Sea Net Tel Aviv

... Morgen stand ich also um 06.00 auf, völlig aufg**egt und mit gross** Vorfreude. Ich ging nach oben auf die Strasse warten und als ich dann das Taxi endlich sah, da sass doch tatsächlich Willy auch darin. Das war echt eine tolle Üb**raschung. Natürlich wussten alle auss** ich davon, obwohl es zuvor einige V**sprech** gegeben hat konnte Oren es imm** wied** so biegen, dass ich davon doch nichts wusste.<br>Zu**st gingen wir mal noch schlafen bis Mittag, dann trafen wir Orens Elt**n im ...

... on the Taglit leg of the trip, overpacked itinerary, chronic sleep deprivation and all. As everyone else flew home, my REAL adventure began.<br>First off, each night after the 3rd of August, I didn't know where I was sleeping until that night. We who stayed behind remained in Jaffa an extra night, stuffing seven people into one hostel room. The next day, I walked into Jaffa in search of a post office, an internet cafe, and a laundromat; after not finding any of the ...

... angekommen, ab** zu sagen, dass uns**e Plaene aus Auf-Poolparty-gehen-und-dann-weit**scha uen bestanden, klingt jetzt auch nicht nach wirklich viel.<br>Jedenfalls: Als uns** Couchsurfing-Gastgeb** vom Mittwoch, Oph**, uns fu**s Wochenende absagen musste, stellten wir uns seelisch und moralisch schon auf ein Hostel ein. Gut, dass sich wie aus dem Nichts ein gewiss** Tom meldete und uns auf eine Ganztages-Poolparty einlud. Ohne uns zu kennen - kommt doch einfach mal! So standen ...

... in which fruit and vegetables are grown, a dairy, a large mall containing well known international and household names like McDonalds and Toys R Us, a plastics plant, and on and on. While only 15 minutes north of Tel Aviv in Hertzliya, it is a world apart from the fast-paced city we found it to be when we visited it a few days back. <br><br>In Tel Aviv, the city is electric in its pace. The gorgeous skyscrapers, eclectic neighborhoods, almost frenetic streetlife, huge shopping ...

... month-old girl, Shachar. <br><br>After dinner, Kevin and I walked through residential neighborhoods to Rabin Square and hailed a cab to the Rothschild area, where we thought we might finally get to a gay establishment. The cafe we went to turns out to be under renovation (at that very moment, 10:00 p.m. or so, men were carrying out some serious work on the place), soon to be a place for religious gays, we were told. Hmm. (Too bad, I was really ...

... Saturday night. I wanted to get up at about 6:00 to shower and relaxingly pack the last of my ****, before Chris and Erin walked me to the bus to the airport. UNFORTUNATELY, I didn't hear my alarmS and was woken up by them knocking on my apartment door. Never have I been so completely panicked before!! Even now, my heart starts racing at the thought of it! Luckily I have some of the best friends in the world, and they helped me ...

... flying over the Dead Sea we flew over this very peculiar part of the desert. They were like small hills/valleys that were brown coloursed bu also had these various patterns that the left over sal made as the Dead Sea was drying up. The patters and coloures made the view exquisite. Nothing like I've ever seen before, or Borik for that matter. We then flew over to The Masada and decided to go to theh top and take a tour of it. The Masada itself was an entire ...

... ethnic, national and religious discrimination between the countries of Israel and Turkey started heating up... I wrote additional letters to parents, talked with my students some more and had a few meetings with my school Director to get his okay to continue... All those involved still stayed the course and in the end we headed off to the "Holy Land"...   I could write volumes about the amazing, incredible and astute performances that each and every one of my students performed ...

So, today I went out for a little shopping and sightseeing. They have a huge shopping center in the Dizengoff here, it is really easy to get lost inside. But I managed not only to get out again, but also to buy some batteries to get the camera working again before! So I already took some pictures today, I just have to find a way to upload them and this blog is going to get a little more interesting.After the confusing, modern shopping ...

... I had the place to myself. The bus trip to Tel Aviv was fine, except my seat partner ended up spilling coffee all over my feet and ankles. It reminded me why I don't typically ride buses. Today I toured Tel Aviv. If you ever come to Israel, I'd suggest giving it a miss. Not much to see/do. I took in the Carmel Market (basically a farmer's market) which also had a small arts/crafts fair going on and then did the Diaspora ...