"One who saves a single life... is like one who saves a single world"
Stated by our speaker from Rabbis for Human Rights tonight. if you understand this and the idea behind it, i think you'll understand why i find it so right, in so many different ways. He also noted, if you continue to teach hate and inequality, you will never receive the change that should be strove for. More or less this is what he said and i found it to be really empowering. Yes, he was not an engaging speaker but he was passionate about what he was talking about and he made me feel like i needed to be dong more to help create a more equal society. Where does peace come in if not everyone is treated equally?? There is no peace if one party receives unqual conession compared to the next. For peace, i beleive there must be a way to meet the other in the middle but first one must find a way to undo the hate and strife that has already been done. or maybe make up for it?
and another point....To not recreate history, To learn from history, one must understand how that history came about. To conclude that... i need to learn more history.
I just returned from two weeks of traveling in and out of be'er sheva. With three nights in be'er sheva and the rest in other cities around israel. I stayed in 2 hostels, one backpacker tent in the desert (with no electricity), 3 nights on a tile floor. I feel like a drifter sometimes. Many israelis we have met find our constant traveling to be obsurd. Because yes a 2 hour train ride to the north is obsurdly far. Except yes... in a country that fits maybe 5 times in michigan, i guess i can see their point of view.
Theres a confession that i want to make. I think that i have fallen in love. No, not with a person but with Israel. If you are reading this, its ok to laugh at me. Except i think i might be serious about this. While on the bus to mitzpae ramon, i sat and looked out the window and i saw this site that i've never seen in my lifetime. Who could ever have thought the desert was a beautiful place, but it is. It was amazing and i couldn't help but think how lucky i am to be having this experience. how lucky i am to be seeing the things i'm seeing and will soon see. theres a lot to take from a new place, new people and a new culture and i've found this connection with this place that i've never felt anywhere else. Maybe i'm a little disillusioned because this isn't a normal lifestyle, but i feel very strongly about this...
With that, in these past two weeks i went from the north of israel and back down to the south with a lot of my new friends from OTZMA. We started in Jerusalem with the entire group for a seminar. One of my favorite ones to date because in one day we saw places from all the big religions in israel. you forget sometimes when your surrounded by all jews that your not the only ones. We live amongest so many more cultures and there are muslims and christans that live here too. In general i think its realy important to understand their pespectives too and not forget about them.
From there I went with becca, jamie, jess, kira, elisa and hillary to haifa for two nights. a lot of it was a bust, to say the least. Why? We got to the bahi gardens too late and didn't get to see them. the movie we came to see at the film festival lied to us and did not have english subtitles. that was fun, Polish movie with hebrew subtitles. At the same time, haifa is a really nice place and i can't wait to go back and see more of it.
The next 3 days and 3 nights after that about 20 otzmanikim took part in this student intiative in the north with 100's of israeli students. It was a really great opportunity to really volunteer and feel like i'm making a difference. I'm not going to lie , i haven't gotten a lot opportunity to volunteer yet here and its been a disappointed. I mean i came here to volunteer, and i've been getting impatient. the student intitiave was near the kinnert and we stayed on kibbutz levi. Where i had the fabulous opportunity to sleep on a tile floor for 3 nights. My body felt great after that. Two of the 3 days i volunteered around the kinnert, cleaning up trash and making trails and one day i worked in the forrest near the golan. In a matter of 3 days i really felt an improvement in my hebrew and i made some new israeli friends.
During sukkot break I also traveled to mitzpae ramon with kira, julia, dana and elisa. We stayed at a backpacker tent 15 minutes out of town in the desert. Orginall we were supposed to be visiting our friend warner there but he decided to end his stay earlier then we thought. The hostel , called silient arrow is without electricity and at about 5:30 or 6pm we found ourselves in the dark. I haven't had to be so creative with things to do in a really long time and it was really refreshing. Considering we were left in the dark with candle light we went to sleep early and woke up with the sun. dana, julia and I decided to do the 3 hour hike into the crater. Funny story is that 3 hours means a hour and a half. I really like the way people tell time here. never exactly on the dot, either too much or too little. The crater or in other words the "Maktesh." is something i'd do again, its the only one of its kind and enormous. We got lucky and were the only ones hiking on the green trail. The only thing that we we could hear was ourselves treking through the sand, me trying to rhyme and at one point the buzzing from the electricty line. it was GREAT!
