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Middle East » Israel » Center District » Netanya December 1st 2014

Sharon wasn’t happy when my cell phone alarm woke us at 5 am instead of the 6 am she’d planned, as it does every Monday morning for my MWF racquetball, it’s just today I’m not playing racquetball. We actually have quite a bit left to do before our planned departure at 8:30 AM. Bags to load into the car, items in the fridge likely to spoil while we’re away to discard, garbage to port to the curb for Tuesday morning pickup left in garbage bags since nobody will be around to secure the dump cans after pickup, lunches to make from our leftover Der Dutchman Amish turkey. It looks to be a fine day to drive to Chicago, to start our 24-hour + journey to the Holy Land. We have a 10:30 AM mass at St. ... read more
Living room area of our room
Bedroom
Balcony

Middle East » Israel » Center District » Netanya August 27th 2010

Greetings all, I am going to try using travelblog.org for my trip to Costa Rica based on the recommendations of a few travelers I have met here in the Middle East. I hope you all will enjoy following along on my adventures and please please please feel free to comment and/or contact me with any inquiries or concerns. Hasta luego amigos -MRC ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Center District » Netanya April 9th 2010

One more sleepm that is...8 weeks have flown by and I shall start to fly tomorrow night ...See you next week.... read more

Middle East » Israel » Center District » Netanya March 21st 2010

Just a note . All the pleasures of home...I am so fortunate for a friend like Cynie and her mom . Their Israel is easy to enjoy and just BE...I have been sleeping a little later , having coffee and breakfast without having to get dressed and going out , reading a paper and generally recouping my energy for the travels of the next few weeks. Cynie's town is a pleasant place and the home they built there is a weloming space . Her mom's is an apartment overlooking the Mediteranean and featuring the most amazing sunsets. I am a fortunate woman. Israel has bee a real surprise to me . I had not realized that it is such a beautiful place . The Galilee and the wildflowers , the Jordan valley that is filled with ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Center District » Netanya October 11th 2006

Hello everyone! I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to write on here in a while, so now I'm going to write a really long entry to make up for it! haha. Ok, so, when I last left you, I had just spent my first week at Ulpan. The whole time in Ulpan in Netanya was a lot of fun. Kinda like the beginning of college, just because you're living with so many people your age and just hanging out and having fun all the time. Oh yeah, and having 5 hours of hebrew classes a day too. We have a lot of musicians with us, so somebody is always playing guitar, piano or singing. We also went to the beach a lot and went into the city to go to cafes and such. Not such ... read more
synagogue in Nachlaot
group hanging out at Ulpan

Middle East » Israel » Center District » Netanya September 16th 2006

Shalom! Last sunday we arrived at ulpan (intensive hebrew class). Ulpan classes are 5 days a week, for 5 hours a day in class, and then we have homework. It is very exhausting and takes a lot of concentration. But I am learning, which is really the point, so its good. I am in a higher level than most of the people in my group because of my hebrew ulpan last summer, and since i've been here for 2 months already and speaking on my own. So I have been helping a lot of the other people in my group with their work. Everyone continues to tell me I'm a good teacher, which is a nice compliment, but funny for me. In the afternoons, we have time to go to the beach, which is a 5 ... read more
me and my friend simon
3 of our musicians entertaining us




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