ACW Posted December 27, 2010 Author Share Posted December 27, 2010 The Church of the Nativity is #1 on my bucket list.Well, good luck, but considering what Birthright's all about, that wouldn't've been appropriate I'll post my own pics tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 Pics to come this weekend. Any questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 where are my IDF hotties I asked for? Google Gal Gadot. then thank me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 Google Gal Gadot.then thank me SFW? :paranoid: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 SFW? :paranoid: Yes. She is a mainstream actress, but has only had bit roles. I saw her in the lousy Tom Cruise flick "Knight and Day." She was gorgeous, so I looked her up and found out was discovered while serving in the IDF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 TRIP RECAP -Itinerary -Blog Wednesday, December 15 -Arrived at JFK, met everyone, got on board for Israel Thursday, December 16 -Got to Ben-Gurion; our group was serenaded upon arrival (can't say THAT'S ever happened to me before ) -Met the soldiers and the tour guide -Drove to the hotel -:snore: Friday, December 17 -Saw the Western Wall (cool) -Left a note there -Toured the Old City Saturday, December 18 -Took it easy for the most part (Shabbat) -Saw an AWESOME light show at night Sunday, December 19 -Climbed Masada :whew: and heard the story -Dead Sea (too cold for me ) Monday, December 20 -Yad Vashem ("Memorial and a Name"; Israel's Holocaust "museum"): POWERFUL stuff here, especially this (this picture from Wiki): All of these people were killed in the Holocaust :cry: My main emotion was anger; I felt like watching Inglourious Basterds again :mad: -Tzfat: and old city; some nice art here; visited this guy Tuesday, December 21 -Jeep ride (actually Land Rover): fun -Golan Heights (cool) Wednesday, December 22 -Caesarea -"Children's" museum: Got to experience what being deaf was like...wow Thursday, December 23 -Volunteered (helped pick clementines for the needy) -Visited Independence Hall where Israel was declared a state; VERY cool. We got to experience what it was like (they played the tape of the event) -Visited Rabin Square; discussed Rabin's assassination and got to stand exactly where he was when he was murdered :cry: -Ben Yehuda (shopping) Friday, December 24 -Visited a military cemetery (including the graves of, among others, Golda Meir and Rabin+his wife) -Shabbat Saturday, December 25 -Shabbat -Reflections on trip -After dinner, went to the airport and said to the Israelis Sunday, December 26 -Arrived at JFK, said -Had to take the bus home due to blizzard (thanks parents for the first-class ticket ) Believe me, the above does NOT fairly depict how BUSY we were. I had a great time though And thank you for Facebook EDIT: Pics to come this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Holocaust Memorials are almost beyond me. Emotionally, they just wipe me out. What humankind can do is just beyond sanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bostic Hog Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Holocaust Memorials are almost beyond me. Emotionally, they just wipe me out. What humankind can do is just beyond sanity. They just opened a new Jewish Museum here in Philly -- while I'm not Jewish, my wife is .... we have visited the Holocaust Museum in DC and I've been to Dachau in Munich. There was no "humankind" in the Holocaust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 They just opened a new Jewish Museum here in Philly -- while I'm not Jewish, my wife is .... we have visited the Holocaust Museum in DC and I've been to Dachau in Munich.There was no "humankind" in the Holocaust. There were angels and devils striding amongst us. I don't discount the hundreds or even thousands of Germans who risked their life in defying the Nazis to try to save lives. In Poland, my Grandmother and Grandfather were saved by a German soldier who snuck them onto a train and lied about their identity. So, as in most wars, we saw the good and the absolute worst in humanity... what makes Rwanda, Darfur, Bosnia, Cambodia, and WWII worse is the genocidal aspect. It's hard to reconsile that kind of hate or monstrosity in humankind, but it's also impossible to deny as it happens so often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 You lucky bastige!!!! I'm SOOOO friggin' jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Looks like a great trip ACW. Glad you had a wonderful time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 Looks like a great trip ACW. Glad you had a wonderful time! :high5:I'm...glad?...I went to Yad Vashem. Not pleasant, but...necessary I guess is the word? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 A few pics: -A kosher McDonald's Yes, that says "McDonald's" in Hebrew -Me where Yitzhak Rabin was shot. In the words of Bill Clinton, Shalom Chaver (Goodbye Friend) :cry: -Me and some of the other people, along with the soldiers who were with us -Me with one of the soldiers with us (on the left; my right) and our tour guide :ladiesman:pimp: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 :high5:I'm...glad?...I went to Yad Vashem. Not pleasant, but...necessary I guess is the word? Guess wonderful isn't the word to describe every aspect of your trip. Maybe "learning experience?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 Guess wonderful isn't the word to describe every aspect of your trip. Maybe "learning experience?"That works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 fourth pic I'll take the one on the left. :drool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble Screen Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I'll take the one on the left. :drool: Yeah, not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 I'll take the one on the left. :drool: Yeah, not bad. And that's only a picture. You guys didn't even hear her accent :cloud9:FWIW, her name is Maayan. It means "spring" (water-related, not the season) in Hebrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 I'll try to post the remaining pics on my Facebook page and provide the link by the first game Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=27536&id=100001421158028&l=6506d3e82e All my pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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