Hello again! After a brief, but very appreciated, appearance by Dr. Eliastam, I am back to the blog!! Not much has changed since his entry but I thought I would just pop in and give everyone a sneak peek of what to look forward to in the next month and a half, and to explain what I have been doing for the last four days in Tel Aviv without my dad and brother. I have been staying at Basil and Noga's (Dad's BFFs from the golden age) and they have been absolutely a...

This is the last day of our 17 day roots trip through Latvia and Israel. Over the past year I have combed the web learning about all the amazing research done by Jews in the EU countries and the USA, compiling records to restore the names of the Jews in countries invaded by the Nazis where total destruction has erased them completely. I learned of very energetic people who have devoted their lives to this kind of work; I read of their trips into these old countri...

I have literally just gotten back from the best trekking out of my entire trip so far. It was three days of absolute fun, culture shock, and amazement. There also quite a few firsts: it was the first time I have ridden an elephant, the first time I have showered in a river, the first time I have exerienced an euthentic bamboo raft, and the first time I have gotten bed bugs. Well, technically the bed bugs happened before the trekking began BUT they were definitely...

I have been very bad. I have travelled through an entire country without writing a blog entry once!! BUT if you have been to Laos, you will understand how that is possible. There are just so many other things better to do then sit at a computer!! And when I did eventually get time to find an internet cafe, it wouldn't load this site! Typical! Anyway, now I need to do some serious catching up for you..and believe there is alot, so you might want to get a glass of ...

It has happened. We all knew it would at some point, and on Wednesday, March 11 2009...it happened. It all started with the free breakfast at my hotel which, at the time, I thought was rather nice. It even kept me full past lunch time..and then dinner time came around and instead of familiar hunger pains...there was just pain. Dr. Eliastam informed me that I had a viral stomach infection, aka FOOD POISONING. Two days later, I feel much better! Although I just ate...