Sadot Tel Aviv

... my heel and my technique held up well enough through class to properly represent Capoeira Ceara (although I still tend to lose eye contact and clash legs when I au or meia lua).<br><br>What killed me was the blisters. The hostel back in Tel Aviv was on be grubby end so I kept my usual routine of showering with my sandals on. Which hasn't been a problem since everywhere I've traveled through has been either arid enough to dry ...

... up as it is. great. and that was hours ago. i still feel the same way. i havent really slept in so long. i cant pull all nighters, i get too sick. <br><br>so our natives pick us up (tourguide...) his accent is really cool. well, i think. im sitting in the bus thing we rented, to fit all 13 of us. im still throwing up. ****kk dude, like i really feel like ****. and theres a million things running through my mind. i miss my girl. i miss her sooooo much ...

... everytime when I got from behind the wheel, I left shaking. My least favourite thing in Israel, hands-down. Probably the favourite thing, in contrast, was its beautiful sandy public beach, with its cafes, action, and tons of attractive well-toned bodies to distract we old pudgey Canadians. Actually, the sightseeing in Tel Aviv is not that great--mostly lots of museums, and frankly, we are feeling numbed by the many we've already seen on this trip. We did ...

... a rest at an ice cream shop on a side street (blueberry and apple-and-honey sorbets for me, apricot sorbet and "forest fruits" ice cream for Kevin, which he described as "weird"), then walked around the nearby Suzanne Dallal Center, a complex of performance spaces and a dance school with a large plaza. The whole neighborhood had a really peaceful, homey feel, and we agreed it would be a lovely place to live ...

... siege really means, how it's really affecting all classes, and what Palestine expects from us. The main, recurring theme among everyone we talk to is, where is the international community? Why hasn't anyone made more of a stand against the occupation using the arm of international law to make accountable those responsible? Palestine was once the most educated, and one of the most successful regions in the Middle East; the land was not ...

... fourth-floor deck of the Cinema Hotel in the heart of Tel Aviv, a breeze taking the edge off the heat, the city spread out below me, while I sip my complimentary lemonade and snack on cake and fruit. During the flight, we were treated to the not-unexpected sight of our religious neighbors standing to daven (pray), covered by talitot (prayer shawls), and "laying tefilin (phylacteries)." On the other hand, my very secular young Israeli neighbor ...

... So we headed back to BS after eating at Mike's place again and made it back an hour before we had to get ready for work that night. Tonight is the last in our seven day rotation, and tomorrow we might try to go back to Tel Aviv for the day. The train ride, from what I hear, is only 25 NIS to Tel Aviv, which is ridiculously cheap. We won't rent a car again. Then on Monday we're going to try to go to the Dead Sea - only about 45 minutes away. So it's been boring and exciting at the ...

... around at the time? And will a militarily strong Israel reduce the risk of another Holocaust? For that last question, I brought up 2 points that the non-free thinkers in our group never considered. First, the two main fears of a second holocaust (with Jewish victims) after WWII have been at the beginning of the Six Day War, and the current fear of Iran with nuclear weapons - in both cases, the existence of the state of Israel INCREASING the risk of ...

touched down at ben gurion airport yesterday after a decent flight on turkish airlines, complete with a great meal and drink service. made my way via rekevet to arozolov station entirely in hebrew. kelly's friend erez was gone for the night and gave up his apartment for me to have to myself, so i can say i have an apartment of my own in tel aviv city centre ...

... of buildings shaped like the bow of a ship to remind them how they left Europe and came to Israel.  We stopped at noon for a drink in a cafe.  Then she showed me how to catch Bus 25 to Jaffa and said look for the clock tower and get off there.  I did.  I climbed to the top of the hill to take photos of Tel Aviv.  Mind you, it is 95+ degrees and sunny outside.  I saw the markets, St. Peter's church.  I didn't want to take ...