Agamon Hula Nature Reserve

While it was still fall here in Israel, we went for a day trip to the Agamon Hula Nature Reserve.  its in the northern part of the country, and migratory birds are using some lakes there as a stop over on their way from europe to africa.  the place has gained in popularity, and there are organized tours on busses with shade’s on them now in order to make less impact on the birds.  Noa’s parents organized the trip for us, and off we went. we…

Rosh Hashanah ’11

IM supposed to be studying, but instead am listening to youtube songs of carrickfergus, i suppose watching boardwalk empire will do that to you, and decided to update my blog with the new year post from israel. I suppose I’m back a week now, and over the jet lag. I’ve got one more week till noa is back too. I’ve been studying diligently for my PENG exam next monday, but i suppose one can’t study all the time? Anyways, i had a great two weeks…

Paragliding in Karme Yosef

HOLY BATMAN! So, a friend of the anatot family asked if i would like to go paragliding with him while i was visiting. i said, of course, because i have never tried it! i had a lot of questions, and really, they all got answered. i of course know some stuff about it already. its essentially like parachuting, but not really, because the chute acts more like an airfoil once its pulled into the wind! well, the one we were going on was more like…