Residence Netanya

... the "techniot party", where only the cool people get an invitation. <br><br><br><br>We first visited a somewhat-hidden IDF museum in Tel Aviv, which I had never seen or heard of before. It contained displays of tanks, weapons, and personnel carriers, not to mention an impressive exhibit filled with firearms from a large number of countries. After this, the whole group was split up in half, with my tzevet heading north to a Gadna base called Ja'ara. Gada is the name for the one-week ...

... In fact, I fell sound asleep going from Jaffa to lunch--I mean sound asleep. Jet lag is still a bit present I guess. So tomorrow we pack up and head to Galilee. This is the kind of moving that will make me glad I packed in so light and organized a manner. It won't take me five minutes in the morning to get everything together and down to the bus. Now it's off to bed.

... even understand anything even if he sees where he is so we told him to take it off, plus this way it would eliminate any difficulties while passing through security. As we parked the car, Borik notices that there is water (since we were right by the port) and now begins to ask us where we were swimming to. Then, ignoring his question we pass security, and now he sees planes and is questioniong everything thinking that we're flying somewhere. We got sat in ...

... and it was shallow(ok) but the sand was soft and the sun was blazing down on us. After a while it got really windy and we got sick of being there so we left. Now we go to Caesarea. Caesarea is a little seaside bay with old ruins from the time of Harod of Rome. There's a really cool hippodrome also there are beautiful Roman baths. Also some ruins are from the Byzantine Empire. Towards the end of our self tour we are yield at by some ...

Hey People The Middle East is back at it again and it felt like time for me to go home on the next available plane. The news reports show images of Israel bombing the Gaza strip and the reservists being called out for a possible ground strike. Aside from the helicopters in the sky and the large number of Israeli soldiers around the ...

... to Iran while young informed me that the Persian Jews had, at that time, control over the turquoise trade; he continued on to Kabul, where the small, local Jewish population controled the fur trade. But, ambitious people are also often tired and: "unhappy." Can this same list of traits be applied to unreligious Israelis, who refuse to submit to His will, who don't believe a God would've given us life unless we were meant to be harmoniously free? I think it can be ...

... to the beach area of Tel Aviv Old Port. This was the original port in Tel Aviv which was recently rennovated into a fabulous area with a huge wooden board walk with lots and lots of side walk cafes, shops. Since it was Saturday, it was very crowded with people, all biking, skating, and families picnicing and sitting in the cafes overlooking the ocean. It reminded me of the Greek islands. The cafes were all outside, most with very comfortable padded chairs ...

... far from somehting of interest. Tel Aviv has so many elements of other places we have visited....New York and Rome for the culture and cosmopolitan street living and high end shops...Honolulu for the amazing beaches (sand like talcum powder) and the consistently great weather....Havana for the juxtaposition of wonderful new architecture located next to derelict bulidings, as only these buildings can look in a warm humid climate ...

... the mafia with them) and there is tension between the groups. Ruth's religious son Elan was there along with his family, and the meal was a typical Friday night meal - chicken soup followed by roast chicken with vegetables, followed by apple crumble; Friday cannot be a good day for chickens in Israel. The blessings before the meal were said and after the meal they benched - no not a workout (think pot bellies on religious jews), but saying grace after ...

... just a set fare and hop on or off wherever you please. People would jump on and take there seats and the car would continue driving. Then from the back they would pass their money to the person in front of them and they would continue it down the line until it reached the driver. The change would then come back in the same way-always correct. As we only had limited time for Jerusalem (one day) we headed straight to the Old City. This is where all the ...