On a side note i met a girl from huntington woods michigan at the bus stop in mitzpae ramon ....she graduated last year from berkley high school and knew my friends siblings. You know its not that big of a world when you can be half way across the world in the middle east, at a huge crater, and somehow run into someone from a square mile city.
Now i'm back in be'er sheva for the next maybe 6 or 7 weeks. Life is good. Ulpan still great and I am starting up volunteering again. I have new israeli friends and as long as you don't make me nervous i'll probably have a conversation with you in hebrew.
"All of life is two balanced scales, and you never know what kind of minimal act you may take to tip the scale one way or another..."
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Otzma receives internet
After three weeks of living in be'er sheva, I have finally received internet. Offically my life is complete. In some sense.
What is one thing i've learned about israel that differs from the United States? Everything is taken care of "after the hagim (holidays)" Basically the holidays all come around the same exact time and because of this I have not really begun my volunteering here. After Sukkot I will be volunteering with this organization called PUSH and helping a student at a local high school learn english. This will be once a week. Another two days, sunday and wednesday I will be volunteering at the after school club at the merckaz klitah where I live. I've gone there a couple of times and it is definatly going to be a challenge.
You might be wondering what exactly could be so hard about working with kids. Well when none of them speak english and you speak broken hebrew...it creates a challenge. Yesterday I volunteered there and I found myself having to be very creative with my communication. Its the challenge of the job that really attracts me to. I find myself having to put together sentences very carefully and put together onces that I don't find myself using outside of this place. The biggest challenge I had was trying to help one of the girls with math. If i were to explain to her in english what to do it would be easy but here I had to use hebrew. I didn't even know how to tell her to add or subtract and I had to have one of the 7 or 8 year girls give me the words to explain to her what to do. It is a really good learning experience for me but also a great way to help the people who have moved in here. I feel good about this volunteer placement for a couple of reasons. Someone pointed out to me how its great that people want to volunteer outside of here but if they took a look at where we live... theres a lot that can be done. Everyone here has moved from other countries to start a new life and in there period of transition they move into these absorption centers. To learn hebrew so they can survive here and to learn how and begin to start their lifes here. When you really think about, you have to really give them credit for making such a large change in their lives and their families.
My new home...
For me... this has been one of the biggest challenges i've ever had. I dont know if i realized how hard it would actually be to adjust to living in a new country with a whole group of people I've never met before. At the same time, I think i'm doing alright for myself. Everyone that i'm living in be'er sheva with is great. I think this group has been getting a long very well and it really helps with adjusting to living here.
What can I say about be'er sheva. Theres not a lot to do here. Its not the prettiest part of the desert but it is the 5th largest city in israel as i was told yesterday. On the weekends its really nice to leave and I think it makes me appreciate living here more. This past weekend I stayed in be'er sheva but me and about 7 other girls took a day trip to Ashkelon, a beach town near the Gaza Strip. to get there we had to pass through a city where in the past rockets have hit. apparently one hit 3 weeks ago. Technicaly we aren't supposed to be going through there but its the path the bus takes to get where we were going. It was definatly an odd through to realize how close i was to the Gaza Strip. I spent a lot of this summer reading about what was going on and in the past I spent time staying up to date. the thing is, i was so close to a dangerious or i guess controversial area but at the same time felt disconnected.
Ashkelon was a beautiful area , with a really realy nice beach and also it was relaxing. On Shabbos that weekend, I went with Jared, Mike, Emily, Kira, Elisa and Ashly for a walk to this hill that over looks be'er sheva. On top of this hill was a memorial for the War of Independence. It was one of the most interesting structures i've seen. yesterday i was told that it was created by this artist that has done simular things in other countries. We went later in the day so we could see the sun set and for once I actually through that Be'er sheva looked really awesome.
