Out to dry in Nachlaot (a beautiful neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem)
Mea Shearim -- the most religious neighborhood in Jerusalem
My favorite picture of the year :)
Papa and Yasha starting up the grill at our BBQ before the concert
Mama and Busya waiting for Papa and Yasha to start the BBQ
Me with my Mama and Papa!
Flowers from a Kibbutz up North
What is wrong with this flag?
Me in full Bedouin garb in the old city
Papa by the Western Wall
Western Wall
Papa, Mama, Tsira, Grisha, Ronen, Kolya and Salman at my apartment on my birthday
Rae, Papa, Mama and Augustina during their visit to campus and the dorms
My birthday in class
Me with Salman
Me with Kolya
Me with Tsira (and Jordan;)
Picnic in Tel Aviv for Independence Day (61 Years)
Allon and Johanneke
Grisha
Davron and Grisha
Class trip to the North
Me with Jordan
Andrea
Crazy-whisker man in Nazareth
Crazy-whisker man with Jordan
Emmanuel and Grisha
Jordan and Salman
My favorite room in the apartment -- the balcony
The Montefiorre Windmill stands in a gorgeous park overlooking the Old City
View from the windmill
Allon, myself, Johanneke, Leila (Tsira's sister), Tsira and Kolya after Barcelona defeated Manchester United
Leila attempts to play Grisha's melodica and my guitar simultaneously
Speed Kills...
Studying for economics
Johanneke and I go to a roof party
In June, we rented a car and drove up north for a short camping trip
Amazing tree in Tel Aviv
Check out that liscense plate!
Johanneke and Allon
View of Haifa Bay from the top of the Bahai Gardens
Johanneke and Allon going nuts at the beach.
Me, Johanneke and Tsira
View of Haifa from our campsite
Kolya and his friend Sasha (visiting from Moscow)
Crazy party in the woods!
Night Haifa
Scary manequins in the window of a shop in the Druze area of Haifa
Shabbat Dinner + Michael Jackson Memorial on Johanneke's roof
View from Johanneke's roof
Tsira
Tsira and I took a trip to Tel Aviv to join a demonstration in support of the Iranian protesters. Upon arriving, we found a street named after the hospital where we go to school.
Tsira with her green "Mousavi" ribbon
Reporters at the demonstration
Absolutely magical tree in Tel Aviv
Beach strip
Every Saturday night, there is a rockin' dance party on the beach. It is put on by a dance school, so everyone knows all the moves for all the songs. The most amazing thing is the variety of people there (old, young, thin, heavy, good dancers, bad dancers, stylin' and not-so-stylin) and the ABSOLUTE INCLUSIVENESS despite the somewhat odd variety. It is one of the most beautiful events I've ever seen.
Tsira and I made some friends (tourists from Paris) while we were watching the dance show.
Bar on the beach
Restaurant on the beach (quite literally :)
View of the harbor from a bar just over the water -- this is one of Tel Aviv's hot-spots with restaurants, bars and stores that are always bubbling with life.
Last day of classes for IMPH 2009!!
Sale and Nick
Rae, Yaron (her husband), Shahar (his friend) and I went to an awesome Indian restaurant in Tel Aviv. It was my first time on a scooter (aka small motorcycle) and I loved it!
Kolya, Emmanuel and Jordan compare mantoux tests after a TB scare in the class
Salman and David Chinitz
Kolya, Xiaofei and Yuliya
Kuba and Aikant -- always front and center!
Jordan
Johanneke and Rae
Street performers on Jerusalem's pedestrian street Beh Yehuda
Emmanuel and Tsira
Emmanuel, Grisha and Kuba
Me and Kolya
Allon in the bus on our trip to Tel Aviv a couple weeks ago
Johanneke
Again my favorite trees in Tel Aviv
Back to the beach
Kolya and Grisha
Tsira and Johanneke study for our upcoming exam
Kolya and I
Kolya with Tsira and her friends visiting from Georgia
Grisha at sunset
Trip to Tel Aviv
Tsira and her best friend Deeka
Beach restaurant in Tel Aviv
Long exposure while waiting for a table
Hungry!
Asya came on a birthrite trip!!!
Xiaofei, Sale and Sampson heading to our last class exam!
Lawrence back from his trip to South Africa
Isam -- my favorite tea guy!
Walking to the exam...
BBQ celebrating after the exam -- Grisha, Aikant and my challahs
Me with Yahav
Jordan rocks the house!
Johanneke and Kolya
Johanneke and I went to a cafe to listen to some live music last week
