I’m in Israel. I have 24 hours of internets at our Jerusalem hotel, so I’m doing about 900 things at once in the few moments we’re in the room. Rather than try to be too coherent (I’ve been here since 7 PM yesterday, which is noon Eastern time, and I slept? Some? But I’m tired!), I figured I would download some thoughts on my first <24hrs in Israel:
- This will easily be the longest I have gone without bacon in many, many years.
- Um, everyone here is Jewish.* Dad said, “doesn’t it feel strange to feel so like, you’re like everyone else and you’re at HOME?” At which point I reminded him of how Jewish my childhood was (not). Being here is wonderful, but it isn’t a society I am at all comfortable in just yet.
- Black hats eating sushi. Not something you see a lot of stateside.
- Jews at the hotel pool = hairy. Very hairy.
- Israeli pistachios are huge.
- Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust Museum/Memorial, is a very different place than the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. It’s also an absolutely beautiful building. Come see it.
- All of the young people are gorgeous. All of the old people look like people my parents introduce me to at synagogue/shiva/etc. Uncanny.
Anyway, that’s that for now. I need a pre-dinner nap. Also, for those of you who are interested, I have been washing my hair like a big girl for weeks now! Hooray.
*I know, not everyone. Just most. And almost all the ones I’ve seen.
Oh man! RSS is awesome!
Yes: Yad Vashem is very cool (in that unique sort of way that holocaust memorials are allowed to be cool, I suppose).
Yes: Israelis are hot.
Yes: JEWS EVERYWHERE.
And good job with the showering.
Travel? Gorgeous people? Sushi? Hair-washing? What a fantastic life you’re living… I’m envious…
JC: Oh honey. Thank you. I could never shower like a big girl without your support.
LP: It’s all temporary, don’t worry. Even the gorgeous people. Actually not EVERYBODY is gorgeous. The less young/middle-aged fathers are all fat. Like, all of them. Maybe it’s because their wives cook everything in chicken fat? I dunno. But it’s the same as the Orthodox in NYC… beautiful wives, beautiful kids, fat dads. Strange place.