Shalom,
Up until now Randal and I have been really Gung Ho! about our cruising life. But now, for some reason, we have hit a snag. We have been off traveling since November 2006 when we left Roanoke with a one way ticket for China. Since t…
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Jerusalem Mazkeret Moshe
Ashod Stuff
Shalom,
It’s Sunday; the first day of the work week.
In Hebrew my name is Rut. There’s no th sound here. When I have to give my name in a cafe and I say Ruth, they just look at me surprised. Eve told me to sa…
Fish flies
One morning we woke up to discover the deck of Diesel Duck strewn with large insects. These were fish flies that are not common to the Toronto area and totally new to us. Washing them off only helped somewhat, as there were more of them all around. …
Building a nest for the summer in Canada
Has anybody been wondering what we have been up to for the last month? We were working our butts off at our construction site, aka our house. It’s an older house and before we make it all nice and homey inside, we made it worse by tearing down ceil…
A very long email about the Bauhaus in Tel Aviv
Shalom,
Our marina internet comes and goes, though thankfully, with our big booster antenna, we have it most of the time. Today we found out that only Israeli citizens can buy dongels to use with their computer. Eve asked as a …
Update from Israel
Shalom,
We have our motorbike on the road! Yippee. Eve had volunteered to help us but we needed one more person and there aren’t so many people here to ask. Luckily two men came along curious about Doramac and after…
Today in Ashdod
Shalom,
The horrible blaring music has stopped and the silence is ringing in my ears. Perhaps there is a prohibition on noise on Friday night. I hope so. It is so amazing. The marina looked like a scene from, if not Anima…
Some photos of Ashod
Shalom,
Soon I’ll be writing to you in Hebrew! I had my first Hebrew lesson today. I spent about an hour or so with Eve and she taught me how to print and read and pronounce the letters. It will take me forever to learn the dif…
Friends say good-bye
Shalom,
Charmaine and Linda are on their way back to Canada and other adventures. The boat feels empty. I looked at two mugs in the strainer and realized I will always think of them as Charmaine and Linda’s mugs. Bu…
Celebrations
Shalom,
It’s Saturday so most everything is closed and there are no buses. We walked the lovely promenade along the beach. Then two of the English Speakers Club of Ashdod members came to visit Eve and us. We all walked th…
