Hi everyone,
So I'm sure many of you have heard about what is going on in Egypt but for those of you who don't know I have a link here that kind of explains the situation in the middle east right now.
Basically there have been riots and protests in Egypt and many people have been injured/killed. The Jordanian King also has appointed a new prime minister to run their new government which has stirred up some protesting. There have been predictions that these kinds of protests will inspire other countries in the area to protest as well, causing a "domino effect" throughout the middle east. Anyways I suggest reading more about it on BBC or CNN. Needless to say we think our passover break plans are changing a little....
On a lighter note here are my most recent funny cat pictures
Poor cat was trying to stay out of the rain :(
This week Shiri and I went on an adventure walk and found some cool view points. Here is one of them. We almost walked to Mount Olives (where many famous israelis are buried like Herzl, Golda, etc.) but we didnt want to wander into a bad neighborhood, and once we started getting honked at we turned around haha.
View from a walk Shiri and I took.
Yesterday we went to the Israel Museum which was a cool experience, my favorite part was the modern art section which was amaaaazing! I wish I could have taken pictures but there were guards literally at every corner and apparently we looks suspicious because they followed us everywhere. There were paintings from Warhol, Lichtenshein, Dali, and Picasso, among others. Some of the modern art was so strange that we couldn't help but laugh hysterically. There was one display where they had a HUGE table set up with about 200 different items on it like a shabbat dinner and the table was like a trampoline so every once in a while the guard walking by would hit the table and it would bounce but everything was balanced so that nothing would fall... it was super cool! I have some more pictures I think on other cameras so I will put those in my next post.
Cool sculpture at the Israel Museum.
After the muesum I met up with Yoni and we went to a jazz concert, it was super fun and I will for sure be going back there again! I forgot I was in Israel until someone in the back yelled "Yofi" haha which kind of means "great!"
Shoutout to Dad and Adam, lets play this version when I get home!
Anyways, after tomorrow we are hitting Tel Aviv for a little weekend vacation and so there will be more to come! Thanks for reading!
-B
I dibs the "cat" game piece!
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