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  • TravelerIsrael 2024
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    Day 8

    Israel Day 8, Part 1

    September 23, 2024 in Israel โ‹… โ˜€๏ธ 30 ยฐC

    Started out the day with beautiful views around the Dead Sea from my balcony. Then went to Masada a city in a hill. To be honest there was soooo much information at this point it was overload. I guess there is a very long four part movie about Masada so I may have to watch it but I did hear it was quite boring. In any event, gorgeous views, super high up. We had to take scary flying trams to get there. In my video, for perspective, you see birds looking super tiny because we are so far above them. At the top there was a fully dressed Jewish Priest in a room set up to look like back in the times and he was writing Hebrew words for people. In Hebrew books are backwards compared to how we read they read right to left and their books turn pages right to left. The card with the hearts says Jason (right), Jill (left). โค๏ธโค๏ธRead more

  • TravelerIsrael 2024
    Day 4

    Day 4, Part 2

    September 19, 2024 in Israel โ‹… โ›… 30 ยฐC

    We went and explored the site of Megiddo. There were several cities over the years that built on this site so it’s a bit of an elevated circle. They’ve done various excavations and have found some interesting finds. This is also the location of the final battle on Earth named Armageddon. After this we went and saw Nazareth. It’s now a majority Arab populated city. I was shocked at how dirty it was! I did manage to get some beautiful views from across the way. New hotel room, with a lovely buffet dinner. Mom if you are reading this. Don’t spam the comments. ๐ŸคฃRead more

  • TravelerIsrael 2024
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    Day 3

    Day 3; The Beginning

    September 18, 2024 in Israel โ‹… ๐ŸŒ™ 25 ยฐC

    The excitement of being in Israel woke me up!! I felt like doing another post from yesterday. I love my husband for allowing this trip to happen for me.! I’m so lucky. Few things about the photos, at the airport there was a long walkway and both sides had pictures of all the hostages. So sad! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ I also posted pictures from my balcony overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Some buildings on my drive from Tel Aviv to my hotel. When it gets light outside I’ll post my other view of the beautiful pool. Enjoy!Read more

  • TravelerIsrael 2024
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    Day 3

    Day 3, 2nd Post

    September 18, 2024 in Israel โ‹… ๐ŸŒ™ 26 ยฐC

    Today was a “free day” to catch up on rest and get settled. A couple of us flew separately from the big group and I’m so glad I did. The group is currently stuck in Germany and hoping to fly in tomorrow morning. I didn’t want to waste the day so I went out to explore! A few of us went to a 3 story mall and checked out the shops. I found a really cool bookstore. After we got back to the hotel I walked down to the Mediterranean Sea and jumped waves for a couple hours. The water was so clear and warm! From there I went back to the hotel pool and swam and enjoyed the view with the birds! Then I had a wonderful buffet dinner and then walked across the street to enjoy the beautiful sunset.Read more

  • TravelerIsrael 2024
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    Day 2

    1st two days of travel

    September 17, 2024 in Israel โ‹… ๐ŸŒ™ 26 ยฐC

    Left SFO at 9:30am on Monday and arrived in Israel at 2pm the next day. It’s 10 hours ahead of California over here. Here are pictures of my first day of travel, my first glimpses of Israel, a conversation with my taxi driver through google translate, and pictures from my first hotel. ๐Ÿ˜ more to come but I’m exhausted. Shalom!!Read more

  • AlonzarkaTel Aviv
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    Day 4

    ืืฉื›ืจื” ื™ื•ื ืฉื™ืฉื™

    July 5, 2024 in Israel โ‹… โ˜€๏ธ 28 ยฐC

    ื˜ื•ื‘ ืื– ื›ื›ื”, ืขืฉื™ืชื™ ื›ื™ืžื™ื” ืขืœ ื”ื‘ื•ืงืจ.
    ื”ืฉืชื’ืขืชื™ ืžื”ื—ื•ืžืจ ื•ื‘ืคืขื ื”ืžื™ ื™ื•ื“ืข ื›ืžื” ืจืฆื™ืชื™ ืœืคืจื•ืฉ ืžื”ืชื•ืืจ.
    ื ื™ืงื™ืชื™ ืชืžืงืœื—ืช ืื›ืœืชื™ ืฆื”ืจื™ื™ื ืคื’ืฉืชื™ ืืช ื™ืื™ืจื™ ื•ืœื ื”ืกืคืงืชื™ ืœื”ืฆื˜ืจืฃ ืœืืจื™ืื ื” (ื”ื‘ืช ืฉืœ ื™ืจื•ืŸ ืื— ืฉืœ ืื‘ื) ืœืืจื•ื—ืช ืฉื™ืฉื™ (my bad)
    ื—ื–ืจืชื™ ื”ื‘ื™ืชื” ื•ืื– ื”ื—ืœื˜ืชื™ ืœืฆืืช ืœืกื™ื‘ื•ื‘ ืœื‘ื“ ืขืฆืจืชื™ ืœืงื ื•ืช ืฆ’ื™ืคืก ื‘ื ื ื” ื•ื—ื–ืจืชื™ ื”ื‘ื™ืชื” ืœื™ืฉื•ืŸ.    Read more

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  • TravelerVorwรคrts nach weit - Israel
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    Day 4

