Hello! There have been some interesting developments here since I last wrote, some good and some bad. Pretty much everyone from the volunteer crew last week is gone. The last one Elyse, is leaving tomorrow. I knew this was coming because that had all spent atleast three weeks here and it was time for some to go home and some to travel on, but it was hard because we were such a great crew with an awesome dynamic. Its always hard to see friends go. Lance left Sund...

Shalom Shabbat! Its Saturday here which is the Israeli (and Jewish) day of rest so it is our day off. Since I last wrote, Paul, Kersten, and Mike (other volunteers) have left after spending about a month here and Elyse went to Jordan for the weekend so it was Lance, Vera and I who were here for Shabbat dinner. Shabbat dinner is on Friday night and it is a religious ceremony (although my hosts arent religious) but it is also a way to start the weekend. They sto...

Hello from Moshav Iddan! There was a slight mis-hap with the previous blog post, it was supposed to go up on the 11th but didn't make it until today. Learning as we go. Well I am here at the farm and it is great! I am having so much fun but before I go into that, here is a bit about the farm. Difference between a Moshav and a Kibbutz (I just learned)- A Kibbutz is a communal experiment where many people live on a giant compound/farm and each does whatever wor...

Hello! I am here at Tel-Aviv at the Floretine Hostel and it is AMAZING! Tel-Aviv is the perfect temperature with palm trees everywhere and every building has roof top balconies with just open windows into the inside, its beautiful. But I am ahead of myself, I only appreciate it here because of the epic journey i made to get here. First, I flew to JFK in New York. I had to change terminals, go through security again and, in security, my sleeing bag unravelled in...

Last blog entry from Gainesville, it's very exciting. My flight leaves Atlanta at 12:10 tomorrow, I have a 4 hour layover in NYC and head out of there at 6:35. Saturday morning, I will hangout at the Kiev airport for two hours and then finally arrive in Tel-Aviv at 5:15 local time, Saturday. I am all packed except for the essentials I'll need tomorrow. I honestly have no idea how I fit everything, thank god for vacuum sealer bags. Here is a list of the things...