http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/twopointtanya/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from twopointtanya en-us Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:18:55 +0000 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:18:55 +0000 Its been a couple of months since I have gotten home and even blogged about my experience.. After I got back from Greece I started my internship at Ramah Israel Programs and I had a blast. I did basic intern things like file input things on the computer as well as photo copy. I had it down to a science. My normal hours were 106 sometimes 117 or earlier.There were only 9 of us at one time living http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-432711.html We wake up early again our last day trip is to Lindos which has a population of 1091. It is known for its 17th century houses which are dazzling white as well as white and black pebble mosaics. It was established in 2000 BC and is the home to the acropolis. We are down stairs waiting of course because Israelis are always late we start driving and the entire tour is in hebrew. TX and I start l http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/blog-394431.html So today we worke up at 645 am to have a little day trip to the Island of Symi we had to be at the Port at 9am leaving the hotel by 830. This is what Symi is about. Its an Island of a population of 2606 and just a day trip away from Rhodes its a rocky and very picturesque island. Ship building and sponge diving are the main economies of the Island. Sponge diving started in the Ottoman time http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/South-Aegean/blog-392519.html Last day in Larnaca and I have to say I am not so sad of saying goodbye. It was an awesome exotic vacation however I think I would love to come back and do Aynapa and Pafos with dad and mom or someone who can drive husband or whatever. It was a rainy day waking up not looking forward to possibly getting soaked we made our way to the bus stop to go down town and the driver looked at me like I w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/South-Aegean/Rhodes/blog-391812.html There were no sidewalksThere were no crosswalksThe drive on the wrong side of the roadOur room was not ready ... 20 euroThe guy knocked our door... ConstanceWe slept for six hourswe woke up at 230 amThe food kept coming and comingWe almost missed our planeThe had never seen a pedestrianWe found the TA University study abroad building in LarncaThere is a beach named after TXI got bur http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Larnaca/blog-391106.html We walked north today to get a different feel for larnaca since we have been to town every single day. The northern beaches are where all the resorts are just wanted to see what we were missing. IT was a hot and windy day and we sat on the beach and enjoyed the oceans blues and greens. We both did not want to be walking in the heat of the day so we got back to the hotel around 130 and was read http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Larnaca/blog-391096.html Venturing into town round two. We decided that we were deff not walking this time. I went to bed dredding that walk thinking I would have to do it again today.. not only once but twice. So we waited for the bus and noticed that it does not come every 12 an hour we were waiting at least 40 min. We got into town in 5 minutes instead of forever it was so much nicer.We went to the promenade sinc http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Larnaca/blog-391095.html After gregorys we came back to plan the next couple days of our vacation. Tx started to tell me about a couple ideas but I couldnt keep my eyes open I was sleeping by 1030.. then we got a knock on the door around midnight or so asking for Constance. It was kinda comical in away because the guy was so delirious that he knocked on the wrong door. When we asked what can we do for him he looked at u http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Larnaca/blog-390554.html And the adventure begins... the Nesher picked us up around 3am to go to the airport we got through the airport around 430 am everything was smooth our flight was at 7am we landed by 8am it very a very quick flight we get into a cab to take us to the hotel we notice automatically that they drive on the other side of the ROAD We get there to try to check in which is not until 1pm unless you p http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Larnaca/blog-390512.html Today Otzma had buses picking us up from our Partership Cities to go to Jerusalem for orientation. It was JJCGT who were left to go to Orientation from Rehovot. The bus pulled up and we loaded it extremely quickly and moved on. Our cleaning lady Oshrat came out and waved us goodbye she was so sad to see us go. So cute. Orientation was a lot of people talking at us. We had a speaker come tal http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/Jerusalem-District/Jerusalem/blog-390506.html So my time has come its the end of my three months in my Partnership city Rehovot. It is pretty sad but I think it was the perfect amount of time. I got to say goodbye to the babies in the gan I work in as well as the second graders at the afterschool program and as well as the special needs teens that I saw twice a week. It was my second shabbat in Rehovot just how times played out I was travel http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/Center-District/Rehovot/blog-390500.html Over this past year some of my friends on Otzma have been lucky like myself to have family and friends just go in and out of Israel like a revolving door. Tx has had 2 people so far and myself well lets just say my entire family not so much friends. I have friends here who have made aliah but my friends from the states are still in school and are either on their semester abroad else where other t http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/blog-384099.html It has been many years since I have dressed up for purim. I didnt even dress up when I was running my youth groups purim carnival. This year was a little different. i was in israel and every single person doesnt matter on your age I have noticed gets in the spirit of dressing up. So I was innovative and decided to dress up as a twister board. The front of the tshirt was the spinner and the back http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/Tel-Aviv-District/Tel-Aviv/blog-381057.html It is official I am going on vacation. I thought it was not going to happen this year since I had a petor from the Israeli army saying that if I leave Israel I have to leave for 160 days. But that no longer applies to me since I just have been discharged. It is so exciting.Tx and I were throwing around a couple ideas for vacation.. cruise Croatia Greece turkey going some where and we finally http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/blog-378419.html My aunt Roz is here again but this time for work. She works for the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. She is here planning the logistics of the trip for the constituents and I get to help out a little. She invited me to hear Ehud Olmert and dinner then as well as hear Tzipi Livini and Bibi Netanyahu. It is very interesting time to have all these high political speak http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/Jerusalem-District/Jerusalem/blog-378415.html So today tali took us to the Blind Museum. She used to work there and wanted us to have the experience of going to a Museum which is completely in the dark and the tour guide it either blind or seeing impaired. So we get to the Museum and they tell us you can not bring any bags in with you and also if you wear glasses you can no wear them. Someone from NY started to freak but since my prescription http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/Center-District/Rehovot/blog-378410.html This part we only had two seminars.. one which was a mifgash encounter with israeli young adults our age as well as a conflict and hope seminar.The mifgash was a lot of fun I was in a group with past Ramah counselors and we got to reminisce about our time staffing there and what not. Nothing has changed in Ramah Berkshires it is kinda sad but I heard Rabbi Resnick is leaving and for this comin http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/Jerusalem-District/Jerusalem/blog-376760.html Wednesday night I got the chills and did not feel so good. I ended up having a fever and chills all day and couldnt function on thursday. I didnt go to volunteering because I was so sick and couldnt be around 2 2 12 year olds. My body ached and I didnt know what to do. I just decided suck it up you will feel better and mom will take care of me.My entire family is in Israel minus my dad . Th http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/North-District/Tiberias/blog-375548.html Part two is finally beginning. I was extremely ready to move here from Beer Sheva and to see what is too come. We moved here Jan 4th and had a week of touring our different volunteer places. My schedule got switched a bunch of times and this is the final version. I am working in a kindergarten and a couple matnasim. In the afternoon in one I work with an after school program for kids with spec http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/Center-District/Rehovot/blog-375536.html I was finishing the GA with a metting with the New York Federation and the CEO said I just want to let you know that I think that you your Otzma group will be here for the net war. Low and behold we were.Was this an operation or War For awhile the Israeli govt kept saying that it was not a war and that it was just the fault of the media for calling it that. It was just after Shabbat Channukkah http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/Gaza-Strip/Gaza/blog-375183.html