The view of Be'er Sheva at sunset.
As most people know this past week was also the Jewish New Year. In israel you just can not hide from the jewish holidays. Its like in the States , how you can't hide from Christmas. The Mercaz Klitah did a small ceremony for all the people that lived here right before rosh hashanah. It was actually pretty nice and people sang songs for the holidays. I spent the holiday in jeruslam with David and his family.
Tommarow I go back to Jeruslaem, where the entire OTZMA group (north and south) are meeting for seminars all day. The next day is Yom Kippor. Apparently in Israel everyone wears white? I have never heard about this before I'm interested to see it. I'm going to try and go to the kotel after i attend services.
Sukkot comes next and that starts This monday. I'm realy realy excited about it. We have חופש (vacation) until the 22nd of october. I'll write more about it later but I'm going to be traveling all around the north for the first part.
Since I finally have internet, if there is actually people reading this heres some photos!
The desert I hiked through for 4 hours during orientaiton
Visiting my nieces the 2nd weekend in Israel
The Otzma Carnival....Jared and Dave (also two of my roommates)
The random couch we found in the middle of no where in Be'er sheva... Thats becca my roommate who shares my room with me!
What is one thing i've learned about israel that differs from the United States? Everything is taken care of "after the hagim (holidays)" Basically the holidays all come around the same exact time and because of this I have not really begun my volunteering here. After Sukkot I will be volunteering with this organization called PUSH and helping a student at a local high school learn english. This will be once a week. Another two days, sunday and wednesday I will be volunteering at the after school club at the merckaz klitah where I live. I've gone there a couple of times and it is definatly going to be a challenge.
You might be wondering what exactly could be so hard about working with kids. Well when none of them speak english and you speak broken hebrew...it creates a challenge. Yesterday I volunteered there and I found myself having to be very creative with my communication. Its the challenge of the job that really attracts me to. I find myself having to put together sentences very carefully and put together onces that I don't find myself using outside of this place. The biggest challenge I had was trying to help one of the girls with math. If i were to explain to her in english what to do it would be easy but here I had to use hebrew. I didn't even know how to tell her to add or subtract and I had to have one of the 7 or 8 year girls give me the words to explain to her what to do. It is a really good learning experience for me but also a great way to help the people who have moved in here. I feel good about this volunteer placement for a couple of reasons. Someone pointed out to me how its great that people want to volunteer outside of here but if they took a look at where we live... theres a lot that can be done. Everyone here has moved from other countries to start a new life and in there period of transition they move into these absorption centers. To learn hebrew so they can survive here and to learn how and begin to start their lifes here. When you really think about, you have to really give them credit for making such a large change in their lives and their families.
My new home...
For me... this has been one of the biggest challenges i've ever had. I dont know if i realized how hard it would actually be to adjust to living in a new country with a whole group of people I've never met before. At the same time, I think i'm doing alright for myself. Everyone that i'm living in be'er sheva with is great. I think this group has been getting a long very well and it really helps with adjusting to living here.
What can I say about be'er sheva. Theres not a lot to do here. Its not the prettiest part of the desert but it is the 5th largest city in israel as i was told yesterday. On the weekends its really nice to leave and I think it makes me appreciate living here more. This past weekend I stayed in be'er sheva but me and about 7 other girls took a day trip to Ashkelon, a beach town near the Gaza Strip. to get there we had to pass through a city where in the past rockets have hit. apparently one hit 3 weeks ago. Technicaly we aren't supposed to be going through there but its the path the bus takes to get where we were going. It was definatly an odd through to realize how close i was to the Gaza Strip. I spent a lot of this summer reading about what was going on and in the past I spent time staying up to date. the thing is, i was so close to a dangerious or i guess controversial area but at the same time felt disconnected.
