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arib ([personal profile] arib) wrote2009-07-12 11:54 pm

Israel- Day 5 Recap

Day five has been lots of fun.

We went from Aliza's aunt and uncle's place over toTel Aviv to see Israel's Independence hall, and take a brief tour. (Not nearly as old-timey as things in the US, but still fun.)

After a break for lunch, we went to the Palmach Museum, which was really interesting, and really well organized. I don't remember much of what I learned about Israel's founding, so this was a good refresher.

After that, we headed back to Jerusalem, had dinner with [livejournal.com profile] mick_hale, his wife Y, and their wee twins, then checked back into our hotel. Later in the evening we met up with [livejournal.com profile] abacaximamao, an old high school friend of mine who's in Israel for the year, and had coffee/drinks/dessert.

Unexpected find of the day- I successfully found a Hebrew translation of John Scalzi's Old Man's War, aka Milchemet HaAdam HaZaken. It should be fun to read.

Up eventually- a list of things that have changed since I was here last, as well as some things that haven't.