The Writings (ramblings) of Daniel
Trip Start
Jan 15, 2006
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Trip End
Jun 2006
Jerusalem,
Israel
Monday, February 20, 2006
I can't remember what order things have happened in in the past week and a bit so I'll fill you all in with what I remember.
A couple of weeks ago on Thursday night we had a great time. Wing Commander McQuitty and I went to an all you can drink Goldstar evening. It was basically all the beer you could drink for fifty sheckles and live music. We were so excited about it that we didn't even care that some prat of a cab driver completely ripped us off. We had a great time and it was very funny to see some of the Americans get totally drunk.
Not this last Friday, but the one beforehand, I was rudely awoken by Nick who had called my mobile. He said something about going to the Supermarket to buy stuff to make dinner with. After struggling to get out of bed, I met him and Sarah (from the USA) by the roundabout at the bottom of the dorms and we went to the shops to get food. Annoyingly, shopping baskets do not seem to exist in Israel, so unless you want to shlap around a huge trolly, you have to carry everything - which we did. We bought a whole load of stuff so that Sarah could make a recipe her mum had given her. We ate it for dinner - it was amazing. Before dinner, we went to the Kotel for Friday night services (frum huh?). Although it was possibly the frummest thing I've ever done it was an experience that I'm extremely glad I have under my belt.
I don't really like clubbing, but I've been to a few here.
Group
There is one club called Layla which is tacky and rubbish , but very cheap. Everyone goes there so although the club is rubbish, you're pretty much guaranteed a good night. However, there is one club in the German colony called Haoman Shvah Esreh which is amazing. It's a trance/techno place which is very expensive to get into but worth every penny. I went on Thursday night, danced with random Israeli girls (oh yeah!) and had a great time. There were even scantilly clad female dancers on podiums in weird costumes. I couldn't believe that there was such an irreligous, decedant place here - it was mad.Football has become an ever more trecherous sport. This may have something to do with the fact that the ball we play with resembles a football shaped brick. Nick smashed a big toe nail up while taking a penalty (the blood seeped right through his trainer - rank) and Jacob managed smash his foot so hard that he ended up in A&E - nothing broken thankfully. I also tackled a Russian guy so hard that he had to stop playing (oops). The inevitable happened this week and we had our first punch up. I don't know how it started but the two guys went mental at each other, so we had to split it up. It's so much fun.
A cool thing about the city is the Jewish market. I went there for the first time with Melissa a few days ago. It's a great market which sells loads of freshley baked bread, pastries and all the Jewish and middle eastern foods you can imagine. We went there again for Tu Bishvat a few days later because there were various celebrations taking place. I myself celebrated the birthday of the trees by eating a very cheap and tasty shwarma in the market.
Until next time,
Daniel (hopefully I'll have some more photos up).
