HELLO WOODAUSTERWORLDTOUR FOLLOWERS. We have been in Israel for about 1 week now.
3 days in Tel Aviv which was interesting but busy. And the last 4 days down the very south in Eilat.
Eilat is on the Red Sea which my brother Moses parted.
Eilat has amazing fish and coral. We have been snorkeling every day. Elinor is a legend snorkeler.
I run every morning to the Egypt border. We can see Jordan across the red sea which prompts a rousing rendition of "I once went to Jordan, and what did I see"?
Samantha had an early 10th birthday present when she went scuba diving with dolphins. Dolphin in Hebrew is 'Dolpheen'.
Amy disappointed us all yesterday when she asked a waitress how do you says 'cheers' in Hebrew. Obviously she needs to watch fiddler on the roof another 50 times. Anyway after I danced and sang "to life, to life l'chaim" around the table I think she has that one.
Shalom! (they really do say this here)
PS: Jake is now a kosher crawling machine.
ReplyDeleteHe is growing up big and fat like a falafel with homous.
pictures to come
Although we have only been gone for about 10 days, it feels like a lot longer. I chalk it up to the number of new things we do every day, and having to work just that extra bit harder to do something pretty routine like figure out how to get online. It is surprising how little English there is around, even in the guidebooks. Surrounding us are heaps of Israelis, Russians and the odd French couple, but very few members of the current or past Commonwealth. As a result we really haven't met anyone! aside from the friendly sky diver Esaf who sat next to Samantha on the bus from TA to Eilat. I was therefore delighted to find this morning that one of the staff at the field school where we are staying is an LA transplant called Kerri. She gave me the lowdown on a number of things, including the fact that the nationality of tourists down here is very seasonal. Americans come in Sept-Oct so fortunately we have missed that high season. Also pleased to report that there is always a favourable reaction if you say you are from Australia. Apparently this is because Australia is a favourite destination of young Israelis post-Army, who travel to somewhere in the Blue Mountains to smoke hash!
ReplyDeleteyo!!!!!!!!!!! Samantha here
ReplyDeletemiss you all heaps. we've been snorkaling in amazing coral (not Coralie) with loads of fish.
miss you all!!!!
please please email me or add to this blog.
Love me
How amazing, It sounds like you are all having an fab time!!!! Would u look at the cute pic of Jake, cant wait to see more!!!! xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteI want pix of the girls in their snorkeling gear!! And Jake in a mask, just for fun :)
ReplyDeletellllluuuvvv da piccy of jake!!
ReplyDeletead way more fotos!!!!!!!!!!!!
i wanna c u guys snorkelling!!
luv ya
Great pix. We want more!!!
ReplyDeleteAmy, Saints thrashed by Blues last week. Terrible. However, at least we are not 1-6 like the Hawks.
Is this the real reason you have skipped the country?????? http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/anz-bank-completely-shocked-about-drug-network-probe-20100514-v24b.html
I have now changed teams. I barrack for the Eilat Falafels. They are on top of the ladder.
ReplyDeleteToday we Samantha, Amy and I climbed a massive mountain. At one stage we were next to Egypt border and could see Jordan.
It is sabbath tonight so I will shortly be signing off and opening the torah (for the non jewish followers this is the original bible).
There is a highly exclusive hotel next to our dorm accommodation with 3 oversized pools. Let's just say we have been spending more time at the hotel than our own place. They make excellent iced waters.
hi sam,
ReplyDeletelast night girl power won!!
we thrashed skipps lightning 26 to 8
hope you are having a great time over there where-ever you are!
do you skype. if you do then we can talk to each other live.
i have to go no but i have one thing to say
GO BOMBERS!!!!
Ella the magnificent
Elinor
ReplyDeletewhy dose jake have some somthing on his head
that sas says is weird
it was a sill question but i had to write itfor sas
ella and sas
v cute.
ReplyDeleteJake is growing up v quick, cant wait 2 c u guys!!
quite a surprise to hear that you are in dormitory accomodation and not in the nice hotel...perhaps the girls could pick up some work to help defray the cost of the trip? a shekel saved is a shekel earned huh?
ReplyDeletearron did u say..."sabbath tonight so I will shortly be signing off and opening the torah"?
ReplyDeletei hope u don't get kicked out of the hotel u keep crashing
Hi there, Did you go to Petra? Let us know - good shabbos
ReplyDeleteLove the blog and facebook updates ...... very impressive ...... sounds like you all having a fab time ......love you all .... Shani
ReplyDeleteelinor: it is his hair (answer to saskia's question)
ReplyDeleteHello followers. The main limitation of this blog portal is that you can only add two photos per blog.
ReplyDeleteThus we have been adding many more photos to our facebook accounts
woodarron@hotmail.com and austeramy@hotmail.com
and, we will open more blogs soon, one for Samantha and one for Elinor