It’s too fast. Too fast. I can’t control it. I know it won’t do any good to try and brake. It’s too fast. The blue Renault is 20 cm from me and I have no control over the speed!!!! Never again I’m gonna stay at the driver seat after loading a car on the train. The train was fast, it was dark, and all I wanted was to slow it down… Never again!!! Made it to Italy. I was driving as fast as I could - about 80 KMH. The truck’s drivers saw me only as a minor problem if they saw me, driving at least twice faster then I was. Some of them found the fact that a woman is driving this funny slow thing funny and kept trying to get my attention. Sometimes, a ... read more

This entry is mainly for the Israelis among you. I have been asked so many questions about caravans, camper vans, mobile homes, camping etc... that I think I should explain a little about it. For the non Israelis here, it might seem a little weird but let me tell you a secret: we don't have caravans. or camper vans. sssssssshhhhhhhh don't tell anyone.. but Camping for us is mostly when we go backpacking somewhere. Hardly happens in Israel. SO - non Israelis - you are excused from this entry, see you in the next one (but if you want to stay and learn something... you are more then welcome!!) Lets start with the obvious questions: what are campers, caravans, mobile homes etc all of those are houses with wheels. But there are differences between them: * ... read more

one morning few months ago, Saverio couldn't stop laughing. I have just started speaking Italian and got one verb wrong (one out of many)instead of saying - “I am afraid” I said “I am fear”. he just couldn't stop laughing saying: " you are Merav, you can't be fear" so I smiled at him. then he said: " o.k., i see what you are saying. you can be fear. but - normal people can't..." I have stayed in the farm for more then 2 months. at the beginning I thought i am going to be a farm boy, and speak Italian. When I met them I have realized that it's going to be a lot more - I have installed myself in a family. At the beginning I didn't understand why do they choose woofers - ... read more

my father's visit was a very emotional visit, and you know me - when it comes to emotions - you will get only the clod facts and boring truth... but come on people - use your imagination.... So - the main idea of the visit (i think) was to visit the town i was born in and mainly the 5 families that were my parents best friends-family-like-friends. Some of them are very old. when i left Italy i was about 4 years old and fluent in Italian. I have visited twice since then - when i was 11 and when I was 27, both of the times i didn't understand or say a word... the "very emotional" thing kicks in when we all know that it's the first time that we meet and i can understand ... read more

some of you know and some of you didn't hear yet so ' let me tell you all the details. after 3 months in Israel (long long long months) I have decided to change my plans and give Europe a chance... the first thing I did was to look for a farm to wwoof in in Italy (wwoof = volunteering in organic farm in exchange for accommodation and food) so, I found a family in Tuscany. A family that hardly speaks English so i will force my self to speak Italian. in the last few days i'm here -I found out they do speak English but still, my Italian had improved... so - what do i do here? I work at the fields with Saverio - the family's father. we plant vegetables, installing an irrigation system ... read more