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In lugnet.loc.il, John Neal writes:
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> Shiri wrote:
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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?
>
> 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.
Cool! Sounds like a great way to learn ____ (whatever that is you learned ;)
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> > > 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.
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 ;-)
> > > 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?
Upper Gallilee, somewhere north-east of Naharia and north-west of Karmiel. An
hour drive from Haifa, 20 min. from the Lebanonese border.
Why don't you come visit next time you're in Israel? (I just hope I'LL be
there by that time ;-)
-Shiri
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