October 28, 2009 – 3:49 am
It is by far the best concert that I have ever been to.
After a one hour sherut ride from Jerusalem, we were in Tel Aviv. And what were we there for? To see Idan Raichel – the musician who has captivated audiences in Israel and worldwide. With his characteristic dreadlocks draped over his face, [...]
October 26, 2009 – 3:30 am
While I am enjoying living away from home and experiencing a new atmosphere, I am beginning to feel homesick. I am not letting it wear down my time here, but I can’t help missing the comforts of home. I am constantly reminding myself that one of the biggest reasons for my coming here was to [...]
October 20, 2009 – 6:03 am
After 7 weeks of non-stop Hebrew lessons and 3 weeks of holiday, I am back to speaking English in class. After being forced to use my poor language skills out on the Jerusalem streets, I can now string sentences together and read all the road signs.
My grammar is still terrible, but the words are [...]
October 13, 2009 – 9:24 am
Oh American football. I don’t understand you at all. But you have marching bands and dancing girls, chants, half time shows by tiny little cheer leaders and football players from elementary schools, television screens that tell us when to cheer and when to be quiet, concession stands, a million varieties of Cal Poly t-shirts and [...]
October 11, 2009 – 7:02 am
From the Central Bus station in Jerusalem, we took an hour long shared-taxi ride to Tel Aviv followed by a picturesque train journey to Haifa. I had Bernard Fanning’s Tea and Symphony album playing on my iPod the entire way.
We, like many others, had come for The Haifa International Film Festival, which takes place every autumn [...]
October 6, 2009 – 3:18 am
At this point in the trip, school has begun and I am organising my schedule. I have done little exploring of Manchester, but what I have seen is that they love their alcohol and they LOVE football.
Here we are at a Manchester City match:
The atmosphere was amazing, especially when they scored the winning [...]