Blogs from Tel Aviv District, Israel, Middle East - page 32

well hello again, i see at this point i have 5 subscribers. wow. i can feel the love. hahaha. just kidding. anyway. today i took the bus into tel aviv. i walked around a lot, all the way down to the beach. its so beautiful, the city is right at the water. the area that i walked in is full of shopping, its the popular place to go. also, since it was a tuesday, there is a craft fair market. all sorts of art and jewelry. its open there every tuesday and friday, and its got some beautiful stuff. oh to have money... i also checked out a few hostels to see if they want to hire me so i can make some money in august, but they only hire israelis. i guess a wannabe isn't ... read more

Tarmar and I arrived in Tel Aviv and we got to her apartment on Jabotinsky where she lives with her sister and dog Fudge. I spent the next few weeks enjoying the life of a big city, much like NYC. I watched all of the World Cup games and had wonderful dinners. I got to know Tamar's family and even took a day trip to Jeruselum. I even got to meet up with my cousin Marc Kraemer who was in Israel to see his wife and daughter. But, after five weeks in Tel Aviv, I realized I would not be happy there (especially as EVERYONE smokes all of the time, everywhere). So, I packed up my backpack, secured a flight to NYC (even though my round the work ticket expired, I still got British Airways to ... read more

Today our group traveled to the Western Wall. The place considered to be the Holliest for Jews in the World. We entered through tight security to get to the Western Wall. Once inside the women in our group were yelled at to cover their shoulders. There were some orthodox Jews handing out the wrap to put on for prayers. I put one on and was given a sheet of paper with the prayer on it. I headed over to the wall and began to pray and to put a note in the wall. During that time others and I were constantly bothered by guys trying to sell little red strings. I finished my prayer, removed the wrap, and silently left the wall. I am not a religious person but for a few moments I was the ... read more

The day started early as we left the Sea of Galilee. Passing date palms along the road we stopped at the Kinneret Cemetary. Upon cemetary was located on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. It was filled with date palms, trees, flowers, and cobblestone paths along the graves. Our tour guide told us about the original Zionist settlers in what is modern day Israel. We were told about how they came to this land, developed the Hebrew language, drained the swamps, learned to defend themeselves, and lived hard and difficult lives. After leaving the Kinneret Cemetary we drove a little south to an Arab village in the north of Israel near a town called Karmel. We were taken to a High School were we met Arab highschool students. What struck me was how similar the ... read more

this is a link to route to the US via eroupe on the 10 of june 2006 rote yep... I'm in for a good airtime fun.... ... read more