    Plรถtzlich mittendrin im Nahost Konflikt

    October 7, 2023 in Israel โ‹… โ˜๏ธ 26 ยฐC

    Von Freitag auf Sonnabend übernachtete ich allein auf einem Zeltplatz im Yarkon Nationalpark. Beim Zeltabbau wurde ich dann von zwei Israelis angesprochen und man erklärte mir, " daß der Konflikt wieder ausgebrochen sei". Mir blieb nichts anderes möglich mich so schnell wie möglich zu meinem geplanten israelischen Gastgeber zu begeben. Für die 28 km auf menschenleeren Autobahnen mit zahlreichen von der Polizei eingerichteten Kontrollpunkten, benötigte ich zwei Stunden. Ich kam sicher an und bin in seiner Wohnung ersteinmal einigermaßen sicher.Read more

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  • TravelerCroatia ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท / Israel ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
    Day 19

    ๐Ÿ˜ฑ weโ€™ve missed this

    September 14, 2023 in Israel โ‹… ๐ŸŒ™ 77 ยฐF

    Today was full full day of catching up with amazing friends. We left the place we’re staying at (the missionary couples home) to go to see some of our friends in Bethel. The one couple we had plans to have lunch with them and catch up. She works in Hebrew sign language translation and the husband works in video for WHQ and is the overseer of translation. It was a nice time catching up for hours!
    Ice cream after finished it off nicely!

    Then we went across the hallway to another couples apt. She works in tech support in IT and the husband is on the branch committee over service dept. We had some beer and popcorn and chatted about them just graduating from Gilead and how it’s helped them in their assignment. After a couple hours here we were told that they organized a beach evening for us. So 50% of the bethel family (family of only 52-55 people) came to the beach to spend time together and to say hi after 4 years! It definitely made us miss service at the branch.

    Volleyball was fun with 25ish people. A few strangers wanted to join as we were laughing so loud and the volleyball looked like a great time. It’s a public beach so there is lots of people walking by and many enjoying the beautiful sunset. Just imagine the promenade in Miami and that amount of people…. We definitely stood out.

    After volleyball we went back to bethel Apts and had another meal and a couple more joined the party.

    We didn’t feel like driving back to Haifa from Tel Aviv (1.5 hours) so the English Circuit overseer (when we were here they were the Hebrew Circuit overseer) offered to put us up for the night. We spent some time with them catching up although we have never really been that close in the past. But, they have a cute cute bunny (yes, the COs here can have animals!).

    Now it’s sleep time. For another day tomorrow spending time with our friends in the center of Israel rather then up north where we used to live. Chat soon

    PS. We’re not posting names and photos of these couples as there could be some complications. But just know. Everyone of these dear brothers and sisters are amazing individuals!    Read more

  • TravelerCroatia ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท / Israel ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
    Day 7

    1.5 hours of this?? ๐Ÿ˜ฌ ๐Ÿ‘ƒ ๐Ÿ’ฉ ๐Ÿคข ๐Ÿคฎ

    September 2, 2023 in Israel โ‹… โ›… 79 ยฐF

    No, this is not overreacting…. Genuinely someone pooped their pants on this bus. Now we have to sit in the smell all the way to the airport. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ
    Funny thing is, no one around us is plugging their nose or even reacting to the small of rotting mushrooms, bat poop, dead fish emulsion, and sick breath circulating every particle of air on the bus.

    PS. Getting to the bus was a fun adventure at 11:30 pm. First, a bus that’s going all the way to the center of the country doesn’t actually enter into the bus depot where we went for our tickets and where every other bus stops.
    Second, there was no one at the ticket counter, as it’s 11:15 pm so you need to use the automated screens that hardly work and are not even coherent. (Our bus arrivés in 8 minutes)

    Third, we ask one of the only 3 people (the security officer that allows access to the depot) in the full apocalyptic bus dept…

    “Slikhah (excuse me) how do you get to the bus loading zone for bus 905 to the airport.”

    “Oh”, said the sr. “Not here, AT THE BUS DEPOT…that bus stops at the TRAIN STATION. ๐Ÿ˜‘ Go back through the bus depot and go down the stairs and cross under the highway via the tunnel. Then when you pop out the other side, you will see the bus stop!”

    “Thanks!”

    ….Not thanks. As we approached the stairs, we saw it was roped off. So we ducked under the rope and went down the stairs into the scary indoor tunnel to come to the other side with doors that are not only locked but chained shut. (Our bus arrives in 4 minutes) So, back through the tunnel that smells like a NYC subway (pee pee). A smell that I’d prefer much more then the smell we’re experiencing right now. The smell that has my nose under my shirt as I type this.

    Fourth, we got to our bus stop late and may have to wait another hour for the next bus. But thankfully the bus was also late. Probably cuz somebody pooped their pants ๐Ÿคฃ


    That’s all for now! Smell you later.    Read more

  • TravelerCroatia ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท / Israel ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
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    Day 7

    Mayday Beach day

    September 2, 2023 in Israel โ‹… โ˜€๏ธ 84 ยฐF

    Slept in till a whopping 2:45am. Fell back asleep at 7:00! Thankfully.
    We then went to brunch and the beach for a few hours. Sooo relaxing.
    For dinner, things start to open up after sundown. So we went to a yum shawarma place. Nothing like real shawarma ๐Ÿคค
    Now, at 11:45 pm we will head back to the airport to catch a flight to Croatia ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท    Read more

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