare. But mostly we find broken pottery, it is everywhere on the tel. In some squares (4 meters by 4 meters) we may fill with pottery sherds three ...

... and gloomy, and it was easy to imagine dirty Knights gathered to plan the attack on Jerusalem. Some halls were surprisingly beautiful, with large graceful pillars and high arks. The audio guide was informative but it was difficult to find the numbers. Some had been removed. We crawled through a small, ancient sewage tunnel (good fun), to emerge into the old market. We visited a small art ...

... br><br> The Shrine of the Bab and the Bahai gardens immediately surrounding it have always been open to the public; the completed portion of the new gardens is already open to the public as well. Haifa&#8217;s Mayor Amram Mitzna describes the new garden as the eighth wonder of the world. "We have been very lucky," he says, "not many cities get a park that is so incredibly beautiful &#8211 ...