I'm still studying alot, studying hard, every day. Next week I have a midterm and today I had a presentation. My presentation was about my travels to Tanzania and what I did there and it went very well:) I've also started printing out lyrics and practicing singing some hebrew songs. My favourite artist so far is Idan Raichel, his music is beautiful and the lyrics are not to difficult. [View Full Entry]

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Summary of what I have been up to the last couple of weeks: - I went to a beautiful beach half an hour drive south from here. It was a privat beach in a bay with clear blue water. Very nice. - Me and Roee went on a daytrip to the beautiful old city Acco. We walked through the streets of Acco, went shopping in the market and ate hummus at Hummus Zaid, which is known as the best hummusplace in Israel. And the hummus was amazing, it was warm, fresh and so cheap! - I also went on a weekend [View Full Entry]

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Close to a kibbutz near Tivon there is a spring. The water comes out of the ground and makes a little pond with cold water to swim in. The guys got the brilliant idea of going there for a small picnic and to smoke some nargila. I thought it sounded very beautiful and nice so I was all for this picnic next to the pond. When we arrived I could do nothing else but laugh. Apparently they put a cement lid above the pond and made a little whole in it (for crawling in and out). The cement lid was put [View Full Entry]

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Jom Kippoer is the most important holiday for the Jews. From Rosh Hashana, which took place 10 days ago until today and tomorrow (Jom Kippoer) the Jewish people look back at the year that has passed. On Jom Kippoer the Jews fast for 25 hours. They don't eat, drink, use electricity (incl. watching tv) have sex, wash themselves or drive cars. Cars are not driven by anyone on Jom Kippoer. It is 25 hours of peace and quiet. It gives you time to reflect on the year that passed and ask for forgiveness to your family, friends and to God. Asking [View Full Entry]

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Nazareth is located 20 kilometers from Tivon (where i live). Nazareth is an arab-christian city with a beautiful Basillica it is known as the city Jesus grew up in. Me and Roee went there for a couple of hours. The traffic was absoloutey horrible in the center. After having finally parked our car we went to the town square which was next to a little roundabout. Nazareth wasn't really 'all that' in my eyes. After visiting the The Church of the Annunciation (which is the most famous sight) we took a walk through the market, which was very similair to the [View Full Entry]

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The title of this blog is inspired by a divingcenters slogan. In our last day of the first star course a photographer joined us in two dives. The picture he took are amazing! The first dive that day was to the Satile: - The Satil is a sunken navyshipwreck. - The deck is on 18 metres depth and the bottom of the ship is at 24 metres. - 18 metres was the furthest we went during our first star course. In the second star course we went to the Satil again only this time we swam at the bottom of the [View Full Entry]

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Happy New Year everybody! Today is ראש השנה‎, Rosh Hashana, New Years Eve:) We are now in year 5770 actually. So what did I do on New Years Eve? I ate an apple and dipped it in honey. This symbolises a sweet start on the year to come. The sad part is: I didn't find it tasty at all! [View Full Entry]

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I spontaneously decided to go to Eilat with three of Roees friends two weeks ago. We bought bustickets and left at midnight. The busride is five and a half hours from Haifa to Eilat. We arrived there very early in other words. Our first diving lesson started at 9 in that same morning. I first completed a one star diving class, which allows me to dive down to 18 metres. The course lasted for five days starting with lectures and movies in the morning and ending with dives in the afternoon. In the first three days we did a lot of [View Full Entry]

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Last weekend I went with Roees friends to the Kinerret. We bought meat, salad, pita and hummus... all the necessary stuff. The first car left on friday afternoon with Yohai, Jenny, Ohad and me. We arrived a little late at the Kinerret so instead of taking a hike in the Golan we went to visit Tiberias. Tiberias is located on the coast of the Kinerret. Here we took a look at the ancient ruins of the old city and ate a frozen yoghurt along the promenade. The Kinerret is located 209 meters below sea level, it is the lowest freshwater lake [View Full Entry]

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I'm officialy 23 years old. And I know most of you are wondering how I spent my birthday. Well...it all started at midnight. I was sitting in the car on my way to a pub in a kibbutz with Roee and his friends. The pub was a tent with a lot of rugs and cushions, people come there to smoke nirgila - a.k.a. hubblybubbly. We did a round of birthdayshots and to my pleasent surprise I got icecream with whipped cream and sparlkes in it. I really enjoyed how everyone did an effort and remembered my birthday. Anyways we smoked nirgila [View Full Entry]

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