falafel, shawarma, or pizza – day 6.0

It’s another two-post day. Tuesday was a busy one, which started off with a stop at an archaeological site in Tzippori (ציפורי). The site, now a national park, holds history dating back to at least the 7th century BC. While there site has been influenced by many different cultures since that time, we saw and […]

falafel, shawarma, or pizza – day 5.1

After the farm, we made our way to Sderot to meet our new Israeli friends and eat lunch. Situated less than a mile from Gaza, Sderot (שדרות) is a small town that has been a target of rocket attacks by Hamas. While in the town, a member of the local government talked to us about […]

falafel, shawarama, or pizza – day 5.0

Monday, February 8th, was another busy one for us. We woke up and went to a nearby moshav. Moshavim (מושב) are similar to kibbutzim in that they are cooperative communities. Where they differ, however, is that farms on a moshav are individually owned. On the farm, we picked some carrots, made pesto pita thingies, enjoyed […]

falafel, shawarma, or pizza – day 4.2

This post brings with it the end of Sunday, Day 4. At the end of the second hike of the day was a stop at David Ben-Gurion’s (דוד בן גוריון) grave site in Midreshet Ben-Gurion (מדרשת בן גוריון). It’s probably easiest to think of Ben-Gurion as Israel’s George Washington. He was one of the leaders […]

falafel, shawarma, or pizza – day 4.1

First off, this is post #100 to this blog! I started November 2008 and it’s been really fun so far. This is probably the first non-Facebook online presence I’ve maintained for over a year, and I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming already in progress… After our morning […]