Okeanos Suites Herzilya Herzlia

I decided it was too much to 'describe' my time in Israel, and it would be a lot better to simply do some word association. Here goes...

Zahtar
Pesek Zman chocolate bar
Renewing old friendships
Family
The Old City of Jerusalem
Shuks
Some of the most appalling drivers in the world
Raanana, HaMerkaz, Israel bigkevoz

... to preparing fresh hummus and some pita from the market. I had never had hummus served to me warm, right out of the pan it was cooked in. I asked Bob Marley if I should grab some plates and silverware but he just laughed then plunged his hand into the large bowl of salad and fed himself, still laughing as lettuce hung from his lip. "We eat natural
here, mon, you see?" Just as I suspected, it was the best hummus I ever had. The rest of lunch ...

... working with kids, hopefully that will work out. And my back-up plan is either to go to a different kibbutz or to go to Yodfat and work under the table there for a while. Earning money is like a foreign concept to me now. Right now I'm in a coffeeshop in a mall in Tel Aviv and walking by the shops and not being able to buy anything is very difficult! Shoes... Clothes... Argh!

... it's a pity Arynn couldn't line up work for me picking olives from the orchard in the mornings (wrong season), as that woulda really rounded out the experience. Still, numerous the dogs and cats wandering around keep me good company while I'm bumming around on discarded couches littering the front of the residence, leeching off the neighbor's WiFi (it's communal, so issall good).

-DAve

... I travel, I can never adjust to this part of the play, the last act, the farewell. You'd think I'd be ready to say goodbye to an extremely conservative Muslim environment, to tunnels and random echos of gunfire, to scenes of destroyed homes, hospitals, mosques. Well, I'm not. Peace-salaam-shalom P.S. anyone know who won the Barcelona-Manch U game? Also, one of my host sisters, Zain, wants me to say hello from her to everyone. So, "Hello" from Zain!

... ciutat oberta i tolerant m'aniran be per relaxar-me i poder afrontar millor la religiositat, tradicio i ortodoxia que es respira a Jerusalem. Hi ha prou coses per fer per mantenir-se entretingut uns quants dies, encara que s'ha de buscar una mica i no tirar la tovallola de bones a primeres. Amb una mica de paciencia i d'ajut per part dels recepcionistes de l'alberg aconsegueixo fer una ruta forca interessant, que em porta pels primers barris de la ...

... s house - they live across the road from each other! And when the shopkeeper's brother built his house, his lights were too bright and Bernie's dad even took him to council! After saying my farewells, I got dropped off by the group bus near the Luries' house, where I left some bags, and caught a bus to Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv Mel, Bernie and I again met up in Tel Aviv, where we went for dinner with a drunk South African from their hostel that Bernie stupidly ...

... dizengoff! my first purchase in israel - frozen yogurt. yum. today went to jaffa and ate at the apparently famous abu chassan; hummus for breakfast. i felt like zohan. i know erica will be proud. walked around the flea markets and the shuk ha'carmel upon our return from walking back to tel aviv. saw a bat cave in an abandoned mosque and took a video ...

... taxi all the way back (bad choice) and I couldn't figure out how to catch the bus back into town.  There are no bus maps available.  So I ended up walking most of the way.  Then I was ready for the beach, so I changed into my swimsuit and headed for the beach in front of the Tel Aviv Hilton, which is closest to where she lives.  It is a nice beach, wasn't very crowded around 5pm.  I got in the water, it was very warm.  A ...

... The kids lived in an apartment on the top floor of a hotel which offered an outstanding view of the coastline. While they studied I could see windsurfers and sailing boats on the clear blue sea - not a bad office view! We would play football by the beach during breaktime. One time I brought over my guitar. We decided my singing would be a punishment for if they didn't study well. It turned out the Dad -apparently voted one of the worlds most ...