Friday, May 25, 2007
Home Sweet Home
We've been home now for one week and are finally feeling on schedule, awake and nearly caught up. We had a very long journey home, being rerouted to DC where we spent a day there resting and seeing sites.
I meant to write a last entry about Israel, taking time to reflect on the year. But, we've been too rushed to really reflect much. Mostly, we're very happy to be home. There are some pictures below from our journey home. Enjoy!
Israel Memorial Day is a very serious occasion in a country where everyone knows someone or has a relative who has died defending the country. We attended the opening ceremonies at the Western Wall where they lit and enormous memorial flame. The picture shows the Wall in the background and the huge crowd in front of us.
Memorial Day ends with the start of Independence Day. We went to a free concert in Zion Square to once again see Hadag Nahash. That's the band in the background and our friends Mary, Mara, and Stephanie.
The holiday Lag B'Omer, marks the 33rd day between Passover and Shavuot. It's celebrated with bonfires. The entire town smelled of smoke and there were fires all over the place. This is an especially big one.
Here are the cantors going to their goodbye party, standing with their vocal coach.
Here we are in the capitol. Home sweet home!
I meant to write a last entry about Israel, taking time to reflect on the year. But, we've been too rushed to really reflect much. Mostly, we're very happy to be home. There are some pictures below from our journey home. Enjoy!
Israel Memorial Day is a very serious occasion in a country where everyone knows someone or has a relative who has died defending the country. We attended the opening ceremonies at the Western Wall where they lit and enormous memorial flame. The picture shows the Wall in the background and the huge crowd in front of us.
Memorial Day ends with the start of Independence Day. We went to a free concert in Zion Square to once again see Hadag Nahash. That's the band in the background and our friends Mary, Mara, and Stephanie.
The holiday Lag B'Omer, marks the 33rd day between Passover and Shavuot. It's celebrated with bonfires. The entire town smelled of smoke and there were fires all over the place. This is an especially big one.
Here are the cantors going to their goodbye party, standing with their vocal coach.
Here we are in the capitol. Home sweet home!