Ashkelon was a beautiful area , with a really realy nice beach and also it was relaxing. On Shabbos that weekend, I went with Jared, Mike, Emily, Kira, Elisa and Ashly for a walk to this hill that over looks be'er sheva. On top of this hill was a memorial for the War of Independence. It was one of the most interesting structures i've seen. yesterday i was told that it was created by this artist that has done simular things in other countries. We went later in the day so we could see the sun set and for once I actually through that Be'er sheva looked really awesome.
The view of Be'er Sheva at sunset.
As most people know this past week was also the Jewish New Year. In israel you just can not hide from the jewish holidays. Its like in the States , how you can't hide from Christmas. The Mercaz Klitah did a small ceremony for all the people that lived here right before rosh hashanah. It was actually pretty nice and people sang songs for the holidays. I spent the holiday in jeruslam with David and his family.
Tommarow I go back to Jeruslaem, where the entire OTZMA group (north and south) are meeting for seminars all day. The next day is Yom Kippor. Apparently in Israel everyone wears white? I have never heard about this before I'm interested to see it. I'm going to try and go to the kotel after i attend services.
Sukkot comes next and that starts This monday. I'm realy realy excited about it. We have חופש (vacation) until the 22nd of october. I'll write more about it later but I'm going to be traveling all around the north for the first part.
Since I finally have internet, if there is actually people reading this heres some photos!
The desert I hiked through for 4 hours during orientaiton
Visiting my nieces the 2nd weekend in Israel
The Otzma Carnival....Jared and Dave (also two of my roommates)
The random couch we found in the middle of no where in Be'er sheva... Thats becca my roommate who shares my room with me!
Saturday, September 20, 2008
the holy land....
I haven't written in this yet for many reasons. When i moved into beer sheva i discovered we can't get internet in are apartment, so we have to wait to get it set up. Everytime i use the internet its never for too long at all.
Israel so far has been great. I really feel like i live here and that i'm not a tourist. What i want out of this experience is to really get as much as i can out of it as i can. Theres so much to learn here and to understand that i have my hands full.
Ive been enjoying learning to speak hebrew and i've been told my hebrew is not too bad. I started ulpan a week ago in beer sheva.
For anyone who hasn't gotten an email from me. Beer sheva is in the desert and its hot here all day long and at night it cools down. It is also a city with a university called Ben guiren university and everyone is my age or older because people don't start college till after they get out of the army and usually not until they've traveled for a year. Life here is very different then my life in michigan. I'm living at the mercaz klita also known as an absorption center. there are like 27 different languages spoken here and people from all over the world. Right now there are a lot of spanish speaking people, some indian people, russians who are here trying to learn medcial term hebrew. Ethiopian, cuban. a lot more. There is interesting people to meet everywhere. I had a quota of trying to meeting 2 or 3 people a week but i think i totally surpassed that one. I'm living with 5 other people in a tiny apartment. 2 guys and 3 girls and they are all great
We do are shopping at the shuk because produce there is very cheap. Israel makes it easy for you to eat healthy and i couldn't ask for anything more. YOu could never buy vegetables this cheap in the united states, its almost too ridiculous.
On a side note, the cats here are like the squirrels in michigan. They are EVERYWHERE. I was told that the britsh brought them in to get rid of rats or something during the years of the british mandate. Apparently they didn't think that one through too well. The cats just prawl the streets now.
I've been doing a little bit of traveling already since i've gotten here. Last weekend i went to visit david in ramat beetshemesh. It was really good too see him and it was my first experience trying to get onto a bus. In a way i feel like i should be concerned about taking buses but on the other hand i really really think the media makes the situation out to be worse then it is. One thing to say about the buses, i've never been so motion sick. My nieces are adorable and i'm excited to see them again when i go to jerusulam for rosh hashana.
