Loeby
Lauren Loeb Joined: February 26th 2008
Logged in: March 5th 2008
Logged in: March 5th 2008
Travel Blog Posts
the dead sea
Hey yall! I just got back from the dead sea and the ein gedi desert. You should try to find it on a map. Its important to know your geography. If someone asked you where iraq was and you pointed to germany you would look like a fool.. think about it!! Any way, the dead sea was really nice! you can float without using your hands and the sea floor, instead of sand, is crystalized salt. Then we took a hike in the ein gedi desert. I know I always seem to tell you scary stories about terror attacks and deaths, but its really not that bad... it just happens. It happens in the USA too. Even more so with kidnappings, robberies, and murders in the USA than in Israel. On the contrary, I feel very ... read more
the university
Hey everyone Im here at ben gurion university in the Negev, the Israeli desert. It is the most northern and biggest city in the Negev. I started studying hebrew and other israeli classes (history, politics, and holocaust studies). Every weekend i travel to the center, Tel aviv and Rishon lezyyon. Its easy to travel here because it is such a small state. You can get from my city, beer sheva to tel aviv in two hours on a bus for 15 dollars. You can also take the train for about 20 dollars. Last weekend i went to jordan, a very important historical place for israel. Why? What is historical about Jordan? More recently Jordan is one of the only border countries to be at peace with israel. Egypt is at peace at the moment but due ... read more
