And now, a souvenir of sorts

[travelingadiva]

I didn’t really buy a lot of souvenirs on this trip. There were several reasons for this. Primarily, a lot of the stuff sold was Jewish paraphernalia, and I just… don’t really have a use for much of that, nor did I feel comfortable buying it. Also, my group of people that I’d get gifts for has shrunk. A few family members and one or two friends. And of those people, one is firmly anti-consumerist (and so would have really hated this trip).

But there’s one thing she’s always loved about my travels, and that thing is laughing at odd signs and terrible English.

Hi mom.


One of the very first pictures I took on this trip. From a street seller in Jaffa.


A crazy spiritual tea house in downtown Tzfat.


Inside the Tiberias hotsprings house. Why drink the wine, child???


Advert right outside the Western Wall.


Delicious falafel, but slightly worried about the ingredients.


Jerusalem market, signs like these were on every other storefront. Special price to Taglit travelers! 30% mark-up, 10% discount.


Kippa man, kippa man, does whatever a kippa man can.


No idea what they were trying to say. Pizza is important.


The most unhappy advert in all of Tel Aviv.


Jimmy WHO???


These were absolutely everywhere.


Fnished.

Comments

[ukefied]

Oh man, I've been looking for crazy spiritual tea!

I am sorry this trip was extremely lackluster. At least it was free? It was free, right? I hope so. ♥

(PS: real e-mail to follow, but The Thing Of Which We Spoke has a new deadline of Feb 11, since I asked for an extension. We'll see if I can do this.)

[travelingadiva]

I apologize for not getting you some then. But I can give you directions on where to find it!

It was mostly free. I had to pay for plane tickets and two hotel night stays, but I didn't pay for the whole trip or anything. And I am getting my deposit back. I just wish it wasn't...wasted you know? I had this great opportunity and nothing really panned out.

(Sounds good)

[agro]

I wonder what sort of noises Lady Liberty was making that makes a person need a pizza. I wonder if I should want to know.

Also, why NOT drink the wine?

[travelingadiva]

I couldn't tell you! But New York pizza is indeed excellent.

There were quite a several many people on this trip who shouldn't have drunk the wine >.>

[agro]

OR WAIT. In retrospect, maybe the noises they were talking about was their stomach rumbling. Thus, the urgency for needing the pizza.

Ho ho, I see those shifty eyes of yours.

[travelingadiva]

Point! It just said noises, not speech. You are a clever one.

LE SIGH I guess I just don't understand why they decided to go all the way to Israel and then get super-stupid intoxicated every night. Do that at home! Rg!

[agro]

I never quite understood getting smashed on trips either. There's no point because you're not even lucid enough to enjoy wherever you are? Like you said, just get drunk at home if that's what you wanted.