Thursday i traveled to tel aviv with 7 other people. We stayed the night in a hostel that was overpriced, near the beach. What can i say about it... tel aviv is dirty. I saw cockroaches on the streets and it was terrifying. Other then that it is also a great city and the meeditrainian sea (excuse the spelling) is beautiful. It felt to get out of beer sheva and it made me really happy. Kira, eliza and i walked the beach the night we got there and it was really relaxing
We went out to a bar on the beach and met up with a friend from college who happened to be in tel aviv also. It was really good to see a familiar face for once. The night before i had made a new friend on my birthday. He happened to be in tel aviv visiting his parents so he came out with us too. Life here is definatly really different then anything i've ever seen. It all has to do with shabbos too.
The weeks start on sunday and not monday. I get done with everything thursday afternoon to be able to go places for shabbos and buses in most places don't even start runing till late saturday night. The world almost stops for shabbos. Why is this strange? Because i'm from ארצית הברית (the u nited states). Life does not stop there for the jewish people. Here you k now its rosh hashana weeks in advance and in ulpan class you sing songs about it with a man playing the accordian. Here i'm in the majority and at home the minority. I walk 2 feet and i can't but help but see another jew. The idea of being jewish i think is different here then nit is in the states. I can't yet really pinpoint why i think this. The other night i even met someone who didn't understand why jewish people would want to go to hillel to hang out with eachother.
There is something realy special about this place and there is a reason i'm here to do this and have this experience. I dont know what it is yet but i'm sure in time i'll figure it out. I can't even understand why people around the world don't accept the idea of a jewish state. Without this place what would we have? the jewish people have struggled continuously throughout history and we deserve this. Everyone has a place to call there own and i think we need this place too. there is something really unique about walking around and seeing young people wearing kippahs everywhere and out at a bar? Theres also something great about being here and meeting jews from places i didn't even know jewish people lived. I feel like i'm discovering a whole new part of the world and life that i've never been given the chance to see before.
with that. אני צריכה לישון. אני אכתוב יותר השבוע הבא.
Israel so far has been great. I really feel like i live here and that i'm not a tourist. What i want out of this experience is to really get as much as i can out of it as i can. Theres so much to learn here and to understand that i have my hands full.
Ive been enjoying learning to speak hebrew and i've been told my hebrew is not too bad. I started ulpan a week ago in beer sheva.
For anyone who hasn't gotten an email from me. Beer sheva is in the desert and its hot here all day long and at night it cools down. It is also a city with a university called Ben guiren university and everyone is my age or older because people don't start college till after they get out of the army and usually not until they've traveled for a year. Life here is very different then my life in michigan. I'm living at the mercaz klita also known as an absorption center. there are like 27 different languages spoken here and people from all over the world. Right now there are a lot of spanish speaking people, some indian people, russians who are here trying to learn medcial term hebrew. Ethiopian, cuban. a lot more. There is interesting people to meet everywhere. I had a quota of trying to meeting 2 or 3 people a week but i think i totally surpassed that one. I'm living with 5 other people in a tiny apartment. 2 guys and 3 girls and they are all great
We do are shopping at the shuk because produce there is very cheap. Israel makes it easy for you to eat healthy and i couldn't ask for anything more. YOu could never buy vegetables this cheap in the united states, its almost too ridiculous.
On a side note, the cats here are like the squirrels in michigan. They are EVERYWHERE. I was told that the britsh brought them in to get rid of rats or something during the years of the british mandate. Apparently they didn't think that one through too well. The cats just prawl the streets now.
I've been doing a little bit of traveling already since i've gotten here. Last weekend i went to visit david in ramat beetshemesh. It was really good too see him and it was my first experience trying to get onto a bus. In a way i feel like i should be concerned about taking buses but on the other hand i really really think the media makes the situation out to be worse then it is. One thing to say about the buses, i've never been so motion sick. My nieces are adorable and i'm excited to see them again when i go to jerusulam for rosh hashana.
Thursday i traveled to tel aviv with 7 other people. We stayed the night in a hostel that was overpriced, near the beach. What can i say about it... tel aviv is dirty. I saw cockroaches on the streets and it was terrifying. Other then that it is also a great city and the meeditrainian sea (excuse the spelling) is beautiful. It felt to get out of beer sheva and it made me really happy. Kira, eliza and i walked the beach the night we got there and it was really relaxing
We went out to a bar on the beach and met up with a friend from college who happened to be in tel aviv also. It was really good to see a familiar face for once. The night before i had made a new friend on my birthday. He happened to be in tel aviv visiting his parents so he came out with us too. Life here is definatly really different then anything i've ever seen. It all has to do with shabbos too.
