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Re: Wow
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 16:02:18 GMT
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Shiri wrote:

> In lugnet.loc.il, John Neal writes:
> > I, too, am a big fan of Israel.  Studied there in college for a semester
> 
> Which college?

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.

> > and liked it so
> > much that I dragged my wife there for our honeymoon (we hiked around for 3
> > months).
> 
> Where did you go?

Where didn't we go;-)  Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Galilee, Golan,Jericho, Masada,Eilat,
down the Sinai to Nuweiba, Dahab.  We visited Tels, Churches, Roman
ruins,Kibbutzim, Tels, Roman ruins (;).  About the only place we *didn't* go is
Haifa.

> > 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,

lol;-(

> Shiri
> 
> (1) More specifically, in Kfar Vradim (Rose Village), where I've lived for the
> last nine years.

Where geographically is that?

-John



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(...) Cool! Sounds like a great way to learn ____ (whatever that is you learned ;) (...) Wow, you've been to more places than I have, and I've lived there almost all my life :-) But I won't grudge you on that ;-) (...) has (...) a (...) year. :-( (...) (27 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.people)

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(...) Which college? (...) Where did you go? (...) I agree, and I'm really sad I had to leave. I'm coming back, though. (...) Yeah, Israel's the best :-) (Goooo, Israel!) It really is surprising that all the big monotheistic religions found it as a (...) (27 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general)

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