- Cats rock my world, they are everywhere and adorable and feral so stay away no matter how much you want to cuddle them :(
- Dogs are all off leash here, they are so well behaved and friendly and my new favorite Hebrew phrase is "Kelev Tov" = Good Dog
- Drinking is legal on the street here....but not allowed in our dorm....don't know how that makes sense
- Beaches are almost better at night when you can float in ridiculously warm water and look at the stars
- Israeli men = hot, but very forward
- There is a group of Israeli men known as "Arsime" literally Arse or Ass, comparable to the Guido, they have a female companion named the "Frecha" ....they all think American girls are easy prey. Its almost funny how hard they try :D
- Prejudice runs so deep here that I am beginning to think of relations between Israelis and Palestinians and even Israelis and Arab Israelis as something similar to American pre civil rights movement and integration
- everyone here smokes, and there are cafes a plenty here to aid in that pastime. It is def a cafe culture
- men on the beach see nothing wrong with skinny dipping/boxer briefs as a form of bathing suit
- hummus = amazing
- I played softball with members of the Israeli women's national softball team (story to come later)
- Iftar is the best meal ever and I love Arabic/Muslim culture more with every passing day as it becomes harder to reconcile my feelings with Israel with my feelings about what has been done in Palestine. There is so much wrong on both sides, I fear it will never be fixed.
- Israelis are the most straightforward blunt people in the world, once you get used to it it rocks
- drivers don't stop @ J walking...need to learn to stop doing that...
- it is soooooo hot here, it hasn't gotten under 80 @ night since we've been here and we've been swimming almost every day.
- we live near the Hayarkon river = toxic sludge surrounded by beautiful park (don't go swimming, you'll get cancer)
- in the park there is a "zoo" and by zoo I mean big cage with water, shade and some geography with at least 15 different species that should have never met each other let alone live in the same cage. They are fun to feed :) the Pygmy south American deer is adorable, the emus are mean, and mountain goats??? things that are goat like with bigggg horns are cute but they fight each other for dominance when we try to feed them. Guinea pigs like cuddling chickens.
It just occurred to me this cage is a microcosm of the Middle East....hmmm interesting....
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