A Preparation of Impromptu Remarks

No more Mediterranean weather and clear blue skies with F-16s streaking across.

I’m back in Michigan. Flew into Detroit from the DBG Airport in Tel-Aviv on the first of December. Quite a contrast in climates… left me slightly depressed. Unfortunately, the program I was involved in did not pay. I ended up converting most of my savings into shekels… and lets just say five months without a real job took a toll on my bank account. But that’s okay. It was definitely worth it (minus a few extremely crappy and unpleasant situations). I now have three weeks before I move to the Windy City where coldness and public transportation awaits me.

Besides draining my personal savings, Israel also took a piece of my heart. I’m hooked. Most of my “preconceptions” about this controversial strip of land were reconfirmed. However, I feel like I did gain a clearer picture of the place I have been reading about for so long, and my appetite has merely been whet. I plan on continuing with some sort of Hebrew program, either put together by myself, or lessons in a more structured environment. I also plan on returning to Israel as often as possible. This will be an interesting feat seeing as I am broke and might have to sell my liver for a plane ticket. Anyway, this is basically the post where I announce my safe return to my zero readers & let them know I will probably be picking more fights in the blogosphere.

Oh, and props to GB for the shoe-dodging skills.