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Middle East » Israel » Center District » Rehovot August 30th 2019

Home sweet home! It was a 22 hour event to get from our beautiful AirBNB in Plettenberg Bay (thank you Leslie!) to our much missed house in Rehovot. It included our last, on the wrong side, drive in "the bus" packed to the gills with luggage. Getting to the George airport way too early (thanks to me, who didn't want to be there late or stressed). Little did I know (although I should've known by this point) that it is a tiny airport with nothing to do and nowhere to go. We sat at the cafe drinking cappuccinos and hot chocolate for TWO HOURS before checking in. It was a small plane (but not the smallest we've been on this trip) and a short 1.5 hour flight to Johannesburg. There we had to wait for over ... read more
Morning contemplation in Plett
The full Bus
The calm before the storm. Plett

Middle East » Israel » Center District » Rehovot August 14th 2019

I don't remember having such a stressful day before a trip before. Flights cancelled and re-set, lack of information about entering South Africa which if we didn't find out our two youngest would have had to return home, passport name issue. Things to remember: *Not a great idea to have two different country passports (American and Israeli) with two different names (of the same person) on each. What can I say, I am a woman of many identities. *READ ALL EMAILS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM when corresponding with travel agent. *If you are planning a trip to South Africa with children under the age of 18, make sure you have their birth certificates in English. *Do NOT do early check in online for 8 people all at the same time. El Al decided they needed to ... read more
Visiting Mom at work day we leave
Weizmann Library children’s corner
Someone’s unhappy we’re leaving

Middle East » Israel » Center District » Rehovot August 13th 2019

Tomorrow night is the Big Moment and we are in a whirlwind of preparations. Clothes, food, binoculars, drugs (Advil and malaria pills people), travel games, battery packs, shoes are everywhere. But it's the little things, like entertainment for the long African nights, that we can't forget. I've prepared all the movies I can think about related to Africa to put on a disc on key to bring with us. Out of Africa, The African Queen, The Gods Must Be Crazy, A United Kingdom (which I already watched and found very interesting, thanks to my lovely friend Sarah), and.... ...the whole series of Ally McBeal! I know. Not about Africa. But a fun show that my kids would never see if they weren't stuck inside on a warm African night :). Any other suggestions?... read more

Middle East » Israel » Center District » Rehovot August 5th 2019

Nine days till our Safari Adventure! Adam has been planning the entire trip since November (2018) and it will be a fun packed African Adventure in three different countries; Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa. The travelers include the Strauss clan, Bubbe Barbara Kaufman, and our niece, Rotem. Shaya and Rotem both just finished their Army service (Shaya for 2.8 years and Rotem for 4.8 - she was a Commander). Today, we went to get all the needed vaccinations. We were supposed to go two weeks ago but the nurses decided to strike that day and it got pushed off. I needed four shots! Tetanus/Polio, Measles:Mumps:Rubella, Hepatitis A and Typhoid. Apparently, if you are a 70's child you only received one MMR shot and you really should have two... Adam, Noam and I got the MMR shot. ... read more
From Soldier to Civilian
International vaccination travel card

Middle East » Israel » Center District » Rehovot June 21st 2015

It's getting real! After months of planning, research, oragnizing, packing we are finally going! Toronto - Niagra - Syracuse - Adirondacks - Quebec - Montreal - Ottawa - 1000 islands - Calgary - Rockies - Seattle - Anchorage - Seward - Whittier - Valdez - Kennicott - Denali - Vancouver - Toronto - Israel Whew! Gonna be one helluva trip!... read more

Middle East » Israel » Center District » Rehovot June 16th 2015

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Middle East » Israel » Center District » Rehovot May 24th 2012

On Tuesday (May 22nd) we took off for a 3-day excursion through the Shephelah, Coastal Plain (S of Tel Aviv), and the deserts of the Negev. Our first stop took us far and away from our home base of Jerusalem westward, bumping over valleys and over bridges on the modern roads which now scream past the ancient trade routes and fortresses. We eventually turned off at a small industrial complex, and the large tour bus (freight liner?) began slowly winding on a small gravel road past wheat fields and vineyards. If our tour guide had been any but the fearless and atrociously knowledgable Brian of Fresno Pacific Uni, we probably would have been slightly more suspicious ending up where we did! Our driver's efforts were soon rewarded, however, as we disembarked at the base of Khirbet ... read more
Columnbarium at Mareshah
Olive Press at Mareshah
Sidonian Patriarchial Tomb, Mareshah

Middle East » Israel » Center District » Rehovot March 31st 2009

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 traveling all the time this track which was nice (tiring though). We got our last shabbat sponsered by Birthright where you can invite up to 16 people if you register in advance and get 100 shekel per person. It was a lot of fun, we had a the six girls from rehovot (some ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Center District » Rehovot February 12th 2009

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 is not that strong I felt comfortable to walk around without my glasses. We were given a walking stick and had to make out way through all the exhibits without falling and talking and communicating with everyone that was in the room with us. Also we had to use the walking stick to guide ... read more




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