http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Abby-Z/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Abby Z en-us Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:12:51 +0000 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:12:51 +0000 Ok so yes it has been a while. Lets go over some highlights of the past month and a bitHalloween Some boys in the International School hosted a party in their apartment. Most of the International school went and there were a few Israelis too. It was so cool to be celebrating Halloween in Israel with a bunch of Europeans and Israelis. My Danish housemate Sara and I found Haifa University b http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/Haifa-District/Haifa/blog-350729.html It has definitely been an experience to be in Israel during the high holidays. For Yom Kippur Jordana and I went with the Schwartzrsquos to a reform synagogue that is within walking distance from their house. It is actually illegal to drive in Israel on Yom Kippur so after Kol Nidre everyone goes out and walks up and down the main street. I walked with David and it was quite a sight. Almos http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/Haifa-District/Haifa/blog-337302.html Shanah Tovah everyone I was very lucky to be able to spend Rosh Hashanah with the Schwartz cousins in Rarsquoannana. Jordana came along too and we had a great few days eating a LOT of food and going to services. On the second day we went to a picnic in a park with some members of my cousinsrsquo synagogue. They played an ultimate Frisbee game after eating. It was a bunch of adults and ki http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/Haifa-District/Haifa/blog-332023.html Ok so I am writing this entry from Israel not Greece but let's pretend.Greece as a whole was a great vacation. There were some minor glitcheshellipbut in the end all the logistics went relatively smoothly. I arrived in Athens at 9am Sunday morning. After checking into the hostel I went off to the National Archaeological Museum. This museum is huge and has the complete range of Greek ant http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Athens/blog-326414.html Sorry itrsquos been such a long time since the last post Ulpan has been over since last Thursday. I think my final went well and the picnic afterwards was a lot of fun. I brought my Frisbee and was able to throw for a while with Savannah and some other people. I spent most of the weekend cleaning my apartment of which I am currently the only inhabitant. Having the whole place to myself i http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/Haifa-District/Haifa/blog-320185.html I canrsquot believe Ulpan will be over this Thursday The time has really been going by so quickly and I know the three weeks I have off will fly by as soon as I figure out what to do with themhellipLast week we visited the Ghetto Fighters Museum which is located on a kibbutz near Haifa. It is a smaller Holocaust museum than Yad Vashem with more of a focus on rebellions such as the Warsaw http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/Haifa-District/Haifa/blog-315975.html Hello all. Itrsquos been a few days so I thought Irsquod fill you in on what Irsquove been up to here in Haifa. The tour of the Bahai gardens was beautiful. All the plants are so well taken care of and the grass must be cut every few days to keep it so short. My favorite thing about the gardens is that there is water that flows down each side of the steps and you can hear it quietly spl http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/Haifa-District/Haifa/blog-311848.html Shalom I have been here for almost an entire week already so I figured I would post my first blog entry. Both flights here went very smoothly. I met two other girls in the Heathrow airport who were also going to Haifa. When we landed the three of us braved the train to Haifa and then a taxi up the university. This was no small feat with all of our luggage but we managed. When we arrived http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/Haifa-District/Haifa/blog-309835.html Test Entry Leaving for Israel in 8 days http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Connecticut/blog-304559.html