Kirgor | Kirgor | Travel Blog - Page 4

Page 4 of Kirgor Travel Blog Posts

Middle East » Israel » Haifa District August 13th 2009

My Ulpan Class

My Ulpan Class

In the first week of Ulpan we studied the alphabets. Yes both of them, there are two. We learned this basic introduction speach where you tell your name, where you are from and that you are currently a student studying hebrew at the University of Haifa. There were a lot of people in beginners level so there was a test at the end of week one to see how much we had learned and according to this we would be placed in new groups. I don't really think they did this though cause there wasn't much of a difference in the new classes. There were quick learners aswell as slow learners. I had my days and moments. Sometimes I saw the light and I did understand what the teacher was saying, but on other days I ... read more

My left side partner Kelsey

And my right side partner Maya

The Golan Heights = רמת הגולן‎

Middle East » Israel » North District » Golan August 7th 2009

The Sea of Galilee

The Sea of Galilee

The Sea of Galilee

In my first weekend during the Ulpan we had a one day hike to the Golan Heights. The Golan Heights are situated in the north on the border to Syria. The description of the trip was as followed: "This is a typical Golan hike with gorges and waterfalls to swim under. The trail includes the Deborah and Gilabon falls, a bat cave and ancient ruins." I didn't see a bat cave, but the Gilabon falls were amazing. 35 metres tall falling into a pool of nice and cold water. The hike itself was about 4-5 hours long. Personally I think it was a little to hot for hiking, I hope to do another hike up there in a cooler time of year. We had an excellent tourguide giving us a lecture about the Golan Heights. Internationally ... read more

Me, Aurora and Sophie

שלום ישראל = Hello Israel

Middle East » Israel » Haifa District August 2nd 2009

Drive in to the house

Drive in to the house

Drive in to the house

Shalom y'all! I arrived in Israel on 30th of July. Roee picked me up at the airport and we took the train for about one and a half hours to Haifa. In Haifa we were picked up by Roee's mother and she brought us by car to the city I'm living in, Qiryat Tivon. It's a small city outside of Haifa. It is very green and quiet. The garden is filled with fruittrees and herbs. The house is a duplex, Roees parents live on one side and the aunt on uncle on the other side. I live in the baesement under the house of the aunt and uncle. I have my own entrance downstairs. The appartment consists of a big room with a bed, desk with laptop, a big old chair, a little table with two ... read more

In front of the house

The small basketball court

The beautiful entrance to the house upstairs

Tot: 0.083s; Tpl: 0.005s; cc: 8; qc: 56; dbt: 0.054s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.1mb