Family trip
My semester ended on December 29th, and no sooner had I finished my Hebrew final exam than my family arrived in Haifa!
We spent a couple of days touring Haifa (for references regarding my tour-guide abilities you can contact a family member...But please disregard any references to sore toes; it wasn't my idea to build Haifa on the side of a mountain =) I thoroughly enjoyed showing my parents and brother around my new city of residence. My family hadn't been to Israel in nearly a decade.
We headed to Jerusalem for New Year's. We spent an afternoon with my mother's extended family, and my brother and I met several of our third cousins for the first time since we were children. We also got to see other friends of mine and my family's during our stay. Our hotel was located in East Jerusalem, which is predominantly Arab. I had never been to East Jerusalem before, and I'm glad I had a chance to see part of the area. Below is a photo of the shuq (market) in the Muslim quarter of the Old City.
I flew back to New York with my family, where I will spend the remainder of my semester break. Within hours of our repatriation, the news of Ariel Sharon's stroke hit the airwaves. Like millions of Israelis and Jews who span the political spectrum, I am hoping against the odds that Sharon makes a full recovery.
We spent a couple of days touring Haifa (for references regarding my tour-guide abilities you can contact a family member...But please disregard any references to sore toes; it wasn't my idea to build Haifa on the side of a mountain =) I thoroughly enjoyed showing my parents and brother around my new city of residence. My family hadn't been to Israel in nearly a decade.
We headed to Jerusalem for New Year's. We spent an afternoon with my mother's extended family, and my brother and I met several of our third cousins for the first time since we were children. We also got to see other friends of mine and my family's during our stay. Our hotel was located in East Jerusalem, which is predominantly Arab. I had never been to East Jerusalem before, and I'm glad I had a chance to see part of the area. Below is a photo of the shuq (market) in the Muslim quarter of the Old City.
I flew back to New York with my family, where I will spend the remainder of my semester break. Within hours of our repatriation, the news of Ariel Sharon's stroke hit the airwaves. Like millions of Israelis and Jews who span the political spectrum, I am hoping against the odds that Sharon makes a full recovery.
posted by Deborah at Saturday, January 07, 2006
2 Comments:
Looking forward to your next post :)
- HaifaDude
I'm more anxiously awaiting your next post than HaifaDude, since (a) HaifaDude's in Haifa, so he already knows what's going on, and (b) you're still my home-page, so I keep on seeing this Jan. 7 entry every time I open Internet Explorer.
Love,
your brother.
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