The weeks start on sunday and not monday. I get done with everything thursday afternoon to be able to go places for shabbos and buses in most places don't even start runing till late saturday night. The world almost stops for shabbos. Why is this strange? Because i'm from ארצית הברית (the u nited states). Life does not stop there for the jewish people. Here you k now its rosh hashana weeks in advance and in ulpan class you sing songs about it with a man playing the accordian. Here i'm in the majority and at home the minority. I walk 2 feet and i can't but help but see another jew. The idea of being jewish i think is different here then nit is in the states. I can't yet really pinpoint why i think this. The other night i even met someone who didn't understand why jewish people would want to go to hillel to hang out with eachother.
There is something realy special about this place and there is a reason i'm here to do this and have this experience. I dont know what it is yet but i'm sure in time i'll figure it out. I can't even understand why people around the world don't accept the idea of a jewish state. Without this place what would we have? the jewish people have struggled continuously throughout history and we deserve this. Everyone has a place to call there own and i think we need this place too. there is something really unique about walking around and seeing young people wearing kippahs everywhere and out at a bar? Theres also something great about being here and meeting jews from places i didn't even know jewish people lived. I feel like i'm discovering a whole new part of the world and life that i've never been given the chance to see before.
with that. אני צריכה לישון. אני אכתוב יותר השבוע הבא.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Part Two: Nicole Goes to Israel...
In 2 days I will be getting on a plane to Israel, to maybe start the craziest adventure I have ever decided to do. I can't really count the number of times people have said to me ... "Nicole I can't beleive your going to Israel." Well, I can't beleive I decided to go either, and although i might be panicking right now , i'm really excited!!
I don't know if people will read this throughout the year, but i think i'll try to update as much as i can. Someone pointed out to me that it would be a good thing to look back on later on in my life.
If your still confused about what exactly i'm doing, i'm leaving september 3rd to go to Israel for 10 months. I'll be doing a program called OTZMA, where you live, learn and volunteer in Israel. I will be learning hebrew, volunteering and doing other interesting things that i'll write about later.
I don't know if people will read this throughout the year, but i think i'll try to update as much as i can. Someone pointed out to me that it would be a good thing to look back on later on in my life.
If your still confused about what exactly i'm doing, i'm leaving september 3rd to go to Israel for 10 months. I'll be doing a program called OTZMA, where you live, learn and volunteer in Israel. I will be learning hebrew, volunteering and doing other interesting things that i'll write about later.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
July 13
its obsurdly hot in rome. from the moment we got out of the metro to go to our hostel we were sweating from the heat. its been at least almost 100 degrees every day or 100. The first hour of it was miserable because we found out we had to pay for our hostel with cash. we had to search for over an hour for an atm machine.
winnie says rome is dirty, which ya it kind of is, but i think it still is quite unique. its by far one of my favorite places ive ever been to. everything here is more relaxed, and in general is missing that noisyness we had in london and paris and even from back home. Theres plazas and fountains everywhere and people just around in every part of the day. <
yesterday we went to vatican city. in one sense it does not mean the same to me as it does many people who go to visit it. but its one of the most interesting collection of people from all through out the world. you have to cover your shoulders when you go in and many women were stopped and couldnàt go in. while there we went to the sistine chapel and vatican museums. the artwork on the walls and ceiling were some of the best artwork i think iàve ev er seen. i saw an orgional piece of art by rapheal and the famous painting of his self portrait into his painting. i learned about it in art class and it wa s really cool to see it in person. i also saw the very famous masterpiece by michaelangelo, i dont really know if i could put it into words because it was so grand. it puts me in awe and wonder how he had the ability to do that at the time.
