Notes from Tel Aviv, Day 2
Learned to count to 100. Tried (and failed) to solicit help on a chart of verb endings. It’s a difficult concept to explain. Making progress with my Hebrew anyway.
Explored Jaffo, which was the Arab city here prior to the state of Israel. It’s now one municipality with Tel Aviv.
There is literally construction on every block. New or recently-renovated buildings everywhere within the city.
It’s 60 degrees out, but one cannot order iced coffee in a cafe. “We don’t serve that during the winter.”
Heard a pop remix of Rah Rah Rasputin on the radio.
Toilets have two flush buttons—a small flush and a big flush. Both use less water than in Connecticut.
“Ladino is a Romance language, derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish) and Hebrew.” Read (without difficulty) an 18th century document written in Ladino.
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Hey Aaron :)
remember me? the girl from Israel who doesn’t really know English…LoL :)
You have a very nice bloggg… I hope you’re having a good time at our little country…and at Lior’s house :> .
I just wanted to ask if you have MSNmessenger so we can keep talking.. you sound like a very intresting guyyy. Anyway, if you do have MSNmessenger or something similar, I’ll be happy to talk with you!!
My E-mail: Pazit_@walla.co.il
C-ya :)
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Hahaha - big flush and small flush = greatest. thing. ever.
Posted by Kristen at December 28, 2004 10:04 PM :: Link