Prima Tel Aviv Hotel

... head back to Gezer in the morning to pick up my stuff, and, since Arynn was going north to celebrate a friend's end of enlistment, and go right back to Tel Aviv (Cath and Reuben had already left for the north, as did Ziv -- seems to be a popular place this weekend). So a anticlimactic end, but I'm not a stranger to disappointment, nor to seeing it turn around into something positive in the end.<br><br>And no, there is no such thing as hummus cakes.<br>-Dave<br><br>

... pub; walked through the Old City, visited the Western Wall and a nearby archaeological site, then had a very relaxing Shabbat where we were visited by Rabbis Tzvi and Shaya and their families (all among the nicest people in existence); drove to the Negev (southern desert of Israel) where we hiked up Masada to watch the sun rise, floated in the Dead Sea, rode camels, and stuffed our faces in a Bedouin tent all in the same day; went to Tel Aviv-Yafo where we ...

... Reise: geil!<br><br>Tel Aviv ist and**s. Irgendwie hatte ich so eine Stadt in einem Land wie Australien **wartet, ab** keinesfalls in Israel. Klar hatte ich schon Haifa und dessen Strandkultur **lebt, ab** Tel Aviv ist da nochmal eine ganze Ecke extrem**. Ist J**usalem stocksteif mit tausenden Jahren Geschichte und zehntausenden ultra-orthodoxen Fanatik**n, bietet Tel Aviv an d** Mittelme**kueste g**ade mal ein hund**tjaehriges Bestehen, ab** dafu** tonnenweise Laissez-Faire ...

... to feel so comfortable in his home, and we have had some spirited conversations about Israel, politics, the holocaust, and so on. Since both are teachers, Bonnie and he have a lot in common, and similar complaints too (eg pushy parents). On top of this, we shared Shabbat dinner in the kibbutz dining room with Shelli's sister, Millie, who gave us a tour of the kibbutz, and filled us in on the state of kibbutz life today, which has evolved from the original and traditional ...

... Blunt). Again paltry concessions and lots of commercials, but no assigned seats. When let out, we found one mall exit after another locked, which we thought was curious, but a woman passerby kept pointing us in the right direction at each exit until we found the open one (where we saw her again and smiled in thanks). Hopped in a cab for the ride back, buying our morning snacks at Aboulafia bakery again and walking the quiet side streets back to the hostel.

... from one of the organizations that we visited that said "Boycott Israel." The opened the tube, but weren't able to get the posters all the way out of the tube. Thank God, otherwise I would have been stuck in Israel FOREVER!<br><br>After the thorough search of that bag, they escorted me to my plane. My flight was already boarding!!!! <br><br>My flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna was about 30 minutes late, and I only had a 50 minute layover ...

... now im seeing it with my own two eyes. We then flew over the Dead Sea and along the coast line. That itself was a new kind of fascinating view. Aus was breathetaking, an unimaginable blue, has a uniquely shaped edge, but Israel had it's own characterstics that you couldn't take your eyes off of. The sea was blue, flat, something liek out of a painting however it was unique for its sal patterns. We could distinct where the concentration fot eh salt was high ...

... So I contacted the Israeli school and signed our school up... We were accepted and started planning for the journey... Days later I received an email from the director of the conference letting us know that they had chosen my delegation of students to represent the country of Israel... WOW! Sharing this with the students brought wide eyes and many statements of grave concern... one of my leading students asked if I thought it was a good idea to have a Turkish, moslem ...

... himself... strange. It was also Alena's birthday, so we went to some bars in the evening. Tel Aviv is really a perfect spot for going out, lots of bars and clubs for every taste, friendly people and even in the middle of the week, the places are crowded till early in the morning. Drinking is not really cheap here, but as long as you don't go out every night (although it is very tempting to do so), it's OK, I guess. A little tip if you ever happen to be around ...

... s cousin, Shachar, in their car, and my daughter. We tried to find the car for about 1/2 hour &amp; after walking back &amp; forth the same way a few times, we finally found it. Talk about a LONG day! It was 9PM when we boarded the plane &amp; now it was 9PM the next day, with not much sleep. We got to Tal (my husband)'s uncle's house, where his cousin Rikki came in with his Grandmother, Savta Ester, and prepared a meal of hummus, israeli salad, and onion mushroom quiche ...