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In lugnet.loc.il, John Neal writes:
> I, too, am a big fan of Israel. Studied there in college for a semester
Which college?
> and liked it so
> much that I dragged my wife there for our honeymoon (we hiked around for 3
> months).
Where did you go?
> It is a beautiful country;
I agree, and I'm really sad I had to leave. I'm coming back, though.
> having the diversity of climate zones of the contig-US compacted into an
> area the size of New Jersey. I doubt any comparably sized parcel of land has
> had anywhere
> near the impact on the history of civilization that that area has (Denmark
> notwithstanding;)
Yeah, Israel's the best :-) (Goooo, Israel!)
It really is surprising that all the big monotheistic religions found it as a
holy land, maybe there IS something special there... ;-D
>
> Next year in Jerusalem,
I hope to be there(1), but my parents want to stay in the US another year. :-(
More likely it'll be:
Next year in Boston,
Shiri
(1) More specifically, in Kfar Vradim (Rose Village), where I've lived for the
last nine years.
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| (...) Actually, the college was St. Olaf in Minnesota. A group of us went and lived in the old city (The Lutheran hostel) and had professors either take us out on field trips or come to us to teach. (...) Where didn't we go;-) Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.people)
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| I, too, am a big fan of Israel. Studied there in college for a semester and liked it so much that I dragged my wife there for our honeymoon (we hiked around for 3 months). It is a beautiful country; having the diversity of climate zones of the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general)
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