thats about it. loving italy and cant wait till have the ability to travel more and come back here to see more. i actually wish i could see more places
its obsurdly hot in rome. from the moment we got out of the metro to go to our hostel we were sweating from the heat. its been at least almost 100 degrees every day or 100. The first hour of it was miserable because we found out we had to pay for our hostel with cash. we had to search for over an hour for an atm machine.
winnie says rome is dirty, which ya it kind of is, but i think it still is quite unique. its by far one of my favorite places ive ever been to. everything here is more relaxed, and in general is missing that noisyness we had in london and paris and even from back home. Theres plazas and fountains everywhere and people just around in every part of the day. <
yesterday we went to vatican city. in one sense it does not mean the same to me as it does many people who go to visit it. but its one of the most interesting collection of people from all through out the world. you have to cover your shoulders when you go in and many women were stopped and couldnàt go in. while there we went to the sistine chapel and vatican museums. the artwork on the walls and ceiling were some of the best artwork i think iàve ev er seen. i saw an orgional piece of art by rapheal and the famous painting of his self portrait into his painting. i learned about it in art class and it wa s really cool to see it in person. i also saw the very famous masterpiece by michaelangelo, i dont really know if i could put it into words because it was so grand. it puts me in awe and wonder how he had the ability to do that at the time.
thats about it. loving italy and cant wait till have the ability to travel more and come back here to see more. i actually wish i could see more places
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
winnie and i just got to our hostel in paris but not before we got completely turned around; i will definantly say that im becoming great at directions: this was the one hostel that gave us no directions to get here and we were able to navigate ourselves here on our own: the keyboards here are diffrent then the ones in the states: so its hard to type:
dublin was great: i never thought i would ever go to ireland but im happy to say that i did: we stayed at the four courts hostel and the receptionist people were great: it was not as friendly as the one in london but not bad: we shared a room with six people from cali that were just ending their six week trip and ze shared the room with two english girls who were their on holiday: i learned a lot about britan from them and we ended up hanging out with them one night: my favorite part of dublin was the day trip we took to the howeth penninsula: we did a cliff walk around the penninsula and it was one of the most beautiful sites ive seen in a reqlly long time: we could see boats going out to sea to fish for the day and you could hear the water as it hit the rocks at the bottom of the cliffs: it was really peaceful and a great change of pace from being in the city: it made me realize what people ùmeant when they said we needed to get out of dublin to really see ireland: the homes near the coast were gorgeous and all very unique from one another: the dogs there also ran around without leashes ; or as they would say ,leads;
facts that i have learned::: dublin won its independence in 1920 from britan:
in britan cookies are biscuits; leashes are leads; pants are trousers; garbqge cans are litter or rubbish containers: a lot more too::: cant remeber and too hard to type zwith this computer:
winnie and i slept at the airport last night; interesting experience and now my body hurts
i will be in paris till july 11
dublin was great: i never thought i would ever go to ireland but im happy to say that i did: we stayed at the four courts hostel and the receptionist people were great: it was not as friendly as the one in london but not bad: we shared a room with six people from cali that were just ending their six week trip and ze shared the room with two english girls who were their on holiday: i learned a lot about britan from them and we ended up hanging out with them one night: my favorite part of dublin was the day trip we took to the howeth penninsula: we did a cliff walk around the penninsula and it was one of the most beautiful sites ive seen in a reqlly long time: we could see boats going out to sea to fish for the day and you could hear the water as it hit the rocks at the bottom of the cliffs: it was really peaceful and a great change of pace from being in the city: it made me realize what people ùmeant when they said we needed to get out of dublin to really see ireland: the homes near the coast were gorgeous and all very unique from one another: the dogs there also ran around without leashes ; or as they would say ,leads;
facts that i have learned::: dublin won its independence in 1920 from britan:
in britan cookies are biscuits; leashes are leads; pants are trousers; garbqge cans are litter or rubbish containers: a lot more too::: cant remeber and too hard to type zwith this computer:
winnie and i slept at the airport last night; interesting experience and now my body hurts
i will be in paris till july 11
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